first mulloway

 got my first mulloway yesterday, got it land based and it went 110cm and 17kg. good fun and it hit the bait about 8 seconds after i casted it in, had barely finished setting the rod couldnt believe my luck

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Well Done mate!

Tue, 2012-02-21 12:55

Solid fish from the stones!

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Nice

Tue, 2012-02-21 13:06

Nice job mate, good looking fish from the rocks.

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Great job mate! What bait

Tue, 2012-02-21 13:07

Great job mate! What bait would that be ?

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Great fish

Tue, 2012-02-21 13:09

Nice way to open your account. Still waiting to get my first - one day!!!!

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 Nice fish man good size 

Tue, 2012-02-21 13:12

 Nice fish man good size 

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 Envy - nice fish 

Tue, 2012-02-21 13:16

 Envy - nice fish 

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wow mate hows ya luck!!!

Tue, 2012-02-21 13:19

wow mate hows ya luck!!! Cracker fish mate real nice!!

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Congrats

Tue, 2012-02-21 13:29

If there was ever a case of 'right place, right time' you just nailed it. Simply awesome.

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Looks like middle/arvo part of the day also...

Tue, 2012-02-21 14:33

top stuff :)

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Frame that one!!!!!!!

Tue, 2012-02-21 14:38

Great catch mate. Well done. Preserve the memory forever.

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Top fish from the rocks

Tue, 2012-02-21 15:18

And no waiting!

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Tue, 2012-02-21 15:36

Quality croaker spooledagain!

 

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Gotta be stoked with that. 

Tue, 2012-02-21 15:40

Gotta be stoked with that.  Don't tell me ya caught that during the day

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Big congrats!

Tue, 2012-02-21 15:48

Big congrats!

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Jesus! Top effort. Did you

Tue, 2012-02-21 16:00

Jesus! Top effort. Did you keep it. 

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looks like south mole eh

Tue, 2012-02-21 16:11

looks like south mole eh

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dont mean to be a smart ass

Tue, 2012-02-21 16:13

dont mean to be a smart ass but it cant be south  mole...look at the positioning of him and the land...geographically it doesnt work

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 Nice Fish! Jervoise Bay?

Tue, 2012-02-21 16:17

 Nice Fish! Jervoise Bay?

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Brilliant mulla, looks like

Tue, 2012-02-21 16:38

Brilliant mulla, looks like jervous bay rocks or ASI?

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 Ripper fish mate! Sounds all

Tue, 2012-02-21 17:05

 Ripper fish mate! Sounds all too easy not having to wait for the hook up.. Good work!

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cheers

Tue, 2012-02-21 17:13

 yeah cheers guys was caught on a small frozen yellowtail at around 5pm i think aha bait hit the water and i turned to walk off then the reel went a bit and it was on. nah wasnt jervoise or south mole and yeah i think i got pretty lucky with the timing and how quickly it all happened

 

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 i have found on various

Tue, 2012-02-21 17:38

 i have found on various occasions that the mulloway will hit the bait within seconds of it hitting the bottom. Not on experience though ;) haha. Good fish!

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good fish mate well done

Tue, 2012-02-21 18:53

good fish mate well done thats what fishings all about .

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 congrats. gotta be stoked

Tue, 2012-02-21 19:57

 congrats. gotta be stoked with that one for sure. you must have dropped that one right in his face. he may have even taken it before it even hit the bottom and you didnt realise. good fun to catch too.enjoy the feed

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Jurien bay rockwall on my

Wed, 2012-02-22 00:29

Jurien bay rockwall on my call ;)

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Jurien

Wed, 2012-02-22 11:58

Jurien rock wall is my call too..  Awsome fish where ever it is...very well done....

Im seriously jelious :-(

 

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you bastard

Wed, 2012-02-22 14:15

ill 27th that, epic fish mate, definatly reckon you succeeded in gettin everyone on this post goin through their tackle box checkin if they got everything for a rock bash. ps. i hate you!

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how do you think i feel

Wed, 2012-02-22 16:57

i had my rod set next to him 5 minutes before the lucky prick :) 

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Wed, 2012-02-22 17:23

Who cares?? It's HIS spot now. Geeezzzz you guys are nosey.. or lazy.. go find a piece of ocean and work on it. I have been doing it for years and every now and again... it happens. Never the same spot.

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