A nice fish in the paper today (looks like a Makaira 80W, too):
For more than a decade, fisherman David Donald had dreamed of hooking a "gladiator of the sea" and hauling it up from the ocean depths.
When the moment arrived, it was a fight like no other.(http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1370952190/128/8784128.jpg)
Mr Donald landed the 189-kilogram broadbill on his 12-metre charter boat, Crazy Horse, with Paul and Neil Cleaver on board about 100 kilometres off Waikato's west coast in the Mokau Trench. - http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8784131/Four-hour-fight-yields-fighter-of-the-deep (http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8784131/Four-hour-fight-yields-fighter-of-the-deep)
Great story !! Thanks for posting.
John
Awsome fish!!!!
I missed this until today. Thanks for posting that Justin. Good story. Dominick
For us non-metric folks, that is 416 lbs.
VERY nice fish!
Wayne
Nice fish. Time for some smoked marlin.
I think that's a Swordie, no?
Damn nice swordfish.
Anyone on this Forum catch a swordfish?
Epic battle!
....13 years to catch one fish... I think I'll stick to inshore ;)
Dom
Quote from: Makule on July 04, 2013, 02:37:14 AM
Anyone on this Forum catch a swordfish?
Yes, my PB 100#. Fortunate enough to help with a PB caught one on a rental rod. That one went 250#. A miracle that it came to gaff. 2.5 hours and no less then 5 guys fought that fish. Stubborn, strong fish.
Bob
I've been on a boat where we fought a sordie for a few hours, but have never boated one. It is definitely on the list, a few times, although mine will swim away.
Ron
Bryan,
That is a MEKAJIKI, not a KAJIKI. I missed a fantastic fish print by 1 Hawaiian fish name at the admiral's house last night, so I've been brushing up.
Ron
Wow, NICE fish! Bucket list item for sure.
Makule - Have read of guys catching swordfish at night over on the Kona side. Don't know of anyone doing that here off Oahu; do you guys get them off the Hilo side?
noyb72 - My handy-dandy fish book calls a swordfish shutome, or were you ribbing Bryan that a shutome is a mega-kajiki?
BMITCH - Maybe a dumb question, but what is a PB?
That extra-long nose makes those swordfish scary and if they're tougher fighters than blue marlin or black marlin, then they surely are formidable adversaries.
PB= party boat. We overnight in the canyons here in the North East. The swordfish have made a great comeback in recent years. Year befor last there was one caught on the PB I fish on that went an estimated 600#. When I get a chance I'll look for the article.
Bob
QuoteMakule - Have read of guys catching swordfish at night over on the Kona side. Don't know of anyone doing that here off Oahu; do you guys get them off the Hilo side?
Perhaps some have been caught off the Hilo side, but I haven't heard. Only know that commercial boats do get them once in a while but they're 200+ miles out.