Jewfish monster

[robvee]

A report from South Africa : not my fish ,,,,,,,, but well worth the read

"The sea was quite cold and the swell was quite big. No luck in the morning, but at about 12:30pm we were scratching for blue fish and I managed to hook this beauty on light tackle. I really didn’t think it was an edible. I thought I had fowl hooked a Raggy or something. At one stage the fish was swimming to the right, down the coast towards a huge outcrop of rocks, BUT to my delight it changed direction and swam in the direction of “scattered brick” to the left of where we were fishing. Luckily this beast stayed beyond the rocks/backline in the deeper water for the majority of the fight. This powerful fish peeled at least 250 meters of line on its numerous runs.
The only way I could gain any line on the fish was to use the beach and walk back up towards the bush line. After 40 minutes or so, I managed to get the fish into the shallows. Seeing the large white underbelly from where I was fighting the fish from, I thought it was a huge Raggy swimming belly up. My mate shouted “KOB, KOB, BIG KOB!…” I couldn’t believe my eyes!!!!! I was flabbergasted…
I ran to my bag to get the camera. We took a couple of photos and took its measurement. I had my tagging kit, but in all the confusion and me wanting to release it quickly, I didn’t even think about tagging it… After 45 minutes of reviving the fish in chest deep water, the fish had gained enough strength to swim off.
What an awesome sight, seeing such an awesome specimen swim away.
Tackle used:
Rod: Errol Homes custom made high modulus stroke 4
Line: 0.40mm / 11.5 Kingfisher Giant Abrasion
Leader: 0.60mm
Hook: 2/o Daiich
FISH: Kob
WEIGHT/LENGTH: 1.83m / ORI calculations: 66kg
CAUGHT BY: jono
CAUGHT AT: Haga Haga 27 February 2010
BAIT/LURE: Pink prawn

For those who will not believe it ...... here are the links.
You decide for yourself !!

http://www.fishingec.com/?p=5581
http://www.fishingec.com/?p=5652

And here is the story of the South African record .... landed in December. Just to show that South Africa is renowned for BIG Jewfish (Kob)
http://www.fishingec.com/?p=5072

[honda900]

shitenhousen, thats a monster...

how the hell did he get that to the beach on that gear...

Regards
Honda.

[fishfreak01]

lucky you weren't swimming. Thats the biggest jew I have seen.

fishfreak.

[Pistol_P]

Biggest Jew I have seen.

Truly a monster.

Pete

[bryann]

its not even a real photo twits

[hakuna]

not a good photoshop, but a good try

apart from that you would never be able to hold up a jew that big

think about it

cheers

[Pazz01]

What is it with people putting up photoshopped photos. Honestly it is ridiculous.

You've obviously got too much time on your hands.

Pazz

[DAVE_S]

At 66 kg and one hand in the gill cavity and the other one well who knows , thats a great effort to hold a fish that size .

[Pistol_P]

its not even a real photo twits

Cmon....I believed the whole story...

66kg on a prawn using bream gear and 0.4mm line.....

Pete

[joeking]

Nothin like a good Seth Efrican story to get the bullshit flowing. Poor form robvee.

[charleville]

Normally it is Nugget who pretty well every year used to put up a post about a whale or marlin or something similar caught in the Logan river. Usually though, he only did it on April 1st.

Maybe, I shall change my Irish jokes into South African jokes.


I enjoyed the joke though. Well done, Robvee.


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[mattooty]

Hmmm, check out the links fellas. Maybe it is true.

[lunatic]

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good yarn!

[Damned67]

Hmmm, check out the links fellas. Maybe it is true.

I guess I'm a twit. The pics in that second link look pretty convincing to me.....

[MackerelMan]

Why would you hold a big fish like that up by the gills for a photo!!! He may as well have kept that fish as its long term survival chances would not be good.