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  2. Largest Toooooona

    in Brag Board & Largest Species

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    I don't think so, I have not even touched that tuna. But as it was caught on my boat in Italy I thought I would send the photos. Hopefully next year, when I am there for a month, I can get a shot at one! In the meantime I will keep hoping to get one here around Portland or Port Mac, where they have been caught to around 120kg. Though not very common.Opti

  6. Adrenalin 1993 Tapley Shoal Big Reds

    in Fishing Footage

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    In this video our first successful trip on bigger snappers. As mentioned in another post we ended up with 5 Snappers between 6 and 12kg and we caught a monster Blue Morwong of approx 10kg Unfortunately though at that time we did not really appreciate that this was the real great fish of that trip!Enjoy,Optihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZgRvSiLPsUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtbAGRre_o

  7. Great whites need to be removed

    in General Fishing

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    hi ranger, enjoyed your post and comments. As I said, I am just not interested in fishing GWs. You are probably right, fishing for them would not make things worse, but my question was, will it make things any better? Honestly I don't think it will make anyone in swimming/diving or boating on a 12 feet boat any safer! As you all might realize I love fishing too, as the cherry on top! Boating and the contact with the ocean is what I really enjoy the most. This is why I love boating/fishing. A long time ago` I used to go hunting, but while I would not mind shooting a Roo, or a Fox or a Pig, if someone would propose me to go on a Safari for Lions, Tigers or Rhinos, I would give it a pass, as they are too Majestic and too Few of them for us to disregard. I have been Duck shooting a few times, but if someone would say to me lets go hunting/shooting Eagles, I would give it a pass too. Regardless whether they would be protected or not! With a GW I maintain the same philosophy! Maybe it is a bit of respect for an animal that is a King in its own environment, an animal that has been able to survive anything since almost the dawn of life on our beautiful planet and the only thing he can certainly not survive is Humans! All the above mentioned animals are way too rare for us to have fun with! I have done lots and lots of boating in SA gulf waters, 1000s of hours up and down Gulf Waters and KI's north coast. I have had my crew dive for Crays (with the pods, sharkshield) lots of time, yet, we have only seen 2 GWs! I feel that these restrictions were put in place to protect what is by most considered the best "fishing machine" in the world! after us humans, of course. We should be proud to live in SA, one of the world's capitals as far as GWs, and if we keep it this way, if we look after and protect rather than bother this amazing creature, I am sure the world in a few years will have to come here, in SA to enjoy this amazing beast! When we fish down passed Snug, near Cape Borda, one of my favorite past times is to feed the Sea Eagles that live on the Cliffs down there. Seeing these wild Eagles (still very big though a fair bit smaller than a Wedged Tail) fly down to the back of the boat to collect the stunned live fish we throw at them is just another reason I am happy to spend the money, battle the waves and get down there! the other is my hope to see my 3rd GW!Opti

  8. biggest blue morwong

    in Brag Board & Largest Species

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    Here is pict three Posted Image This was in 1993. These were the day of 5 large Snapper as Boat Limit. We brought home our 5 + the Bluewi but due to our inexperience, never actually realized that the best fish of the day was a 10+ kg blue rather than a 12kg Snapper! Keep your eyes out for the video of this trip, coming soon.Opti

  11. Great whites need to be removed

    in General Fishing

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    Hi again guys, I am a bit disappointed that nobody attempted to reply to my earlier questions about this topic. Hence I will answer myself! ;) Honestly I really do not care much whichever way the government handles this. I was happy fishing years back when you could chase them, and I am still happy fishing now that you can't. Personally, I would never attempt trying catching a White Pointer, even from a 40+ foot boat. I would enjoy hooking one and play it on the line for an hour or so, but I would probably cut the line at some point. I have seen the damage a small 2m shark can do on a boat let alone a 5+ meter white!!! I have read several articles written by people who have chased them in the past and believe me, in most cases they don't sound like my kind of "fishing fun"! I will therefore reinforce my logic here:Catching a few GWs in the gulfs will barely reduce any risks associated with them! I think we will never be safe because we will never catch them all! Secondly allowing to catch them will probably end up attracting even more to our beaches! And lastly, how do you feel a GW is going to feel after having been fighting against humans for 3 hours on a line if he then gets away??? I certainly would not like to be the human swimming near that fish after his experience! As someone correctly said earlier, and also from the feeling I got from my previous encounters, I also got the feeling that this is an highly intelligent fish!As always my $0.02,Opti

  12. biggest blue morwong

    in Brag Board & Largest Species

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    I have caught one around 10kg one night at Tapley, just before dawn. I will try and post the video tomorrow. It was a fluke catch amongst some monster snappers. It was one of my first attempt at the big reds in 1993. Great Fish though! Caught heaps since but never seen or heard of one over 10kg. Keep checking the video section ......Opti

  13. Great whites need to be removed

    in General Fishing

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    Hi guys, I will throw my very short point of view on this subject in a way of 2 questions:1) Do you think that catching a few White pointers in the Gulf waters means we can safely swim? or boat in a small dingy without any further risks from GWs?2) Allowing people to fish for GW in the 2 Golfs would mean lots of people "berleying big time" with Tunas! Wouldn't this actually risk to bring even more GWs in the Gulf Waters? and in particular get the ones already here really in a frenzy?Looking forward to some answers,Opti P.S. My only 2 encounters with GWs on my boat developed both in a very similar way. The sharks, one 5m and one 3.5m circled us several hours while we caught lots of fish. Some time disappearing for an hour or so, then returning. And never ever they looked threatening to us and never ever they attempted to grab our baits or any fish we were pulling up! I have never been on one of this GW charters but I cannot but wonder how much blood goes into the water to get them into an aggressive mood. I would really enjoy hearing the opinion of someone with a lot of real hand on experience on GWs, I am thinking Rolf Czabayski!

  14. getting spooled!!!!!!

    in General Fishing

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    Had a huge run one night, a long time ago, at Tapleys on a full freshly caught Cuttlefish head on 50lb mono, on a Shimano 6500 Bait Runner! By the way a great reel with a super smooth drag! After a non stop several minutes run, I kept increasing the drag slowly as I could start to see the end of the spool! Eventually stopping the run. Unfortunately I was not quick enough in thinking of releasing the drag back while starting to retrieve some line(still very inexperienced back then) and as the "beast" went for the second run it broke me! To make things worst, I got upset and forgot to readjust the drag all together. Next outing, after having respooled the reel, had a great Snapper run in BaitRunner mode but as soon as I engaged the drag I lost another fish as the drag was still in full lock! This time I made sure I corrected the drag for good!. It was amazing how that original fish had kept the drag going during that original first run as to me it seemed in full lock! Always wondered what was on the other side of that line that night at Taplyes!Opti

  24. Anglers almanac

    in General Fishing

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    Don't enjoy fishing in them, but I love cruising in them!A bit disappointed to see St. Kilda lose that game, they will be spewing tomorrow looking at all the missed opportunity in the first half! Well done to Geelong though, they have been a great team over the last 3 years! I think overall Saints were the better team today but Geelong was luckier, as Bommer Thomson correctly put it!What a great game you have guys, Aussie Rules Rocks, and this comes from an Italian who had never even known that such a game existed before landing down under at the age of 24!Opti

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