Little Black

[sydfish]

Well I finally got one, a black marlin. After 2 runs and no hookups the 3rd pass hooked up, its great to get the monkey off my back!!!!
It wasnt huge but it was the right species, i reckon it would be around the 30 kg mark, does that sound right judging by the pics?

Funny how out of 5 lures only one was hit right in the middle of the spread 3 times. And on the hookup it would had of had 5 goes at the lure before it really connected.:headbang: :yahoo:

Also hooked up to a dolphin for a while, accidently I can assure you, zoom in on the last pic:wtf: the bastard kept stealing my yakkas

[TomMc]

congratulations Kris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cant wait to see your next slide show with a 300kg marlin!!!!!:headbang:
:beerchug:
Tom

[xtosea]

What more can one say, i said it on the phone today already, well done Kris, well done. The first of many more to come thats for sure! I know how you feel! 2 weeks new boat, and so many fish! Awesome brother, awesome.

Kamil

[flat rock]

kris,mate good work where abouts are you on the gold coast i have got relatives at noosa they get little blacks a fare bit,i will be going up there within the next 2 weeks to chase little blacks,bluefin and cobes....steff said something to me that you have richter lures,did you hook up on a richter if so which on i have got a big container full of richters i would probably have a matching one in there somewhere???have you hooked any bluefin lately my cuzans said there are a fare few but are heaps picky ?????:appl:

[sydfish]

I am at a place called Woombye on the Sunshine Coast, About 30mins from Noosa and we normally launch from Mooloolabah, its close to home and has excelent facilities and no nasty bars to cross.

Definatlyey give me a call when you come up as I am not working until 14 March so if the weather is fair I will be fishing!

The lure was a Williamson 6"pusher with a red black oil slick on the black,
one of my favorite trolling lure colours in any brand. So if you have any in the richter's bring em with you. As for the bluefin I have only had the boat out 3 times so far as the weather has been ****house, all 3 times we were the only boat silly enough to go out, one time was a dud the others got us the marlin and wahoo.

[leelee]

Mate well done and what a top fish.

Cheers

Lee

[imnotafish]

Top work mate!!!
:wiink:
hoos the blacks daddy..!!!
- two mcgoo red black 6"'s on the way.

[xtosea]

Forgot here is the link to the Billfish formula guide, you can see what length it would have been. Must be measured from fork of tail to the end of the lower jaw. This is called short bill length.

http://www.pvgfc.com/BILLFISH%20FORMULA1.pdf

[sydfish]

Ok thanks kamil, that puts it at about the 35kg maybey a tad either side:party: