Guest Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Up until a recent trip to North Queensland the biggest GT i'd caught was about 2 kilos.At this spot near the barrier reef the GT's are huge.You're just fishing for coral trout, nannygai etc when these GT's rockup and rip 10 pound reef fish off your line and bust your rigs.I had a great time getting busted off by them plus catching a few.The biggest one was too heavy to lift and i'm guessing it had to be around 45kgs. A smaller one that was weighed was 33kgs and it was fairly easy to lift. A much smaller one of around 20kgs took a jig. They like to eat reef fish though and i've attached a bait photo.These fish released well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Far out,you would end up with arms like a gorilla pulling those things up regularly. cheers brenton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clay91 3 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 bloody oath mate! nice work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urhookedfish 12 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 BONKERS!!:dry: :drink: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phear 0 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 great work cant wait to get up that way and target some ball busting gt's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USSR 0 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 now that's what I call a livebait awesome fish,well done mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reelin 2 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 One day that will be me in that photo! Ripper fish mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leethal 1 Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Awesome photos mate, they would of stretched the arms a few centimetres for sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Del 245 Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 fantastic effert mate! love the " bait" hahahhaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millsy 0 Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Nice GT's man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rollas 2 Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Not as big as Nanmans, but neither is my wife!Caught on a popper out in the Whitsundays between two islands where the current fairly rips, Dangerous Passage.Only around 20 -25kg. Couldnt stop that smile all day.. Moggy23 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Del 245 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 nice.. fish! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manimal 0 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 that 1st GT is massive, car door size... 100lb GT is legendary... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raider 19 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nice fish mate, that 1st GT is huge! Are they considered to be the hardest fighting fish in Australian waters? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi RaiderPound for pound i think GT's and Kingies would have to be equal as the two toughest fighting fish in Australia for their size.I caught those GT's off mission beach with my dad in his quintrex but it was surprising that you could also go out on small charter boats (around 20-25 feet) and catch such awesome fish for $150 a day.You don't have to spend thousands of dollars on nomad charters or a grand a day each on some bloody great million dollar Riviera out of cairns to catch massive GT's.From what i notcied these small charter operators hardly even advertise their services. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamibinfishin 224 Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 awesome fish there nanman,yet to have a crack at a GT,but very keen.true what you say about nomads,bloody $1000 a day with nomads,pretty steep.love to have a crack at some big dogtooth tuna aswell,another one on the list,haha,cheers mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raider 19 Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 cool thanks buddy i'll keep that in mind, would love to get stuck into that sort of action for 150, sounds great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamibinfishin 224 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Hi guys, an old thread thread but I did manage some Gt's last year in Exmouth, not as big as nanman's but was stoked with my first attempt. Lost the biggest one on the last day unfortunately. Love the diversity of that place, can catch just about anything over there, have to get back,haha, cheers Moggy23, Dan_Brody, pauly s and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ale 301 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Had never been in this thread, the GT is so on my bucket list. True tackle busters and no doubt bring grown men to tears Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Exmouth is an amazing place. I've never been there but hope to some day. The fishing is apparently out of this world with a huge variety of species. As for GT's they are without doubt my favourite fish to catch. Having caught quiet a few more since 2010 when i made the initial post i am now convinced that pound for pound they don't fight as hard as a kingfish BUT there's other facets to GT's which make them my favourite fish to catch. The violence with which they smash a popper never ceases to amaze me and usually has me in uncontrolled fits of laughter for around 20 seconds after hookup. Last October i went back up to North Queensland for my annual trip to visit Dad. Opportunities to catch GT's are fairly limited with Dad because like most North Queenslanders he views GT's as a useless garbage fish since they are not edible. A lot of people up there still fish with 400lb handlines as fishing is viewed more as an exercise in freezer filling than anything else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamibinfishin 224 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Cheers guys, we spent 5 days there and no where enough time but just tried to take it all in as best we could. Spanish macks,queenies, spangled emperor,red emperor,longtail tuna,shark mackeral,cobia,gt's,big golden trevally aswell. Even teased up a little black marlin on the last day too but was spooked by some killer whales , hahaha. Good thing about Exmouth is everything eats lures. We also spooked a school of bonefish on the flats too which was pretty cool.here's a pic of one of my big golden trevally,caught this on a plastic,cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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