Biggest Mulloway ever caught?

[Cal 480]

In South Africa they catch the excact same fish as our Mulloway,but over there they call them Kob.I thought this may be interesting,this fish is believed to be the largest ever caught on rod and line,it went 10kilo bigger than the previous largest ever caught.The fish measured 197cm and weighed a staggering 82kilo,the fish was caught by a guy named john Crabb and was released unharmed.I"m sure you will agree a magnificent fish . double click the pic for full size

[osd 1]

Huge fish cal, I wonder how they weighed it?

[Leethal 1]

That is one big mully, would of took a while to bring in.

[Cal 480]

G"day osd ,I would probably say in a weigh sling,in places like Sth Africa and Europe they have special slings to weigh big fish without damaging or harming them.Cheers

[Dude 0]

Could there or would there....be BIGGER ones out there?

[Guest shagging]

Amazing picture what a speciment,seeing that just makes me wanna keep chasing that big one!

[Dubs The Tackle Man 0]

Thats 1 big fish, would have to be bigger out there for sure.They dont get that big from being stupid.good to see it was released unharmed.

[Guest davidm#2]

osd wrote:

Huge fish cal, I wonder how they weighed it?

hey, its definatley a massive fish.apparently it was an estimate. that a mulloway or kob at that lenght in cm weighs so muchhttp://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/recreational/saltwater/weighcheers

[OLD SALTY 0]

WOW nice fish even better effort. catch and release of prehistoric animals is a great practice

[Ben m 0]

WOW thats impressive, cheers for sharin the pic mate, Awesome

[Falky 0]

That beast is Huge..great to see it was released

[pescados 1]

One thumper of a fish.

[chump88 0]

yeah i agree.. thats a nice fish and definately the sort that u have to let fight another day

[1ONMEPILLIE 0]

Great looking fish and a good capture Good to hear it was released though not to sure on its survival rate

[statesquider 0]

Wow that thing is a horse Hopefully survived the release...

[weaver 271]

HUGE!!but look at his set up, short handled overhead surfrod?? very interesting

[Piranha 76]

weaver wrote:

HUGE!!but look at his set up, short handled overhead surfrod?? very interesting

Bloody HUGE I noticed the reel as well Weaver, couldn't imagine it would have a great line capacity? Thought you'd need it with a monster mully like that?

[osd 1]

osd wrote:Huge fish cal, I wonder how they weighed it?hey, its definatley a massive fish.apparently it was an estimate. that a mulloway or kob at that lenght in cm weighs so much

Yeah I was thinking estimate

[Cal 480]

weaver wrote:

HUGE!!but look at his set up, short handled overhead surfrod?? very interesting

The reels are on a low winch mount as thats the way distance casters have them set up.Instead of having the bottom hand on the butt and top on the reel,the bottom hand is on the reel and the top hand grips the rod up the blank,same as for using an Alvey.A huge amount of leverage is achieved and thats the way they do it.We dont do it here,but in WA they do and also South Africa and in Europe,tournament casters only seem to do it this way,but over there they fish like it.Cheers

[bigred88 0]

thats one nice fish but im pretty sure the mully in my australian fishing book is bigger than that! i will post a pic as soon as i figure it out p.s it was caught of ceduna.

[fish_seeker 0]

What a wicked fish, And i thought the little schoolie i got the other night wasnt to bad, So many fish so little timeCheers Chris