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really old billy

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:07 am
by natural sparks
I was fishing with a friend in maybe 1992-3-4 :-(
and we got some little rock crabs to target blue bone in Karratha at a spot everyone went by to get out and slay the big ones :grin:
well we cleaned up in an hour or so :fu: and thought what a calm day lets go for a troll :fishing:
Well before you know it we are out the back of the ore carriers thinking this is great :naughty:
Lets fish the bottom :fishing:
2 150lb hand lines :bricks: go over and we got bitten off, we got half fish, we got the biggest Powertail in the history of Powertail (all the while sucking down the new 5.6% hahn ice) :drinking2: :drinking2: :drinking2: so i thought chuck a mulie(or pillie for the no purist) out the back :idea: :idea:
WELL
I got my mate to bring in both handies at the same time(end of both of em) :banghead:
And i pulled the most un expected fish in wy life :bow:
We were in a 3.75m quinnie with a 9.9 evo and about 30nm out to sea
And on our way in at 530pm there was almost a ripple :surf:


sorry no photos yet but when the mother of my son wakes we will find them



Diawa saltist entry

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:17 am
by natural sparks
found them just workind out how to scan

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:48 am
by natural sparks
Well here they are :o
My mate Andrew and my self both had no skin left after handleing this beast :o
We both nearly ended up in the drink :rofl:
And it swam off in a good mood, but it did hit us with tail and we nearlly went swimming again :rofl:
We sat there for another twenty or so minutes, :drinking1: :drinking2: drank the rest of the poison(beer) we had and scooted back in :captain:
our significant others didnt believe us until we got the film produced( back in the day when you used a roll of film or u just wait) :o
there is photos of all the other fish from that day but who cares this was the one

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:27 pm
by max
that would have been a blast mate they sure are good fun.

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:04 pm
by Matt Flynn
Nice yarn - would be good to see some more nostalgia on FFF - I have albums I need to dig into :grin:

Re: really old billy

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:35 pm
by theodosius
Jeez that marlin must have towed you a bit!

Re: really old billy

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:31 am
by ELKMZ
cool old picture . Boat is classic also

Re: really old billy

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:25 am
by natural sparks
15 years ago hahaha drunk at 2 in the morning

Re: really old billy

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:59 pm
by scottmac
Surely that’s not you in the photo?
If so, what happened?🤣🤣🍻🍻🍻

Re: really old billy

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:35 am
by scottmac
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