Wayne's Record catch Dorado!

[kitefisher]

Impressive hat-trick, have fun.

 

[r2d2c3po]

Impressive!! My personal best Durado is only around 7 Kg's

 

[Carlos Moran]

Hi Guys,ja,the ORI table is way out,heres a pick of a 24kg Dorrie,got it on Fly,16lb tippet,missed the IGFA Record by a few kg's.Only after we started weighing them I realised that they actually maar fish!!!

 

[Enigma]

Beaut of a Bull Dorrie Carlos and that on a 16lbs tippet.

Must have kept you busy for a while and given some serious acrobatics

 

[Carlos Moran]

Ja,those creatures are strong if you catch them on lighter tackle.They dont just give up,it took me about a our to land it,pulling hard on a 12wt.Even with 50lb tippet they take a long time to land.I will go look for some jumpy pics!!

 

[kobmaster3396]

that fish is huge

nice job wayne

 

[madcash2]

This is my little guy first time out on the sea. Not wait but estimated at 19.5kg. Caught just off the coast of barra beach Inhambane.

 

[flippy]

some giant dorados.. well done and

 

[benniejordaan]

And this is one of my Dorado. About 1.2m long (I am 1,75m tall). It only weighed 12kg. We put it on the scales. On the same day, Nico got one that was probably 1,2m long but weighed 13kg.

 

[Mahi mahi]

Here is a Dorado of 35kg that i caught 3 months ago, fish was longer than me (1.78m)

 

[AlbertB]

About 14-15kgs est.

 

[Mahi mahi]

Just saw this pic on FB, apparently 58kg and caught in Panama!!

 

[iggy]

A man with outstretched arms equals his height, in other words the distance in length between his hands ie: 1,75m will be his height give or take a cm or 2. So by judging the guy in red clothing he is about 1.75m, so no way that fish measures 1.3m!


Reefman wrote:

Hi guys, came across something interesting....

below is Wayne's record catch submission for the Dorado he caught off the oil rig in Angola. He estimated the length to be 1.3m... looking at that pic, it looks BIGGER than that. Nevertheless, from the ORI tables, Fork length is the determining factor, so if we estimate FL to be 120cm (and thats a conservative estimate!) and have a look at the ORI tables for the weight... it comes out at 46 kg.

Guess what the SA record is.... only 31kg! His catch klaps the record by 14-15 kg!

I scheme thats quite impressive for a handline and a porterhouse steak!!!


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SEALINE NAME:  WAYNE

REAL NAME:  WAYNE

DATE:  2006 0CTOBER

TIME:  AROUND 11H30

LOCATION:  OIL RIG OFFSHORE IN ANGOLA

CATEGORY: OFFSHORE ANGLING

SPECIES: BULL DORADO

LENGTH: 1.3m

WEIGHT: 36kg

EQUIPMENT USED: 20kg HANDLINE, STEAK

WITNESS NAME’S: KEVIN DOAN ( IN THE PIC )

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