Another big fish Weighed in.....
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Topic: Another big fish Weighed in.....
Posted By: Lethal
Subject: Another big fish Weighed in.....
Date 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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Posted By: Wefaknis
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2003 at 10:24pm
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4 kg, Bit heavy for an a skilled fishermen like yourselves |
.Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2003 at 10:54pm
| I normally let those little ones go Lethal. I have a three metre limit on hemiramphidae on my boat. |
Posted By: Barrie
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 5:41am
| that trip did you a world of good Lethal |
Posted By: KingfishSi
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 7:30am
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 ------------- Keep knockin', nobody's home. |
Posted By: A C
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 8:25am
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Lethal, I notice it's eyes and dorsal are on the bottom ? it must be a hybrid Makaira Hemiramphidae perhaps Cheers AC |
Posted By: Damo
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 9:19am
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Was this fish taken on the lure in the anglers hand. Looks like a DB predator in gold and black. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">  www.charterconnection.co.nz Facebook: Diversity-Fishing |
Posted By: Tomsta
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 1:30pm
| Is a Piper considered to be a Bill Fish???? |
Posted By: lalandi
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 1:32pm
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depends on whether you have caught a real one or not... ------------- So you're a feminist... How cute |
Posted By: CanadianJohn
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 3:10pm
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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. ------------- . |
Posted By: CanadianJohn
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 3:13pm
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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. ------------- . |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 6:44pm
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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 |
Posted By: Peter da Squid
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 6:58pm
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Wooohooo, my oldmans 16ft tinnie must have the NZ record for most billfish in a day- 25 ------------- Good for Nuthin |
Posted By: Dead Ant
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2003 at 9:32pm
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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. Cheers DA |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2003 at 6:36pm
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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 |
Posted By: Spina
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2003 at 8:52am
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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. ------------- Dont waste your time trying to give me a hard time being in politics teaches one very quickly how to turn a deaf eye and a blind ear! wheres my glasses cant find my hearing aids without them. |
Posted By: tonto
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2003 at 1:36pm
| hmmm how many hooks on that sabiki?? probably not IGFA legal. wonder if it would qualify for the piper hall of fame!!!! |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2003 at 6:49pm
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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 |
Posted By: Woody
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2003 at 9:29pm
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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. cheers Woody |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2003 at 12:07am
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 |
Posted By: Spina
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2003 at 8:21am
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Hi Letlal hows the fishing, No dont have xp, have 98 second edition, the virus has been hiding in my pc for a while was not picked up by the shop or the anti virus scans, it was one that could not be sent on ,It only buggars your own pc, they called it a back door virus. Name changing, thats my handle or half of it dreemspina. so not to be confusing i will use the spina half of the name, all good?. I like using piper for bait in the deep stray lining, I got a hook up on one at the North end of the pub reef at Te Kaha, we saw the fish about 20 ft down after 15 minites of playing it and got bitten off, a very big snapper, i have caught a 251/2 snap at the reef, only this one was alot bigger. ------------- Dont waste your time trying to give me a hard time being in politics teaches one very quickly how to turn a deaf eye and a blind ear! wheres my glasses cant find my hearing aids without them. |