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G'day all
I'm just back from my NZ holiday and I thought that I'd share this with you.
While visiting Russell, the home of big game fishing in the Bay of Islands, I came across this little event.

A boat arrives at the jetty - note the catch on the stern of the boat:



The fish is raised from the boat:



A happy (female) angler with a 282kg blue marlin!



It's good to be back.
Trevor

That why we didn't hear from you for awhile, welcome back!

Thanx Birdy - it's good to see the forum pages again.
Unfortunately I have about 2000 posts to catch up on!

That's a marlin is it not? It's massive! Enough to feed the tribe for weeks!

Onyx wrote:That's a marlin is it not? It's massive! Enough to feed the tribe for weeks!

Onyx,
Cricketfan is able to supply one of them for the August meet! yes, enough to feed all the delegates for 3 continuos days with 20 differences dishes

Birddog114 wrote:

Onyx wrote:That's a marlin is it not? It's massive! Enough to feed the tribe for weeks!

Onyx,
Cricketfan is able to supply one of them for the August meet! yes, enough to feed all the delegates for 3 continuos days with 20 differences dishes

Yes, Onyx & Birdy. My LowePro Micro Trekker swallowed the marlin & I still had room for my D70, 3 lenses, SB800, and sundry filters & cleaners! (Not!!)

Lovely fish, eh?

nice captures... and welcome back mate....

it's a pity however that they did not tag and release the fish. sigh.

cheers

Damn that's a nice fish.. I do sort of agree with xerubus though.. it'd be nice to know he/she/it is still swimming around.. but as long as someone eats it.. congrats to the angler...

xerubus wrote:nice captures... and welcome back mate....

it's a pity however that they did not tag and release the fish. sigh.

cheers

My thoughts too, such a big magnificent (and probably old) fish.

pippin88 wrote:

xerubus wrote:nice captures... and welcome back mate....

it's a pity however that they did not tag and release the fish. sigh.

cheers

My thoughts too, such a big magnificent (and probably old) fish.

It's actually a female Makaira nigricans... and she is only young... the females are much larger than the males are known to grow to around 2000 pounds as adults.

As said before however, Trevor, great shots and well done...

cheers

xerubus wrote:

pippin88 wrote:

xerubus wrote:nice captures... and welcome back mate....

it's a pity however that they did not tag and release the fish. sigh.

cheers

My thoughts too, such a big magnificent (and probably old) fish.

It's actually a female Makaira nigricans... and she is only young... the females are much larger than the males are known to grow to around 2000 pounds as adults.

As said before however, Trevor, great shots and well done...

cheers

Wow, didn't realise they got that big.

And yep, while I might not agree with pulling such fish out of the ocean, you captured it well.

xerubus wrote:nice captures... and welcome back mate....

it's a pity however that they did not tag and release the fish. sigh.

cheers

Thanks for the welcome back, Mark.
You raise a very pertinent point.
The Russell Swordfish Club is the second-oldest game fishing club in the world.
They have a catch, tag and return policy (according to the information I read whilst there), but at the time I took these pix there was a fishing tournament happening. During this annual tournament, the fish are not released. I believe the tournament is sanctioned by the NZ Govt. It lasts for 3 days only.
I agree with your sentiments (although I do eat fish!) and, as it happens, there was a very vocal American tourist who voiced her disapproval during the events I photographed.
I hope this makes you feel (slightly) better.
Cheers
Trevor

thanks Trevor... it does make things a lot better knowing this is a managed fishery... unfortunately there are too many people that don't understand how to manage these types of resources correctly...

look forward to catching up with you soon... hope the journey back into the every day normality after holidays isn't too traumatic..

cheers mate..