i am starting to get a few of my older movies that are no longer on the net into my Vimeo Account and this one is a classic that needs to be re listed as i'm sure there are many that have not seen it and a few that would like to see it again

this fish was hooked 10 minutes into our early morning troll, the weather was a perfect winters day and we were keen as. After our first run we were about to turn when i got snagged, as we turned to go back and get my lure back Weaver pumped his lure back to the boat and was slammed by this beauty, i had the camera rolling and this is some of the best "Big Cod" footage i have seen

many of you might recognize the fish from Weavers "WildCoast Magazine" feature, the two page photo of him holding the fish while leaning over the boat was taken by me, while i was still filming holding the movie camera in one hand, the still camera in the other, you will see this happen at 6.05 minutes in the vid

Not many people will ever catch a Cod in their lifetime, Weaver was lucky enough to not only catch a "Big Cod" but have a movie camera onboard to record live his memory for prosperity

so sit back, hold on tight and enjoy 8 minutes of every freshwater fishers dream and ones guys reality

cheers chuck

PS press the word "Vimeo" to get the right size screen for the size of the vid, or press the "White Arrows" to get full screen, a little pixely but not too bad

Ha seen that before but its still great to watch,i bet you were holding your breath on a few of those lunges close to the boat...i know i would of been.
cheers brenton

All I can say is WOW congrats on a great catch Weavmyster, those lunges must have been heart in the mouth stuff what an Awesome fish well done, nice work by Chuck too for putting that together for us to enjoy

thanks guys and yes it is an oldie but as it is no longer available at the site i first published it (they shut up shop) i thought i would post it with my new movie site

you have to admit that is an awesome fish

cheers chuck

great video of a great catch. Those doofdoc lures have caught some monster cod over the years.

Top fish and footage there guys. Fish of a life time, weaver you look like a lil boy getting all his presents on his birthday lol.

Great video good work

Hi great video guys but the best part was seeing him swim away
very well done selraes

Classic catch Weavs!

Love the way the vids been timed to go woth the beat of the song at the start

Weight around 45 or more Kilos

Something around that AFF

Awsome Arent they
Well done guys
No fish like that should ever leave the water
Too many photos and stuff with guys holding them up, and without
Knowing, Killing Them
Great stuff Lads and once again well done love it.
Cheers from the Chief

WOW... what an awesome fish, but more importantly 2 things...

1) a perfect example of taking care of such a fish, but still getting the shots needed to prove it happened.

2) this film will officially be shown to all my youth that fish with me for anything big... a perfect example of how patience beside the boat is mandatory (not the old 'locking off' and losing it method).

well done.