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104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 11:23:57 AM
I thought I'd put up a picture of what a "real" big GT looks like. This fish was caught in Hawaii and apparently weighs 104lbs (47kgs) so it isn't even 50kgs. It sure makes a lot of so-called 50kg fish I've seen look like midgets!   :D






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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 11:36:51 AM
That thing would pull your arms off! Looks dead? How was it captured?

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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 11:39:00 AM
Huge GT,was it speared???

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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 12:18:13 PM
It sure makes a lot of so-called 50kg fish I've seen look like midgets!   :D

I'm sure we could all get our fish to look a few inches longer, fatter and maybe even have internal organs fall out of the fish's ass if we all held them like that.

The sheer weight would cause great spinal elongation which also makes the fish look visually very big and long.


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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 12:19:09 PM
It sure makes a lot of so-called 50kg fish I've seen look like midgets!   :D

I'm sure we could all get our fish to look a few inches longer, fatter and maybe even have internal organs fall out of the fish's ass if we all held them like that.

The sheer weight would cause great spinal elongation which also makes the fish look visually very big and long.



But yes, it is a very large GT  :o

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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 12:47:49 PM
 It helps that the guy holding the GT is a pigmy -  :D


HUGE -


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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 03:45:34 PM
It helps that the guy holding the GT is a pigmy -  :D


HUGE -


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 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

That's my kind of humor....

But yep that fish would not have survived having its entire weight supported in such a manner :( :( :( :( :(
Set the ray to GeeT

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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 04:47:04 PM
Aloha.  This GT, Ulua in Hawaiian, was caught from shore, land based, cliff area from the largest of the main Hawaiian Islands, the island of Hawaii.  It was caught using the slide bait method. You cast out clawed lead, get the lead stuck in the rocks, and attach your bait to the main line with a pig tail swivel.  It is then slid down onto the water where it stops at a stop ring.  The "100lb club" is a very exclusive club that a lot of the shore fishermen in Hawaii strive for.  BTW............this was his FIRST GT.

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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 05:08:18 PM
A great capture by any any method, especially being his 1st GT :)
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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 07:06:58 PM

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Re: 104lb GT
December 10, 2008, 08:41:31 PM
Where do you guys find all this stuff from? I guess some people have to much time on their hands. Great fish, even so does not need to be gaffed like that.

NO RESPECT what so ever.

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Re: 104lb GT
December 11, 2008, 06:16:49 PM
Huge fish ! Looks bigger in the video footage. Fish of a lifetime off the rocks. Thats a hell of a broomstick they are using.

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Re: 104lb GT
December 11, 2008, 07:09:22 PM
Broomstick? I thought it was a coconut tree ::)

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Re: 104lb GT
December 11, 2008, 07:28:45 PM
Yeah big fish,funny style of fighting though but well done!! ;) :) ;D

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Re: 104lb GT
February 01, 2009, 06:24:29 PM
i havent seen too many 50kg fish in my life, but i reckon its a big call to look at a fish and speculate (judging by the story of this capture i dare say this fish was certified).

i see many tricky lense work photos, and this honest pick like this is the best gauge, IMHO, side by side... regardless of apparent fish stretching. dont forget the flesh density of sea creatures is probably less than land animals. i think get a scale out (using a sling) and back it up before you lay claims, be you a bass fisherman or a gt freak.

if we asked most fisherman all our p#nises are atleast 8inches long!   ::)

to add on to my rant, just think... how many of your girlfriends and wives weigh less than 50kg?  if you dont have a 50KG to pick up try picking up two 20kg rice bags!

may i say also that is an awesome fish, a shame it died, and they cheated in using bait!