Big Fiji GT

[Marc mcelrath]

sachin who owns this boat??? where was this taken?

[Sachin Chaudhry]

Marc, I've got no idea. I think Mango Bay though but not certain.

[Callan Wallace]

Marc I'm pretty sure it is Mango Bay. They have a reputation of killing GT's.

[Warwick Joyce]

Found some better pics on matagi
http://www.matagi.co.jp/english/bbp04.php?itemid=206

[Sam Conacher]

that is certainly one nice GT

[Peter Olesen]

"that is certainly one nice GT"

Unfortunately I think the right word is "was"

[Luke Wyrsta]

I met the guy last night who caught this. He lives in Melbourne and this was his 2nd ever GT fishing trip. I didn't get a chance to talk about the capture, unfortunately...

[Marc mcelrath]

Sad day for the coral coast!no wonder why the fishing is dead around that area!

[Clay Hilbert]

Very very solid fish. Is definatly the mango bay boat in the picture. I fished there in April last year, and the crew wanted to kill the GT's that we caught. We politely explained to them, that we wanted to catch and release, and that if we done any other types of fishing that they could keep the fish. We ended up getting 20 odd gt's, all of which were released. We done a bit of wahoo trolling between spots and we let them keep the wahoo that we caught. Every fish we caught, they still questioned us as to whether  they could keep it or not. Its sad to see such a big fish not returned.

[Nathan Cefai]

Both good points from David and Callan...again, work needs to be done to show just how much fishing tourism and recreational tourism can bring locals in a given area.

GT fishing would be steadily rising in rank for per person expenditure as more people participate, and it's all primarily catch and release.

Anyway, fanstatic capture! Hopefully in the future we will see more swim away shots (as this is what the site is all about).

well said Luke Wrysta..