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Thread: Guy sets a Kontiki off a beach - catches Marlin!

  1. 21-03-2018, 02:49 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    Yeah I get that. Even 80lb trace is bloody lucky, them bills aint nice to mono at all, even 400+lb get rarked up like its been pole dancing on a sander. Bloody tin arse is all I can say. What an achievement
    Quite possible it was bill wrapped around the main line.
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  3. 21-03-2018, 02:55 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudattack View Post
    Quite possible it was bill wrapped around the main line.
    That is the scenario I am going with
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    Oh yeah catching one land based is what weve been trying to do for years! Had a couple of close calls to under the balloons however on a long line then tail wrapping it to get it too shore is not my bag and im sad for the fish
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    ....fuck it - all I'm catching is stingrays & dog-fish...
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    I'm no fan of this style of fishing, but I think this guys deserves his fish and what an epic story!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MightyBoosh View Post
    I'm no fan of this style of fishing, but I think this guys deserves his fish and what an epic story!
    Fan or not - it's nice to head to the beach, set the line & have a bit of fun there before taking home a feed (for a shitload less cost than putting a boat in the water...)
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  8. 21-03-2018, 07:22 PM #22
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    I wonder how did the conversation go when it fell off.....

    old man... "shit its got off !!"
    son ... "bugger"
    old man... " quick get out there and lasso
    it by the tail"
    son... "no worries dad im a surfer"

    Hahaha Good effort i reckon well done to those two

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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
    I wonder how did the conversation go when it fell off.....

    old man... "shit its got off !!"
    son ... "bugger"
    old man... " quick get out there and lasso
    it by the tail"
    son... "no worries dad im a surfer"

    Hahaha Good effort i reckon well done to those two

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    Yea it must have been tail wrapped and buggered or otherwise it would have been gone ay?
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    and I thought this was another post by that Chinese guy that posts handy hunting tips
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Yea it must have been tail wrapped and buggered or otherwise it would have been gone ay?
    Yep i reckon. Either that or it was
    "beached as !!"

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    Matt Watson will be next with a handlined Marlin from shore.
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    The long line paid for itself :-)
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