Some of my best captures

[tailor marc]

Originally Posted by NOTORIOUS Capt.

Nice fish and saves money having to charter a boat!

Jeff

Thanks Jeff

Yep no charter = No sea sick aswell loL!

[tailor marc]

Originally Posted by Blackfish

Did you eat that wrasse....we keep those in aquariums over here...they go for a pretty penny ($39-$69)...looks like a Thalassoma species (Australian Species are more rare/harder to get over here in the trade, and therefor cost more)...or commercially called a Lunar wrasse or Rainbow Wrasse...beautiful fish...how did it taste?

Fantastic pictures and by far one of the most different and awesome post/report. Thanks

Hi Blackfish!

These fish here would be worth BIg $$$ on the black market. Very beautiful infack so beautiful i coulnt kill it.
I took this picture to show a girl i know in Russia. She was amaised that such colourful fish exist. I knew she and other girls would ask the question " did ya kill it?" so i threw it back and im sure its still alive as we speak

[Blackfish]

That is a unusual rig...three hooks, connected through the eye?

[topdog]

sweet photos! from a cliff? wow!

[tailor marc]

Originally Posted by Blackfish

That is a unusual rig...three hooks, connected through the eye?

We call this rig a "gang hook rig"





We use bait called "mulie" Its a small fish like a large sardnine and we thread the gang hooks on starting fron the tail to the eye of the bait so if a fish comes up from behind and chomps it it will find the hook

[tailor marc]

Thanks Cuda/Hoo_Killer for sending me some stickers and baits to try out!!!!


Bloody decks stickers looks mint on my WRX! and tackel box!
Im yet to try the baits and i will post up pics and my results!

[peznino]

thats so cool that you can catch tuna, yellowtail, and even marlin off cliffs. We can only dream of dooing that in california

[tailor marc]

Originally Posted by peznino

thats so cool that you can catch tuna, yellowtail, and even marlin off cliffs. We can only dream of dooing that in california

Thanks Alec, yep its such a amaizing location..

I went to a location yesterday where there was some really rough rocks and small cliffs pictured below...



Didnt get to fish due to me slipping over on the rocks smashing my knee right into the rocks hurt my wrist anf cut a few fingers

Damaged my penn8500ss , bent the handle and now it hits the bail arm and scratched my old school ugly stick :crybabies:
Laying here right now very sore all over.
I really wanted to try out them gulp worms etc that Cuda sent me.

Im going again tomorrow , i dont care about the pain... I must fish lol!

[Aleta]

Great posts & photos Marc! Awesome to see the action from the other side of the world.

About those cliff gaffs- are those things for sale down there or are they custom made? I've heard some guys in Hawaii talking about using a similar or maybe the same type of device on big marlin that die down deep in thermocline. No way to get them up unless you can sink a second line into them.

How much weight could you lift with the device before it would bend/break?

[tailor marc]

Originally Posted by Aleta

Great posts & photos Marc! Awesome to see the action from the other side of the world.

About those cliff gaffs- are those things for sale down there or are they custom made? I've heard some guys in Hawaii talking about using a similar or maybe the same type of device on big marlin that die down deep in thermocline. No way to get them up unless you can sink a second line into them.

How much weight could you lift with the device before it would bend/break?

Hi Aleta!
Thankyou for the complaments

Yep those cliff gaffs are forsale here in australia.
My uncle makes his homemade with thicker and stronger stainless steel.
We have lifted up 200kg+ sharks up the side of the cliffs.
You should be able to lift bigger with more men on the rope pulling
Usually the 3 gaff hooks will never bend because of the strength.

Here is a link to a aussie shop here in Perth that sells them.....

Cliff or Pier Gaff Large : Campbells

That is a pretty good one but if you got this one and make one same specs but with good stainless steel, it would be more than enough to do the job

[tailor marc]

I must thank Cuda/Hoo_Killer for sending me "gulp worms" to try downunder!!!!!

I had a gang hook set up and threaded on 3 gulp worms and look at the result!


7kg Australian Salmon!!!
Very different to the salmon that you have over there but still a wicked fish to catch!!!




Thanks again for sending them to me to try! I hooked many more but they kept snapping me off!
Lots of fellow Ausie fisherman have seen the "bloodydecks.com on my tackle box and have gone home to view the site!!!!

Thanks again

Marc

[phild]

7kg is a very big salmon marc....

Nice fish though