My first marlin
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:49 am
hey all,
just thought i would share this pic with you all.. it was my first marlin caught in a comp in batemans bay in the tollgates classic, measuiring in at 2.8 metres and 183kg it was the hardest thing i have ever had to reel in.. caught it on a shimano backbone rod with a TLD50 reel in the 24kg line class.. took me 4 hours to get it into the boat (which is very hard when your in a 5.6 metre tinny off the coast of australia with only 2 of you on board.. just missed out on first prize (which was a fully funded trip to Cairns for a week of offshore fishing) but was still good none the less.. get it taxidermied and is now hanging up in Dads shed at home (some 5000km away) oh and the lure in case anyone is wondering is a pakula evil twin in the 300mm size.
just thought i would share this pic with you all.. it was my first marlin caught in a comp in batemans bay in the tollgates classic, measuiring in at 2.8 metres and 183kg it was the hardest thing i have ever had to reel in.. caught it on a shimano backbone rod with a TLD50 reel in the 24kg line class.. took me 4 hours to get it into the boat (which is very hard when your in a 5.6 metre tinny off the coast of australia with only 2 of you on board.. just missed out on first prize (which was a fully funded trip to Cairns for a week of offshore fishing) but was still good none the less.. get it taxidermied and is now hanging up in Dads shed at home (some 5000km away) oh and the lure in case anyone is wondering is a pakula evil twin in the 300mm size.