10 kg trevally

[fishbrain]

Kayaks on the roof Jeb and I headed down to Coomera for a fish,just on daybreak armed with two breamin outfits 1500 reel spooled with 4lb fire 4lb & 8 lb yamatoyo leader.after a few cast I landed my first bream of the session 26 cm to the fork, but what was about to follow I thought I could only Dreammm of.The next pontoon the water erupted with bait fish being bailed up and smashed Iwent to cast a 6"Gulp sandworm I was using for bream but remembered I had pink 3" Ecogear Paddletail rigged up unweighted for top water fishing on the other rod.
I quickly got cast away& started to retrieve when this massive bow wave rose up behind it,my reel begin to scream nearly spooling me on it first run I stop the spool with my hand & I took off down the river being towed about 12 knots with Jeb paddling hard to keep up with me.Luck went my way staying out in open water then it was at stalemate for over an hour I couldn't lift him off the bottom with 1-3 kg rod.Pulsing round &round the kayak with the drag set right the rod felt like it was going to explode creaking & groaning my first sight of colour I thought he was around the 4 kg mark.With Jeb waiting to help with landing the fish slowly coming to the surface passing his kayak he look at me and said your kidding it's a BUS,then pasing me I got my first good look at the Beast .
Then with the adrenalin reaching a new high Jeb pulled off a great tail grab to land it.About 2 hour of intenifying rush that fishing junkie like myself never thought possible a plastic surgeon couldn't get the smile of my face a 96 cm 9. 8 kg trevally . Cheers fishbrain

[fishbrain]

another pic

[fishbrain]

80 mins into it !

[-spiro-]

that mother could of pulled you overseas in that kayak ;D

[Smailesy]

great stuff what a great effort

[fishbrain]

some more pics

[fishbrain]

Last one

[keen_as_mustard]

great read and greater fish. the coomera river never ceases to amaze me what it can produce - I have caught a few trevs in there, but nothing like that. 2 hours - now that is a dedicated angler

well done

[matthill80]

mate hats off to u that is an awesome fish to say the least well done


cheers matt

[jackash]

WOOHOO!!! THAT IS FREAKING AWESOME!!! I've got the biggest grin on my face just sitting her looking at the pics. One of the best efforts I've heard of.... ever!!!! Top stuff mate!!!!
Cheers
Jackash

[NeilD]

Nice fish and a great effort on light gear

Neil

[Streetkid]

Absolutely bloody awesome mate! I bet your hands were shaking when you first got to hold it.

[nabs12]

Hey
Thats just awesome! Just looking at the last pic, the hook must be pretty strong to go through all that!
Well done

Cheers

[DaveSue_Fishos_Two]

Fantastic and very well done!!!!

Cheers
Dave

[solwota]

that is one amazing effort!!! congrats to you
cheers
richard

[rod_m27]

:D, AWESOME JOB..... released?

[fishbrain]

NO unfortunately killed him to land it ! cheers FB

[serene_lady]

Very good report. Well done. Bob.

[Adamy]

Mate... MAAAAAAATE!!! Congrats ;D Thats a horse of a fish for small water and light gear Nice pics too - well done - you'll be wearing that grin in your sleep :D Thanks for sharing!!

[BennyJ]

Great Fish mate ,

Well Done

[Heno]

:o Awesome fish and fantastic effort Fishbrain.
Cheers,
Heno

[fishingjew]

Well done the arms would be sore after 2 hours not bad on light gear

[Scalem]

You caught it where?

The photographic evidence does not lie, the background looks very familiar territory as I am sure I travelled it at some time. I would think this a typical capture up north in the gulf, but here in the Coomera?? ::)

Totally awesome, next time you rig a pink placcie like that, I bet you will get the shakes just re -living this battle!!

Well done! ;)

Scalem

[Matthias]

;D ;D ;D ;D nice one. Gets me blood pumpin that story.

Pete.

[Jack_Hunter]

Thats an awesome effort mate. I can only imagine what an adrenalin rush that would have been. I have caught some small ones on light gear, but that would have been something else. Congratulations on the persistance to.

Cheers

[Gutsy]

Awesome catch on a pink grub. Well done.

Cheers.

[fish2eat]

Hey fishbrain, that is the result of patience and skill......most fisho's would have lost it on that gear, so all credit to you. [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

[T1]

Hey fishbrain, that is the result of patience and skill......most fisho's would have lost it on that gear, so all credit to you. [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

Couldn't agree more!! That is a SUPERB effort and congratulations! I want to know how you paddled back with your arms shaking??

Take Care T

[shayned]

Fishbrain welcome on board and with that story i think a few more people here will be thinking about the possiblities from a floating bit of tuppaware, either that or you've just turned part of the coomera into a carpark for a while. :) Congratulations on a mighty fish and mighty fight, a pity you couldn't just put a harness on it and made it tow you back to the launch area. Did it make it on telly in the end?

[fritzy]

Fishbrain,
Just to echo the other readers, that is a sensational story and the fish of a lifetime :o :o. You could pull that from a bommie up North on 50 pound braid and a 10 inch popper and be totally stoked to land him. But to pull him out of the Coomera River on 4 pound main with 8 pound leader, that is truly amazing. Like the others have said, it is testament to your angling skill and patience to win that battle, i know myself i have lost the majority of my bigger fish on plastics (up to about a 1/5 of that ones size) due to panic, wrong drag setting etc. That will be one hell of a story for the grandkids.
PS. Wasn't the best trip overall though. Only two fish boated for the session! ;) ;D I would have expected a few more bream from you fella's at this time of year... ::) ::) ;D ;D
All the best. Keep us up to date on your next angling adventures,
cheers Fritzy

[puks]

hey fishbrain
thats amazing a big bugger like that in a kayak and light gear bloody hell
i would fear it would pull me over board in our poly
great effort esp the last pic is amazing

thanks for sharing

amazed anya


PS my first question to GOT was can i catch a fish like that
his answer not up here >:(

[heathrow69]

Well done mate :D

fantastic effort to land a fish like that!!!! :o
Keep up with fishing stories like that I want to go and have a fish RIGHT NOW!!!! ;D

[Fishin_Dan]

HOLY FREAKIN HELL!!!! :o

Mate - That is the dream of many a placcie franger flicker! You've excelled brilliantly. I've caught a couple of little ones around the 2kg mark & they are a ball... I can only imagine the fight that put up!

Congratulations again mate! That's a fantastic effort!

[stonecold]

Mate you'd nearly have to be happy with that!!

[Az]

i remember seeing this topic and not viewing it thinking it was a report from up north!!

what an absolute stonker, never have seen one that big landed on the goldy, let alone in the coomera!!

top stuff ;D

[Dirty]

Bloody hell!

thats a fish of a lieftime! Well done fishbrain!

Awesome! You gotta have balls to fish off a kayak... you never know whats int he water...and the last thing you need is to be the lure!

tip top effort!

George.

[Louis]

That is a beautiful fish.



Well done




Louis

[White_Steenbras]

Bloody unreal mate, that just tops off what a great pastime, passion, hobby or whatever you want to call it. That is FISHING at its best.

Cheers Barnesy

[lattic]

Well done mate, i bet that story goes on for a while. Awesome catch.

[Craigus]

Super fish and effort there Fishbrain :o :o
Well done. I'm sure you will remember that catch for a while to come!

[Petenoosa]

Mate that is an awesome effort....I am jelous... :-[........I wish the trevs were that size in the river here... :'(

[john_steward]

:o

[young_mind]

:o HOLY COW ! THATS TOP [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] Lucky boat did'nt flip ;D

[cuzzamundi]

i'm absolutely speechless!!! just brilliant. brilliant. can't compliment that effort enough. Bloody UNREAL!!!!

cuzza

[jim_bream]

Hmmmm, a mate of mine at work told me to check it out, within 10 minutes the whole of the Courier Mail was talking about it- bloody well done mate! I had a little trouble finding your reel in the pic, but I think I found it between yer forefinger and thumb.... :o HOW SMALL?
Good effort mate, you're the envy of more people than I know..
BTW, what sorta jighead was it on, as someone said earlier- had to be a strong hook not to pull it. Was it a TT?
Absoloootly bootiful mate,
jim
:D

[Toppy]

Nice work bloke, you are the talk of the town.
Enjoy!
Cheers
Toppy

[Got_the_Fever]

That is a fantastic fish mate. If you can put a harness around it you might have just solved any paddling problems. Just hold on and ski anywhere it wants to go.

Kel [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[jackextracter]

Nice trev mate i know were you are fishing and i have caught big trevs and jacks my self there also, dont worry im not going to tell anyone were it is, but there is heaps of trevs that size there i get done by them all the time and theres some big giant herring there to, anyway goog catch. ;) ;)

[fishbrain]

This is the rig I used gamagatsu hook just keep the rod tip up so the paddletail swims on the surface. Happy Fishin Fishbrain

[Great_White]

That's a top catch on 4 lbs fireline :o :o :o

Lucky you stopped it or next stop New Zealand ;D ;D ;D


Peter ;)

[84mick]

Thats a top catch mate! very nice work.

[BrandonH]

Dam nice Trevor mate!!! wish one of mine i got last week was that big :( oh well maybe next time ;)

tight lines

Brandon...

[ratherbefishin]

Brilliant Effort, that's an awesome fish and caught on that light gear out of a Kayak is just exceptional. Last time a mate and I chased something for 2 hrs on light gear it ended being a mongrel eagle ray, glad yours turned out better.

hats off to you, brilliant.

[lukesnapper]

top effort mate, thats a fishing moment u will never 4 get! good on ya!!

[DICER]

that's a nice Bus!!! :o

[Pecker]

;)Check this bloke out not only can he catch a fish but look at his clobber. How many blokes actually have their profile name on their cap and jacket. Good on you maybe you have started a new trend.
Cheers
Pecker ::)

[T-roy]

Nice fish mate, ive been busted up by some big trevs in the creeks but not quite that big

[Dirty]

WOW!!!! A fish of a lifetime!

Must have gotten the adrenalin pumping .... I still look at these photos in awe!

Tip top effort Fishbrain!

regards

G.

[Wilson]

Now thats one you can tell the grandkids about!!!!

[Murks]

Mate that is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
fantastic effort , I cant imagine the adrenalin that must have been pumping thru your veins...

[Phoenix]

Just sensational

[cod]

nice is all i have to say is that i (wish it was me)

[hicksy]

FISH OF THE MONTH ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[vanurose]

This is the best thread I have ever read. I hope you don't mind your photo being sent all over the world but the photos are irresistable and all who have read this thread are in a good mood because of the time you spent in sharing this great event with us.
Thanks again
Cheers
Rose

[gogecko]

Hmmm, I just found this thread, Ive been busy the last few weeks.

I saw this report on nuggets TV news the friday before last. I was taping it, as I usually do, and replayed it quite a few times to show my missus. Nice of nugget to give away the spot?

Great catch, and a story you wont forget. Im now totally convinced that stealth is the most important ingredient in fishing.

Andrew

[fishbrain]

Hi Andrew, I haven't seen the nuggets report but Iam chasing a copy I will PM you Andrew.Cheers Brad

HI Rose, Thanks for your kind words & I don't mind you sharing these photos. Happy Fishin Brad

[fishbrain]

Thanks Everybody may the Fish Gods smile :)on you all. Happy Fishin Fishbrain

[White_Steenbras]

The fish gods are always smiling....its Queensland mate, I agree with the happy though, I have 3 weeks fishing left. ;D

[jackash]

HAha the fishing gods are certainly shining on you fish brain! What a fish! Still look at the pics every day! Was telling my mates about the fish, and the best way I could describe the capture was by jumping up and down while making excited squealing noises.:P ::) Good on ya again!
Cheers
Jackash

[Dodge41]

Brad good to see the trevor earning you the deserved praise here mate ;)

[fishbrain]

Hi Richo, How was Big W dam looks like you were having a ball by the photos looks like the Yak Boys are banging a few good fish 80 cm Croc a new posting Awesome !. Cheers Brad

[gregdeeth]

:o

[Dunks]

Between you and me FishBrain we will get a few converts over to stealth fishing in a yak! The results show the benefits!

[imnotoriginal]

That's fantastic mate, a once in a lifetime sort of experience. Congratulations on a marvellous effort, I hope to do the same one day.
Joel

[fishbrain]

HI Joel, Just coming down from the whole experience its opened new limits on what can caught on a kayak on light gear I thought 4kg would max my gear out I think the yak's like an extra drag. Cheers fishbrain