Guest Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 The next person who tries to make this fish out to be something other than a great capture will be removed from the forums. There will be no warning either Swordfisherman (Admin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 (edited) wow, im speechless, thats HUGE, top fish would have been the best fight ever, gimmie one of those ova a kingy anyday. cheeers james Edited May 5, 2007 by james1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambo Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 OMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Zee Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 thats the mother of all Jews!!! solid fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabbiehunter Posted May 6, 2007 Author Share Posted May 6, 2007 thats the mother of all Jews!!! solid fish now all you people are making me upset that i am not the one who caught this thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 How long did it take to reel in that monster ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodHolder Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_lure Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 is it a Jew? or Kob? big jew if it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 That is a BEAUTIFUL fish!!! Talk about the stuff dreams are made of! do you know what they caught the guy next to the fish on?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livo Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Simple calculation will tell you that this fish is around 70 lb. Length in inches squared, multiplied by the girth and then divided by 1200 will give approximate weight in lbs. ie 50 *50 * 36 / 1200 = approx 75 lb. (dimensions estimated from the human) I know of many large jew caught an F&S and rule of thumb for biggies is 10 - 12 lb / foot, but this fish is very fat and is easily the full 68 lb. What a beauty. You've gotta love whole mullet for bait at this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Simple calculation will tell you that this fish is around 70 lb. Length in inches squared, multiplied by the girth and then divided by 1200 will give approximate weight in lbs. ie 50 *50 * 36 / 1200 = approx 75 lb. (dimensions estimated from the human) I know of many large jew caught an F&S and rule of thumb for biggies is 10 - 12 lb / foot, but this fish is very fat and is easily the full 68 lb. What a beauty. You've gotta love whole mullet for bait at this time of year. Spot on Livo. Damn nice fish. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyfingers Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 pfffft .... I can do that , i just don't feel like it ! NAH, I'd trasde my mother-in-law to land that bastard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabbiehunter Posted May 6, 2007 Author Share Posted May 6, 2007 Simple calculation will tell you that this fish is around 70 lb. Length in inches squared, multiplied by the girth and then divided by 1200 will give approximate weight in lbs. ie 50 *50 * 36 / 1200 = approx 75 lb. (dimensions estimated from the human) I know of many large jew caught an F&S and rule of thumb for biggies is 10 - 12 lb / foot, but this fish is very fat and is easily the full 68 lb. What a beauty. You've gotta love whole mullet for bait at this time of year. are you a fisherman or a rocket scientist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livo Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 are you a fisherman or a rocket scientist? Both, which is why I was asking those dudes who caught the big land-based kingfish how they managed to cast a 1.5 kg squid out as bait from the rocks bearing in mind that it is like trying to throw three stubbies. The method I would use would have the squid chopped and cooked before it hit the water and I think the Army would want to know where there Bazooka went. Seriously though, look for the common denominator and cancel out before you do the maths. Quite simple really. Did you know you can estimate fairly accurately the weight of a Marlin by measuring the circumference of it's "ankle". ie the bit right in front of the tail. Apparently 20 inches equals 1000 lb. Mind you I cant verify this as I've never been able to catch one. There are many different and quite accurate ways to measure the weight of fish without scales. Do a google and you'll see what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 pfffft .... I can do that , i just don't feel like it ! NAH, I'd trasde my mother-in-law to land that bastard! Mother in-law as live bait ,,,,,,,,u never know it might work. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanker Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Holy Cow Batman!!!!!!!!!! Would love to see a post of the battle. Also what was in the fishes guts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Thats what fishing dreams come true are made of. What a fantastic jewfish and congrats to all. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolan Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 (edited) Hey Yabbiehunter, can you talk to your mate and get him to give you a few details on the fight or landing this baby! I mean, they say a picture is worth a thousand words, to me its created a thousand questions. The only thing I have ever caught bigger than that was a speedboat going the other way when I cast out! How on earth did he get it in the boat would probably be my first. I mean, I know you can get your hands under the gills , but would you do that if it came in green and still fighting? And I suppose you would have to be carefull about where exactly the hooks were if you did it! I'd also like to know what its been eating, there is a fair bit of space to put food in by the looks ! Your mate's done a champion job, get him to tell us about it Cheers Edited May 7, 2007 by stumpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 How on earth did he get it in the boat would probably be my first. I mean, I know you can get your hands under the gills , but would you do that if it came in green and still fighting? And I suppose you would have to be carefull about where exactly the hooks were if you did it! If you caught a fish that big and it was in the water next to the boat, there would be so much adrenalin rush you would pull it in like a 5kg fish. Hooks? I think that would be the last thing on your mind, I'd be more worried about the line breaking before I could haul it in. Have you seen the mouths on these things? I saw one that was nearly as big as this and the guy caught it on bream gear off the beach. It took him 45 minutes to get it in. You could nearly fit your head inside its mouth, and yet here he was, catching it with a long shanked hook that barely got around the rim of its mouth on 12lb line. This is a once in a lifetime fish around these parts. I'd be stoked catching one half (or third) this size. I'm just glad he hasn't posted pictures of the cutlets cooking on the bbq and even luckier we haven't got smell-a-vision. That would make me even more jealous. Cheers Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylo Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 MORE INFO !!!!! wow .. must have pulled it in on one of them environets ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrasseman Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 That's a monster. Wow. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Great fish... Congrats to your mate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 wat a weapon of a jew awsome work mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark* Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 great fish what a monster. would of loved to catch it, but there's always time to. regards mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 AWSOME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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