Marlin on the rocks-1770

[F1SH_BOY]

hey wow! luky man there great fish my favourite actually

hey can u recromend any spots good 4 big fish like marlin in the illawarra region but not 2 far out for e.g around islands like tooth brush e.t.c.

any help would be appreciated

[aussie_stu]

Sweet fish, especially from the rocks, might get a ribbin for this, but why no catch and release??

[agnesstyle]

Guys,
I was there, and I can tell you it was a sweet moment for rock fishing. When we sore it hit, we new it wasn't big, but the shock of seeing a fully lit up marlin, wacking the lure was awsome. Dennis' shimano speedmaster was screaming on the first run and it didn't look like it was going to stop. Luckily it did, racing from left to right in blistering speed. I thought mackerals were fast, but this little fish was quick. After 20 minutes of battling, the fish came in close to the rocks, this is where most fish are lost to the Groper or the little bommie. It darted to the bommie and swam stright around it and back out. Another 5 minutes of staying deep he had it back at the rocks, up it came and I sunk the gaff in.
If we had more time to think about it we may have released it, but both Denis and the fish were spent, and throwing a tired fish into the water would be a snack for the groper, so all were happy.
Denis was using a 90g River & See blue metal with a wire trace on 30lb mono. It was the sweetest fight I have seen off the rocks to date, there have been bigger fish landed and some monsters lost but none as pretty as this one.
Nice work dennis
Mick

[Fishin_Dan]

Good work Dennis! You'll never forget that day for the rest of your life!

[FOOCKCHUCKER]

know what you mean @ the groper guts. i have a l.b.g spot were a giant cod resides and i have watched some of my big kingies sucked into his big ugly gob while i try to get them close for a gaff shot. p.s. no swimming here sharks ? no hope this big cod would probley give a decent tiger a go and probley eat him whole.

[barradise]

Also plenty of these little guy's off Facing Island, Gladstone.
Two weeks ago there were also a number of largish sailfish off the SE end of Masthead reef.
I'm heading back there as soon as the weather lets up a bit.

[Scarecrow]

Great story and nice fish
cheers ted.