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  1. 13th June 2013, 12:54 AM #1
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    Black marlin

    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 . 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.
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    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
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    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.
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  4. 13th June 2013, 10:06 PM #4
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    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
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    ONYA Steve.
    Perhaps you can conduct my first BEACH launch/retrieve.
    I have been puting it off
    Got the marina sorted cool.
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