Bay Monster!

[Dug]

That is one big fish ! I have seen big ones when diving the reefs up north ( they scare the cr@p out of me underwater ) but nothing like that in the bay !!

Well done.

[backlash08]

yep, biggest cudda I've seen as well, nice work

[Scalem]

I'd hate to see this cuda in a bad mood, that's a big fish!

Well done getting it in!

Scalem

[Dylan_Rylatt]

maybe all those times i thaught that i had been sharked out that way maybe not soo...... i had been CU DED. did you consider taking the jaw..... would have been a rippa.... great fish it would have gone hard

Dyl

[Jeremy]

good to see the day got better for you Ian. I caught my smallest even bonito on my way back to Mud! That cuda a club record?

Jeremy

[Billy C]

Ian,

what set up were you using? Rod, reel, line class?

Nice fish.

[geoff72]

holly f!#$@n Hell, thats big

[kokomo]

yeah you might find that is a record fish... ?? depending on line class

I have been spearfishing and been totally surrounded by shoals of cudda off cape morten.. a sight ill never forget

sad you could not release but nice fish... once in a life time

[stevelcqld]

thats as big as some of the tinnies you see out fishing !!! Would love to give a horse like that a go one day !!!

Steve

[finding_time]

Thanks for the responses and i'll try to answer all the questions!

The line used was 30 lb braid on a spinning reel ( not sure what type as it was johns rod) We were out chasing long tails and it was the heaviest outfit on the boat. Were were almost spooled several times even though we were backing back on it hard! A the time of hook-up we were expecting a good fight and were totally ready for it , the deck was cleared the boat was at the right angle (we thought )and i was on the throttles and we were still almost bricked , if we hadn't been ready for the beastie it would have done us on the beacon for sure!

As far as records go if we hadn't been using a stinger treble in the mackeral rig it would have broken the all tackle australian record by around 12kg but using the treble disallowed it

We kept the head and hope to mount the Jaws ( any advice welcome) For interest the head weighed almost 11kg( that was just the head Timiboy ) and i reckon i could get my head inside it's jaws!

Ian

Ps Cuda Stink real Bad!!!!!!! An Foxy i'm not real keen on the Verminator title Kingtin can keep that one!

[Greg P]

Were there any big trophy mack tuna around

[joeking]

Jaws wasnt a shark....He was a CUDA!

[webby]

Now you know what the bay can yield, and way whats with the bay fishing bit, too rough outside, shame it wasnt the R t M ????, but i suppose you were a little out of bounds up around combi.
Nice cuda by the way, best i've seen from the bay.
Bit of mouth to mouth might have helped
People often mistake them for Spanish, this time of year, when you hear of reports of spanish swimming around their boat.

[Pistol_P]

That is beast of a cuda....

Never seen one that big either....HUGE.

Well done.

Pete

[RAT-KING]

No wonder why u didn't get any Lt's the cuda's eaten them all!!!!

He'd still make a good bait or atleast burley

Cheers Simon