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That's one of the marlin Scott & his mates released
99% of charters do not keep marlin, unless they're record size
I am not a believer of bigger fish breed more fish, than younger fish.
The young 4litres would breed more than the older Texas (more lead in the pencil)

Just saying
Gra

Texas wrote:That's one of the marlin Scott & his mates released
99% of charters do not keep marlin, unless they're record size
I am not a believer of bigger fish breed more fish, than younger fish.
The young 4litres would breed more than the older Texas ( if he could).

Just saying
Gra

I have to agree with you to be honest. Gwaine Blake had the same theory in a gummy talk I went to. Any animal (including humans) are prime breeders in the adolescent to young adult age. Once you get past that breeding capabilities decline.

Not sure if it's any different in fish though.

What a great capture. That's one to go up on the wall!

I'm all for sustainable fishing and most of the time i catch and release. It does annoy me a bit though when people get all sentimental over big fish. If it wasn't so big would it be okay? Is it only the cute small fish and the really big fish matter? A fish is a fish.. Now that blue marlin was killed another will move up into its place. I bet if the marlin was 80kg the comments would have just been "awesome catch" and "well done".

Anth

Apparently the biggest ones are the females:

http://lahainanews.com/page/content.det ... l%3Fnav=21

Interesting artical
But the sounds of it there sound be more blue marlun out there

Sinsemilla wrote:What a great capture. That's one to go up on the wall!

I'm all for sustainable fishing and most of the time i catch and release. It does annoy me a bit though when people get all sentimental over big fish. If it wasn't so big would it be okay? Is it only the cute small fish and the really big fish matter? A fish is a fish.. Now that blue marlin was killed another will move up into its place. I bet if the marlin was 80kg the comments would have just been "awesome catch" and "well done".

Anth

I think it a moncho thing and ego.
Bigger is always better.

[quote="bilby"]Apparently the biggest ones are the females:

& they grow even bigger after they get married

It is easy to throw rocks at the angler for not releasing this fish but there is likely more to this than meets the eye. This Marlin will really put Exmouth even further on the map in terms of game fishing and will mean dollars for not only the charter boat fleet but also the town generally through accommodation etc. From another perspective tagging and releasing a grander instead of capturing it is normally an individual decision of the angler with likely some pressure either way from the crew. I released a Black Marlin around the grander mark off Cairns and the skipper - it was a new charter boat - was quite keen to have a grander on the boat for his own reasons. In my case it was certainly not a record fish. Anyway the bottom line is that I have nothing against the angler for capturing a likely Australian record Marlin. If it was his second one well that's another story!

Everyone's a critic. I know we consider ourselves somehow more advanced from the days of Zane Grey and Lee Marvin but good luck to the angler.

Eddie is a top bloke and he’d have over 2000 tagged and released blues to his name.

He’s been chasing a grander off Exmouth for years, and has lost 2 previously at the boat, good on him for finally getting one!

There are soooo many blue marlin out there, no commmercial pressure in aus, absolutely nothing wrong with taking one, expecially a record fish.