Anyone Fishing?

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That is a hell of a fish! I would love to do that some time.

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Fuzz wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 11:36 pm That is a hell of a fish! I would love to do that some time.
My first ever barramundi was of that scale! 8O It was like snagging a Mac truck! :help:

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It now lives in my stairwell! :lol:

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That fish is 104 cm (41") and 14 kg (31 lbs). I have spent the last 20 yrs and a bunch of $$$, even building a BIG boat, trying to repeat the experience - but so far my largest other barra was 96 cm (38"). We tend to measure barra on length rather than weight.

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Nice catch! Those are some monsters!
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Meet on of the local where we fish! :help:

Estimated at 16+ ft - anything over 8' is regarded as a man eater!

This is why my boat is 22' ! :lol:

[youtube]https://youtu.be/1wZSaHi1DEc[/youtube]

and its never a good idea to run the boat too close to high banks! 8O

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Okay. I don't scare easy, but that woukd scare me.
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As long as you are doing some work on the boat you might as well go ahead and mount a 50 cal on the bow :help:

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Fuzz wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:38 pm As long as you are doing some work on the boat you might as well go ahead and mount a 50 cal on the bow :help:
I showed my kid the video and asked him if he'd like to be fishing with me there first. He was a little cheezed about the croc flying down the hill.
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We braved the craziness that is the Florida Keys during lobster Mini-Season. I grew up doing this every year but haven't been there for mini-season for lobster for 5 or 6 years. It was crazy, for sure.

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Man that looks like a pile of prime eating :D What is the limit on those? And how are their numbers holding up?

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Luv the pic of the lobsters!

Here in tropical Nth Queensland, the only way you can legally catch lobsters is to dive for them.

In the home of man-eating crocs, white pointers, tiger sharks etc - I don't think so, thank you very much! 8O

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