Another Bill off the back

meter_seeker · Post by **meter_seeker** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:03 pm

The boys managed to hook this suprising 14kg saily

from Groote to Gove in 30knot 2.5m sea NW's

. Trusty Halco trembler got the hook up

, its now the second bill ive seen caught off the back of the barge after 4 years with perkins. Length overall was 2.1m, unforunetly it died from being dragged

, second engineer claimed it and was very happy

, he threw it in a empty refrigiratered container to get taxiderm and sit next to his already taxidermed 1.3m barra at home. lucky pr..k

jordan doevy · Post by **jordan doevy** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:36 pm

good work ms and crew - are saily's any good eating??

ntfishn · Post by **ntfishn** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:38 pm

It's always nice if you can mix business with pleasure

Beaut fish - will look tops on the wall...

Tamlin · Post by **Tamlin** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:21 pm

This will no doubt raise a few eyebrow but YES Sailfish are very good when smoked. Actually I'll put it as the best smoked fish I've eaten.

In Exmouth, if a fish was kept during a tournament it was given to one of the local shops who would smoke the fish and offer it at the weigh-ins and presentation. This way everyone knew that NO fish would be wasted even if weighed in. This also made it acceptable to take a dead fish back rather than just release a dead fish with a tag in and call it for a tag fish. The "We would prefer that sharks didn't eating something that should be enjoyed by all anglers" attitude worked very well. Not sure if it still happens but it was a very good initiative by the Exmouth Gamefighing Club.

Billfish and Barra... is there anything else???

Tam

jordan doevy · Post by **jordan doevy** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:24 pm

cool would love to get out an try for a billfish one day

meter_seeker · Post by **meter_seeker** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:26 pm

Tamlin wrote:Billfish and Barra... is there anything else???

Mekong Powertail

Faulksy · Post by **Faulksy** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:16 pm

Tamlin wrote:
Billfish and Barra... is there anything else???

Tam

Yep sure is Tamlin "Baitfish" Its the three B's

4 if you count beer
5 if you count B..........