I remember the scene well - Beasty put me onto the fish up the ever reliable Wilshire Creek No 3 at low tide.
Careful lure selection allowed me to get UNDER the barramundi and threadfin and strike gold.
This cougar pulled like a horse - classic powertail all the way to the boat.
The air turned blue with descriptive adjectives when we saw colour and realised what we had.
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Personal Best Powertail
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that is a prime powertail specimen Matt
I have been talking to the old bloke jimmy smithson who used to be a pro netter out the adelaide before they stopped them, and he said they used to get powertails upwards of 60 pounds out there
man...imagine getting onto a powertail of that size...it would be like landing a parmit on a 4wt fly rod.
I have been talking to the old bloke jimmy smithson who used to be a pro netter out the adelaide before they stopped them, and he said they used to get powertails upwards of 60 pounds out there
man...imagine getting onto a powertail of that size...it would be like landing a parmit on a 4wt fly rod.
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and then you nod your head like your saying YES to every beat...
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Now this is a PT it may even be one of the elusive Odin's Eeltails, that would need to be confirmed by someone with a great deal more ichthyological (sp) experience then I.
I can't claim this capture myself, but just wait till the Dry when Yellow Waters cops a flogging!
I can't claim this capture myself, but just wait till the Dry when Yellow Waters cops a flogging!
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Saw a monster powertail when staying at the Hilton Arcadia resort in Phuket. They have a lake on the grounds and we spent a few afternoons watching a massive powertail chasing the coi carp around from the second floor over a few beers. It would be as big as the one in the photo above and terrorised the whole lake smashing carp whenever it got the urge. It would be hard to stop even on Marlin Gear absolutely huge fish.
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PB PT From Port Roper.........
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways, Whopper in one hand, Beer in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO what a ride!!!
but rather to skid in sideways, Whopper in one hand, Beer in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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A mate visiting from melb caught this last week at rapid creek it wasn't his biggest for that day, but we took a photo of this one as it was strange in color to all the others he caught.
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