Amazing GT hit
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 07 Jun 2026 at 3:17pm
Topic: Amazing GT hit
Posted By: kaveman
Subject: Amazing GT hit
Date Posted: 23 May 2013 at 8:44pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTAUMISj1zI&feature=share" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTAUMISj1zI&feature=share -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Starnsy
Date Posted: 23 May 2013 at 8:50pm
| THAT is awesome! |
Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 23 May 2013 at 9:12pm
 That's some pressure put on those trebles, how did they not straighten? Wish we had them here. |
Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 23 May 2013 at 9:42pm
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Jeez thats got me fizzing for my trip to the northern Lagoon of New Cal in 8 days time ------------- http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">  http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">www.boulderguiding.co.nz |
Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 24 May 2013 at 4:54am
Are you fishing with Ginga? Or different trip? ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
Boulder wrote:Posted By: Cheeko
Date Posted: 24 May 2013 at 2:51pm
Jeepers 
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Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 24 May 2013 at 3:26pm
| How do GTs fight? Do they go for long or just go nuts for a short amount of time? Reason I ask is I've got footage of one we speared in the Cooks, it fights like a crazy thing for about 2 minutes, then just stops dead in the water. |
Posted By: Jaapie
Date Posted: 24 May 2013 at 3:34pm
Funny that .....having a spear through you.
Catching them on proper gear
 gives you a battle of epic proportions.A hook in the mouth as opposed to a shaft through the head or vital organs does make a difference.
The wide shape of them and the way they hang in the current - they make you work!
They are incredibly strong fish - real street thugs of their environment.
Only thing I'd pick that would go better would be a Doggie.
Have caught both to good sizes so can vouch.
Awesome video BTW Kev. ------------- "Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught,will we realize that we cannot eat money" - 19th Century Indian Creed |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 24 May 2013 at 3:40pm
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I kinda meant do they suddenly burn out like say, blue marlin do, or do they go the distance and fight all the way to the end? I'm just polishing off my video now so when it's done I'll put the link up. Theres also some footage of a thirty kilo one right up in the whitewater, may or may not be of interest? |
Posted By: viking...
Date Posted: 25 May 2013 at 6:01pm
| Very cool! Our last samoa trip has got me totally hooked on these fish, counting the days to nxt year! Brutal to the end |