Another big fish Weighed in.....

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    Posted: 21 Jul 2003 at 10:14pm
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this one was landed on our last trip out to the Barrier 20/7/03 what a monster must be the first bill fish for the new season what you reckon guys???

Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing
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4 kg, Bit heavy for an a skilled fishermen like yourselves.

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I normally let those little ones go Lethal. I have a three metre limit on hemiramphidae on my boat.
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that trip did you a world of good Lethal
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Nice fish Lethal... Not quite as big as the bastard hemiramphidae that mistook Thomcat's anchor for a jig and broke the bloody winch aye boys
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Lethal,

          I notice it's eyes and dorsal are on the bottom ? it must be a hybrid 

Makaira Hemiramphidae  perhaps

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Was this fish taken on the lure in the anglers hand. Looks like a DB predator in gold and black.


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Is a Piper considered to be a Bill Fish????
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depends on whether you have caught a real one or not...
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i see my name as the angler, that must have been the one i caught on the sabiki huh lethal? and from what i remember it was around 11 pm and in about 2 m of water? foul hooked em too boys, took ages to boat em. broke the rod tip on lethals fav bait rod lifting him into the boat.......what a trip. your a hell of a gaff man lethal, considering you were holding the camera in the other.
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oh, sorry. that was the first one caught, yours lethal. didn't we get a pic of mine? or of nicks. man those billfish are easy to catch.
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those beckies are dam big at the back of Barrier....... talk about a pack attack there must of been at least 1000 of them swiming around the boat all looking for a sabiki to jag them...... best teaser was the big back side light they just kept coming at it drove after drove until you couldn't see through them they were that thick......
Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing
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Wooohooo, my oldmans 16ft tinnie must have the NZ record for most billfish in a day- 25 ...

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Lethal and Canadian John,

   I think this capture should be reported to the IGFA immediately.  The only piper I've seen this big was a scotsman!  LOL.  But seriously, I'd question the legality of such a catch as the rod and reel as well as flying gaff are n't shown in the picture.  Good effort Lethal.  The fishing seems to be average so I'm all for stretching the truth as far as possible.

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well i supose it's the closest we will get to a bill fish at this time of the year unless we go out for a broadie drift with Damian which isnt a bad idea......
Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing
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Howdy all, Dam it all Lethal how ya gonna get a bottle big enough to roll that one out to remove the bones?.

My Pc has been pissed and broke for about two weeks, but it was only a back door virus they tell me, nothing $500 wouldnt fix, It  seems to me that I was the one that got shafted via the back door, heh heh.

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hmmm how many hooks on that sabiki?? probably not IGFA legal. wonder if it would qualify for  the piper hall of fame!!!! 
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Thats no good Dreema but why do you have to keep changing your name mate???????  are you running Windows XP because if you are you only need to go back a day in your settings and the Virus has gone.......

Hi tonto a six hook rig would not go down to happy with the IGFA im sure, but im not complaining it was great fight while it lasted.......

Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing
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Hi Lethal,

Did you use that fantastic "billfish" for bait on your trip???

I am told they can be great baits for snapps & kingfish.

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yeah i tried them and so to did Canadian John but im afraid we didn't get anything decent on them i think most fish run for cover as they where so dam big ,    and i was sort of saving the bigger ones for a freind just to blow him away with there size......
Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing
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