Mums first bill fish
Submitted by matttld25 on Tue, 2010-07-27 19:18
This is my mums first fish in exmouth. she flew in on the 26th july and landed this on the 27th. not bad for her first bill fish about 45 - 50kgs. it took her 45min to land on a TLD25 15kg line. mum is, lets say, just over 60.
Adam Gallash
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Been lots getting caught lately, its about time we had some good weather. Been spewing stuck at work looking at it each day. Solid saily mate.
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piston broke
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Great effort
what a beautiful fish. cheers Pete
bod
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onya Mum
well done, great catch. cheers
Lucky Tim
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nothing like getting the
nothing like getting the oldies onto some quality billfish.
Good onya Matt.
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lovely Tim
'the oldies' ....
Lucky Tim
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meant in the fondest way
meant in the fondest way possible of course.
allrounder
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Thats two in two weeks
only two weeks to go so i hope some are still around then
Opps good fish for your mum.Not many guys i know that have fished for years have cracked a 30 plus sail
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
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congrats to your mum. didnt
congrats to your mum. didnt wast any time getting a solid looking saily. Goes to show , your never too old to get a first. would have been a magic moment when that one came boatside and i bet mum will be smiling all night until the pain from the 45 min fight takes hold
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big john
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Excellent
That's a top effort all round. Well done to your mum.
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carnarvonite
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Good job
Good job on getting her on to her first sailie, bet she was chuffed with it.
Goatch
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Onya Mum
my mum would be lucky to come out on the boat let alone get a fish !!!
Just one more cast , honest !!!
Colin Hay
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Go mum
A great catch and a nice pic too.
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