1431lb Black Marlin!

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Wow... 

BLACK MARLIN - 1431 pounds

Its official!

Gold Coast boat "Too Easy" captained by Russel Gage has just weighed in their big black marlin at 1431 pounds. The weigh was done in Urangan this afternoon after "To Easy" made the trek down from Lady Musgrave Island, just north of Fraser Island. The catch seems to confirm a 2nd, more southern spawning ground for East Coast black marlin. Capt. Russell Gage confirmed that this huge female came into the lure spread light-up electric blue and surrounded by an escort of several small males before taking the short-corner lure. Once on deck, the fully ripe spawning female was oozing eggs. The marlin's ovaries will be extracted and forwarded to Dr Julian Pepperelland will be a break through in scientific research for this species.
Congratulations to the team. What a mighty effort




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HOLY HELL !!

Ozzie is so hard to catch and get fish away , they did well not to get sharked .
what a beast
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What a cool day for crew
Those that say it can't be done are being overtaken by those doing it.
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Monster of a fish alright. In recent years they have been catching juvenile Black Marlin around Fraser Island which were too small to have been from the Cairns Spawning Ground and suspected there was a second spawning ground along the southern part of the GBR and now it has been proven where it is. It will be interesting to see how this fishery develops.
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EPIC Fish caught off the top of Fraser Island just weight at our Urangan Marina Hervey Bay Qld - Black Marlin 1431lbs ( 649.87kgs ) Boat is "Too Easy II " from the Gold Coast - Angler is Rob Crane who spent 2 hours mostly up on sunset on 130lb tackle - fish ate a hand crafted "Gagey Super Plunger" in "Pinky" pattern - Skipper is Russel Gage , Crew - Terry Parker & Elliot Muller


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Thanks for sharing Al, thats a beauty, right crew, right gear for right fish!
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gangster fish

i love one of the comments on their page
 "i hope it was released and it lived..." 

Errmmm... yea thats what happened...
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And then the stuff dreams are made of for the coming season.
Just cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0!
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