Black marlin

[klonk]

Got a call from a workmate that works the weighbridge at work, All those who are into fishing better come over, this is what we saw!

530 kg of beautifull black marlin . It was bought in by the local fisheries guys who had recovered it from a bay just east of Albany. It was spotted this morning by a tourist, barely alive close to shore.
If it had been caught on a line it would have beaten the WA record by 200 kgs :eek:. So it is now destined for the local museum after an autopsy.

Wish Id been fishing out there, I would have got it to shore with a whiting rod if I had to.

The cause of death was probably hypotherma, the fish must have come down south in the warm Leeuwin current and got caught in the colder water.

[LandyAndy]

About to post the same story Klonk!!!,you beat me.
ABC radio were reporting 4.4m/540KG.
Came ashore at my most favorite landbased fishing spot in Albany.Never caught heaps there,the scenery is to die for,yet to take the boat there.
Marlin found in WA beach - The West Australian (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/17579910/marlin-found-in-wa-beach/)
Andrew

[slug_burner]

What an undignified end for a majestic beast. No fisherman's tale to tell of hours of running the clutch on the reel, just washed up on a beach.

A beautiful fish, hope there are many more out there and that they stay away from the long liners.

[klonk]

Andy ,
I can show you a few spots out of there if you want to, not abad place to launch, sometimes there's a lot of Seagrass on the beach.

Cheers Steve

[LandyAndy]

ONYA Steve.
Perhaps you can conduct my first BEACH launch/retrieve.
I have been puting it off ;););););););)
Got the marina sorted cool.
Andrew