First fish in Australia

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Gold_Shark

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My buddie emigrated to Aus end Dec and just me this pic of his first cast in Aus. The info he gave me is as follows:

Shovelnose of 2490mm (87kg) 18lb test .70mm leader.
Fight two hours.
bonito head as bait
exactly 7 min into my first cast.
 
Now people ask me why I want to emigrate to Australia....
 
 
 

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J_Bay

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I wonder how long it will be before sliding catches on there too...with results like that!!! I assume he slid the bait, cos that's a pretty big bait to throw, lol!
 
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willo

Sealiner
Gold_Shark wrote:
willo wrote:
where do's your mate live and where was that caught ?
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He's on the sunshine coast near Mooloolaba if that makes sense
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Thats a fantastic first catch , yip its a long way away from me .... think i chose the wrong city !:fbash

Iv put in serious hrs and haven't seen a sandy , which doesn't really surprise me as anything that swims here almost always ends up on the plate !
 
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Abaddon

Sealiner
He gunna blank some time soon and then he gunna feel like the rest of us.. Like traveling all the way to H.I.T.W and spending a week only to blank!
Not even the surrounds there can make me feel better about it!
Non the less SUPERB CATCH! (beginners luck).. hehe
 
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willo

Sealiner
aquadementia wrote:
Spitting Sand Shark wrote:
Nice one, those sandies are very strong

Also thinking of imagrating but to NZ.. anybody knows if there's any good fishing over there?
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hell yes! Dont worry im not far behind you. See you in Auckland::S
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what u want to do in NZ mate ..... ? Its cold there and the fish are small - lots of them ,but small .My best mate lives there bought a boat and fishes every weekend biggest so far is a 4kg pinkie .... thats 2yrs of trying for the big one.
 
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Copper

Sealiner
Nice catch!!!

On a hijack note - why on earth would anybody want to emigrate?! Let alone going to sheep shag countries?!

Sunny SA, with all its weird and wonderful places, politics and people for me!!!!
 
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J@mes

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aquadementia wrote:
Spitting Sand Shark wrote:
Nice one, those sandies are very strong

Also thinking of imagrating but to NZ.. anybody knows if there's any good fishing over there?
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hell yes! Dont worry im not far behind you. See you in Auckland::S
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I'm off to Auckland in July 2010, hopefully we meetup there for some GOOD fishing.

@Spitting Sand Shark there is a few posts (by a New Zealander) on Sealine with some pics of really awsome (Bus Size) Yellow Tail and some type of Rock Cod\Brindal Bass caught in NZ, the world Striped Marlin record is held in NZ and the world Lady's and junior Yellow Fin Tunna are also held in NZ (Sorry CPT). For fresh water, I've heard that it's expensive as you need a lic per day, but they hold many trouphy trout and you can also catch Salmon (not Cob). So, I don't agree that it's all small fish. (My stats could be out, I checked them about 18 months ago.)

I've even been told by one of the ESA presenters (no name mentioned) that in NZ guys use kites to catch Marlin from the shore, not too sure about that as I've not reasearched it my self, but I personally would take the ESA guys word. The World Report 2008 (programe on DSTV-Discovery Channel) states that the only 2 fisheries in the world where fish populations are on the increase are NZ and Aus.

Well, just some interesting fishing related stuff that I found doing my research on NZ.

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J_Bay

Sealiner
There are marlin of monster proportions in new zea land...but just like here, you'll only get them if you try for them...
 
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