Marlin

[cod_botherer]

I'm 5' 11"

Just one more inch ....

(Now I sound like my wife)

[jeffo]

dont have any more pics of it by any chance??

[cod_botherer]

no, sorry. There wrere others but lost over time

[jeffo]

just trying to work out if they are thin fins hanging from the underside of the fish (near the gills) or is it the photo angle and its actually the other pec fin?

[cod_botherer]

The other pec fin I think.

Not that I've seen a stipey live but I would have thought it would be stripey [smiley=freak.gif]

It was a uniform medium blue colour on top. It looks darker in the photo because of shadow and scan quality.

[jeffo]

the name black marlin is far from a good description for the live fish!! when they come up (especially in sizes from 5 to 50kg) they are irridescent blue with glowing blue green stripes on top and silver/white on the belly.
hard to tell with the angle of that photo.

[jeffo]

if you look closely to this pic you can see all the colours i am talking about.

[cod_botherer]

If that's a black, then mine was a black.

Thanks

Size guess?

[Smithy]

Definately not a Stripe. Stripeys have convex shaped pec fins which is the best way to tell. There are other things about shape of head and shape of bill and height of dorsal but pec fins are the best for all I.D.s. In Blacks they are pretty rigid and the bigger they are the lest they will fold back against the body. Blues and Stripes they fold easily. Blue pec fins sweep back like the fish in the photo and Stripes have a convex shape on both sides.

[jeffo]

yeah im still leaning towards it being a black.

[the_real_fishcrazy]

Its a black fella, just a bit out of condition. I'd call it 25-30kg.

[magicpudding]

For my 5 cents worth i'd call it a black, probably around 30kg. Apart from the looks, i'd say its VERY unlikely to find a stripey that close in to noosa. The closest we've found one is in the moreton trench, and many people were surprised at that.

C.J.

[jeffo]

damon and craig got one at the 18 mile years ago i think cj.

[Smithy]

There were a few Stripeys in that hot August bite at the 21mile 2 years ago and there was a bite on the 100m line between Hutchies and the Cape during one tournament which was Stripeys. Down the Gold Coast, from the 36 fathom line out was recognised Stripey territory. Spot X gets them regularly and it is 82 odd metres. Where did Granville switch that Blue in the All Ports on 15kg at the start of the year?

[jeffo]

wouldnt have a clue smithy... but if he was fishing for blues it woulda ben the cape or the 32 mile id say.