Big fish

[Texas Tall]

I just got a call from my youngest son who was over the moon.
He had just weighed in a 140.5KG/ around 300LB Blue Marlin he caught out of Sydney.
He's a very keen fisherman and fishes mostly out of Sydney when game fishing and also around  the upper river systems of Sydney fishing from small Kyaks and very light gear with a lot of good results.
He tags and releases almost all of his catches as he is very concerned of the damage caused by overfishing Pro's, and believes the longliners etc are realy knocking the game fish stocks around.
He thinks this fish has put them in the lead in the Sydney point score comp.

Good on ya mate, a proud Dad....................Texas Tall.

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

That's a great fish. Should have had him with Hoodoo and I last week he may have changed our result.

 DD

[Judge Lead]

Yeah, you might have caught more than those cans that give you a headache the following day !!  

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[Camille Eonich]

A 300# Marlin!  That's one damn big rifle!     Is he big enought to shoot it?


Just kiddin'.  I love to fish too.  Been trying to get a bunch together to go Tuna fishing in the late winter but it seems a lot of people are too afraid to get far enough off shore to fish for tuna.

Tomorrow I'll fire up the old PC and get a picture of the 53# dolphin that I caught posted.

[Texas Tall]

Hi Camille, yes fishing is a great hobby/pastime and glad to hear you're keen on it.
A 53LB Dolphin fish is a nice fish, I didn't think you got them up around the East coast of US,is that were you caught that one?
When I see the young bloke I'll get a photo or two of this fish and get 'em to you.
Him and his mates fish out of a 25 ft Bertram and most times about 25/30 miles off Sydney on what is called the Continental shelf where it drops off from 100 fathoms plus,if you do get down this way some time I'll see if I can get you a ride out with them, they may even get you hooked up on a good fish.
By the way the "young bloke" is 32yo and married so he's not a kid anymore,makes ya feel damn old..............hell I am gettin that way...........LOL.

Regards..............Texas Tall.

[Judge Lead]

TT,
our kids will ALWAYS be our youngsters, no matter how old they get. I have a 34 yo and she has a couple of her own.

He caught that off Sydney !. I didn't know they came that far south. I know Cairns is a favourite for big game fishing.

Just shows how much I know, don't it.

Regards

[Texas Tall]

Oh yeah Judge you're right, they're always your youngsters and ya never stop worrying about 'em.
My three boys are 37....35....32 and all married and making their own way but,yeah to us they are still kids, if ya know what I mean.
Yes they get Marlin out of Sydney but the big 1000 pounders are mostly caught up around Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef area,and my son has caught some nice marlin down south at Bermagui not too far from the Victorian border.
 Say hi to Molly for me and we'll catch up soon,

Regards...................T.T.

[Camille Eonich]

Tex if you go to the NC barrier islands, The Outer Banks, and go to the southern most point which is Hatteras, you can be in the Gulf Stream is about 2 hours.  That's where you head to for the marlin, tuna and dolphins when fishing off the east coast.

[Camille Eonich]

Dolphin Picture!

[Texas Tall]

Hey Camille that's a nice bunch of dolphin Fish you guys have there, the colours of them when they are hooked and at the boat are just fantastic,we get them down around Sydney but not as big as those.
I have seen a few big game boats called "Hatteras", so that's were the builder gets the name from I always thought it was the guys name. 
Do you and Stump do any fresh water fishing in NC, trout etc??

See ya ..............Texas Tall.

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

Nice fish Camille.

But I will have to give a 30 second spirit of the game,No cowboy/girl gear.

Hey Texas you keep this up and we will change your name to Rex Hunt    .

DD

[Judge Lead]

His dear lady might take offense to his fishy breath if he does a proper Rex.

I can see it now .......

"'Fishin' and Huntin' with TT"

I reserve the naming rights for the TV series

Regards

[Texas Tall]

Hey Camille you're probably confused now but this Rex Hunt the boys are talking about, he has a fishing show on TV down here in Aussie.
The fishy breath thing is a sling off at him as he kisses each fish before he throughs 'em back, and only Judge Lead would think of something like that.

Spirit of the game penalty??/ Gee you're a hard man Dakota,I think Camille gets a spirit of the game award for being out there mixin it with those big fish.

I can just see the promos on TV for "Fishin' and huntin' with TT"  Judge.
Now I'm goin to need a manager and all!!!!.

See Ya....................T.T.

[Camille Eonich]

Dakota that was pre cowboy days but you can still bet your hat that I had cowboy boots back at the room.  The mate gets a little pissed, in a bad kind of way, when you scuff up his deck with them hard black soles. 


Tex yes the colors are gorgeous when they are in the water or just freshly out of it.  It's amazing how fast they fade out.  We don't do much fishing anymore.  We're too busy shooting.  Stump's dad does live on a stocked trout river so when we get the chance we wade up and down the river and try to catch a few trout.

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

That's alright then, as long as you them boot close handy.No 30 second spirit of the game.and it looks like you were haven fun,thats what it all about.

DD

[Wallaby Jack]

I think you fisherfolk need one of the latest measuring devices........

... a piece of string with a loop tied in each end....

You use it when relating how big that fish was,
 by placing a thumb through each end BEFORE indicating just how long tha fish really is......


 

[Camille Eonich]

But Wallaby that wouldn't  give me enough string to show how big my fish was.   

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

You know the old story.

Give them enough rope they will hang themselves.

DD

[Texas Tall]

I'm the same Camille, I haven't done any serious fishing for about 10 years as work up untill 6years ago and now this great sport we're in has taken over, I just lost interest.
You should get to Stump's Dad's and have a go just to keep your hand in.
How far from your home to the coast of NC and the name of the port you'd fish out of there??

These boys are starting to give us a hard time Camille 'bout this fishin thing and the next one will be Marshal H tellin us this is a shootin site not a damn fishin forum.....LOL

I'm startin to get all keen again.........

See ya ....................T.T.

[Camille Eonich]

Tex the Outer Banks and Hatteras is about a six hour drive.  It's not that far but there's a lot of two lane highways and small towns to go through.  Then once you get to the islands things really slow down.  We can be to Wilmington NC in about 3 hours which is a good place for inshore fishing but it's a long haul to the gulf stream from there.



Hmmm people think that CAS is expensive.  Fishing as a hobby is REALLY expensive.  Does that get us back on topic?