Popular Post JDP Posted March 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2023 Took my youngest daughter and her boyfriend out for a marlin session after they had finished their morning fish on the beach catching salmon today. The water temp was too hot for our normal target species of striped marlin but was good for both blacks and blue marlin. Striped tuna were in good numbers, a favourite of most marlin to eat, even though most were in the 6-8kg size. It was so much fun catching these tuna on 10lb spin gear we almost forgot about chasing marlin. Set up a teaser and dropped two live baits out the back at the slowest speed the boat will troll at. Literally under one minute and we were hooked into an estimated 200lb lively black marlin. This fish was extremely stubborn and had the young fella soon loosing a few beads of sweat!!!!! The fight went on for around 1.30 mins before we had it traced alongside the boat and released. Most likely fish inshore around the headlands tomorrow if the weather gods allow targeting a few hammerheads etc. mike farrants, Saintly Fish, Andy135 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Sounds like a great day out, and popcorn easily overtrumps pot noodles. Geoff. JDP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Love the last pic…. Sitting there eating popcorn while someone else struggles 😄😄 JDP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 That's better Jon. Top effort. I'd love to get stuck into a marlin. Or anything into double figures over here would be nice. Can't believe there was no toffee popcorn though, but sweet is still better than salty!! JDP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Great day out and great photos! Not a fan of popcorn though. #whingingpom JDP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 great fishing and pictures even though it makes the green eyed monster come out 😅 I'd be happy to catch a small tuna on the light gear (over here of course...) 🙂 Saintly Fish and JDP 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 it looks fantastic , shame about the fish getting away . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 53 minutes ago, captin slows old outlaw said: it looks fantastic , shame about the fish getting away . It didn't get away mate, we use light gauge hooks so that we can pull the hook when you trace them beside the boat. I was driving the boat so didn't get pics of this but my daughter filmed it on the GoPro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 cool , chance to fight again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 22 hours ago, captin slows old outlaw said: cool , chance to fight again. We rarely keep them even though they are in good numbers and pretty good to eat, it just adds on to much time at the end of a day giving it all away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 On 3/2/2023 at 3:57 PM, Geoff said: Sounds like a great day out, and popcorn easily overtrumps pot noodles. Geoff. A very special note for the other Jon. You should know that I could not "bad mouth" Pot noodles (I have tried them in the past, but never again) as I would not allow even a single PN to enter my mouth. Popcorn is far nicer, especially on a boat - no heat required, no wet mess to spill, if you do drop one providing that there is no fish blood or entrails on the deck (very likely in my own case) you could just pick it up, blow the dust off and eat it. I would also think that in an emergency you could even use popcorn as ground or hook bait. As I said before - "popcorn easily overtrumps pot noodles. Geoff. 🙂 Andy135 and JDP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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