New South Wales Game Fishing Association

GREAT LIGHT LINE MARLIN CAPTURES IN PORT STEPHENS

nigel — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:36:16 +0000

Exciting news over the New Year long weekend two NPSGFC boats captured potential Australian records (Still Pending). Both boats who are Team 1 boats from NPSGFC -Gunrunner and Angler Katie Lee caught a Marlin approx 86.8 kg on 6kg line on the Friday 30th December and Diversion and angler James Holt caught a striped marlin 60.9kg on 3kg line on Saturday 31st December.

Hot Catches

askstringer — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:55:15 +0000

Angler
Sue Tindale, of Silverdale, New Zealand was fishing with her husband and
personal captain Scott Tindale on September 22, 2011 off Maori Rock, New Zealand
when Mrs. Tindale landed a beautiful 112 cm southern yellowtail (Seriola lalandi). Using
jack mackerel for bait, she needed 20 minutes to fight the brute before she was
able to photograph, measure and release it alive, qualifying her for the
potential tie of the existing record – a 112 cm fish caught by her husband,
Scott. The Tindales’ yellowtail rivalry precedes this potential tie; prior to
Scott’s catch on April 8, 2011, Sue held the All-Tackle Length record for a few
brief hours with a 109 cm fish she caught earlier that day. See more of this month’s hottest catches
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First Tag Pops Up in IGFA Great Marlin Race

askstringer — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:54:43 +0000

Four
hundred and nineteen nautical miles later, the fifth fish tagged during the
inaugural IGFA Great Marlin Race (IGMR) has become the first fish to
have a tag pop off. IGMR marlin number five, caught by angler Norman Pichardo
during the San Juan International Billfish Tournament, had its tag pop up just
off the coast of Venezuela, near the Las Aves archipelago. Although this is the
first tag to pop up during the IGMR, the marlin has already taught anglers more
than just where the fish went.

“The
marlin came up tailwrapped and really brown – it had been dragged backwards
towards the boat and was in pretty bad shape. When the captain first saw it from
the bridge he called it a dead fish,” recalls IGFA Conservation Director Jason
Schratwieser, who was aboard the Amirita with Pichardo. Read more >>

Fishing Tips

askstringer — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:09:00 +0000

Does anyone wish to share their tips on how to catch gamefish?

Fishing News

askstringer — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:07:30 +0000

Tell us what you’ve caught.