Big Mack for morning tea!
Well being my last day off, one has to get in there last fishing fix. Left the ramp at 6am, should of been earlier, but someone had a few to many wines..coronas last night. Started of with some bottom fishing and after a few drifts picked up a nice goldie and some big emporer. The bait schools where coming in closer and at last the tuna had showed up. We chased some schools of tuna around for a while, caught and released a few and one for the esky...bait.
We then went to another spot by the channel and started bottom bouncing again. We hooked a few more fish, but all was very quiet in fishtown today. I hooked up a nice slab of tuna and sent it to the bottom. After no bites for a while, i began to start bring my bait up to the boat, when bang something grabbed my bait and took a big run. I turned to my mate and said "Bloody sharks" but all of a sudden what ever was on my line was coming back to the surface. Alarm bells sounded in my tiny brain....that this well could be a Mackie. After the fish doing 2 laps around my boat..just about taking out my two way antenna... and my mates head. I finally got the fish to the surface..and to my surprise i was alot bigger mackie than i expected.
We got the fish boat side, and after slipping a few discs, we managed to pull it into the boat. We took a few snaps measured him up around the 150cm mark...and released the big boy to fight another day!
Rig
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nice 1, looks over 20kg
nice 1, looks over 20kg
big john
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Solid
Solid fish Wade. Nice work!
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Paul_86
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great mackie
Great mackie wade, what a way to end ur day off! looks like a mono leader too so very lucky not to be bitten off!
hlokk
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Thats an awesome mack, gotta
Thats an awesome mack, gotta be pretty happy with that.
Do you ever chuck out floaters for them while you're bottom bashing?
Adam Gallash
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release
Top work releasing him mate, the freezer would be chockas for a long time and fresh is best when your living in paradise. :)
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wadetolley
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yes
Yes mate, no use having freezers full of fish up here. I just keep 2 weeks supply of fish..just in case it blows up and i cant get out. There is still a lot of freezer fillers around up here, but carma is a biatch.
I Was bit suss on cigetera with a mack that size as well.
wadetolley
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Cheers
Cheers guys! Yes i was lucky it didnt bite thru the 100lb mono i took of a handline to make my rig this morning. Soon as it come to the surface i was waiting for the ping.
Nah hlokk floaters just attract sharks up here, more often than not. Floaters are ok in the shallow waters, just waiting for some nice glassy weather, so i can get in close, with out tearing a hole in my boat.
Goodz
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Cracker of a mack wade, well
Cracker of a mack wade, well done! Man I miss the north.
till
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What a porker!
What a porker!
Lucky Tim
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cracker macky. The last one
cracker macky.
The last one I caught measured 135cm and weighed 18kg so that's well into the 20's.
hlokk
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Using your numbers Tim, if
Using your numbers Tim, if it was the same shape/girth/etc, it'd make it around 24-25kg if you scaled it up. I'm not the best as estimating mackie weights though, but looking at the pic mid 20's seems right to me?
Seaquest
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Horse of a macky. Well done
Horse of a macky. Well done Wade. Easily over 20kg.
claire
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JEALOUS! Spewing I was at
JEALOUS! Spewing I was at work!
Great you released the Mack back to the sea.....got to have respect for these big fish!
buschy
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Crackalacker!
That's a great fish mate & good on ya for letting it swim away. Pretty hard to top that.
uncle
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good mack all right
one we caught at exxie was 147cm and went 22 kg weight
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STEVE231
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Good Mackie
Top mackerel Wade, good line burners at that size!!
Tigh82
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Nice
Easy over 20kg! That fish is awsome!
DazSamFishing
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Mega Mack
Awesome fish!
TAPOUT
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Your a better man than I
Your a better man than I mate. Im drooling just looking at that picture mmmmmmmmmmmmmackie
Marky
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Yea very nice... the one i
Yea very nice... the one i got recently was 149 and a tad over 25kg... Yours look easily 25kg.... Good catch on mono ...
Faulkner Family
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well done Wade, but its
well done Wade, but its about time you caught a real fish, not these sardines you keep putting up on here.
. Would have tested your line and knots out
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wadetolley
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Sorry
Sorry guys, i dont really want to catch a bigger fish than that...that gave the back a work out...caught a mackie, but im still hanging for some smoked mackie fillets..hopefully next days off!
Faulkner Family
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now lets see ,,,, whats the
now lets see ,,,, whats the old saying about things like that.......TOUGHEN UP PRINCESS
. you can keep the mackie, nicer fish out there to fry
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wadetolley
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thats
Thats what i used to say, until i tasted a smoked mackie fillet!
Dale
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Woo Hoo, that's a good
Woo Hoo, that's a good mackie for sure.
Cheers
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nice big mackie and great
nice big mackie and great photos, well done mate
soupster51
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Top Fish
Great fish Wade. Good job on the release as well. Good to see your mixing it up a bit now. All those very edible bottom fish must be boring you by now.....
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wadetolley
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Thanks
Thanks guys, mixing it up a bit. Still not getting sick of eating trout and goldies...im hanging for some squid but. Cant believe the good old 100lb mono handline..stood up to the test.
Mick
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Horse mackie Wade. Top
Horse mackie Wade. Top effort now go to work and stop teasing us
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just dhu it
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Decent Macky
Thats a decent Macky Wade and you not far off shore by the photo, good to se your still enjoying it up there and putting out some great storeys
wadetolley
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Gods
Gods country mate!
mullows
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I'm with you Wade, loooooove
I'm with you Wade, loooooove smoked Mackie. Might go soak a fillet up today and get one in the smoker, yum.
Cheers
Mullows
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till
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Got a smoker ready for some
Got a smoker ready for some SBT tonite!
alfred
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That is one big Mac, top
That is one big Mac, top stuff.
uncle
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smoked macko
used to have a friend who smoked fish for a whole week, it was sensational
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PattyT
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Cracking fish mate!! Cant
Cracking fish mate!! Cant wait to land one like it one day.
wogboy1963
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So jealous!
We done! We can only imagine the thrill of catching a monster like that unless you get the time off to plan a trip up there! Keep up the good work and its fantastic you even released him to fight for another day!