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Gday all!
My name is Marc Russo, Im from Perth Western Australia and stax put link up on our steep point site so i though i would share some of my pics with ya ;) One pic in particular with amaize you. I was only 17yrs and i hooked , fought and landed a 100pound sailfish from the cliff. Its just about impossible to achive this and me bieng 17yrs old was even more special. Its pretty easy to land sailfish from the back of a boat, just whack it in reverse and reel it in. Try catching the fastest fish in the ocean on 50pound line off a cliff! haha It was fun! 1 big regret is not releasing this great fish, by the time we got the fish to the base of the cliffs it was had it and hooked in the eye. I allways release fish now and only take enough for a feed and only take what we need. Here is the pics http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/928...tmoment8bf.jpg http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4371/sailfishfq2.jpg http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3027/saily0ti.jpg |
Some more pics for ya, you can get a idea on how high some parts of the cliffs are,
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4393/16bc2.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/9347/29as.jpg |
Unfortunatly alot of our fish come up like this due to bieng attacked by sharks lol.
This is my uncle Nino with what would of been a monster mackeral. http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7729/38fq1.jpg |
Some of the fish that are caught there are amaising!
This fish was released unharmed, such beautiful colours. http://i6.tinypic.com/24c84ms.jpg |
Last show off pic from now .....
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5084/yellowtailhz5.jpg http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3527/kingfishqu7.jpg |
very cool guys! looks like a ton of fun!
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Wow, great stuff keep it coming.:cheers:
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Here are some pics of the beach only a 10 min walk from steep point
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7048/beach1ch8.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8026/beach2vv4.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3017/beach3kc8.jpg http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3843/beach4qw8.jpg This Tailor was caught close to Steep point http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5...closebyfh0.jpg |
Welcome Tailor Marc! :wave:
Very cool stuff.. Keep them coming.. :beat: Now! that looks more like height that I like to fish from... hehehe |
This is a pic overlooking "The ovens" this is where Stax was explaining where its 80ft deep strait off the edge of the cliff .
They call it "The oven" because not much of a breeze gets in there and iv heard it can get upto 50-60 degries c ! (not sure what that is in farenhieght) http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7218/1100sp4.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/99/15xm8.jpg |
Jeez...
Friggin Bluefish even get to Australia!!! |
Thanx bttfish :)
I got loads more great pics, gettin late over here in Aust at the moment, have to post more tomorrow.. Oh what the hell, here are a couple of my mate Kristian haha! It was his first trip to Steep point now he is hooked bad! He cant wait to go there again. http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1...ristianoi9.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/8...nfishinzf7.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5934/2yf5.jpg |
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Do your bluefish have a reputation of biting a careless fishermans fingers and making them bleed? Nice set of teeth "tailor" have |
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Hey question for you - how do you release a fish from 100 feet / 33M in the air?? Thanks & great pics! |
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Well most of the smaller fish we through back do acually swim off fine but when i said release fish after we caught enough i ment fishing in general like down here in perth off our beaches etc:) Its really good watching alot of people releasing fish in australia now. Everyone now realises that we cant take everything we catch. We have to fish for the future and take only what we need :) |
That is crazy! Beautiful pictures, awesome scenery, great fish. what more can I say?
(in the voice of Eric Cartman begging him mom for something) ... "John R can we go to the land down under for the class field trip this year??" :happy: |
Here is a pic of me fishn off the really high part behind the steep point sign.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h4...ifffishing.jpg |
This is a "Nor west snapper" Or oftenly called spangled emperor
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h4...estsnapper.jpg |
I'll tell you - impressive stuff and a lot different than what we have here in the Northeast USA. Though we do have bluefish / tailors, ours can get to 7-9 kilos and occasionally bigger though I've hear your's can push 12-13 kilos.
Our sharks and tuna come from boat though one adventurous souls is going to land a Giant from the Canal some day :hihi: Most of us surf fishing for bigger fish - targetting 20-50# (10-25 kilo) Stripers, do so at night as these fish are much more nocturnal when along the shore. From boat it's around the clock... Other than the standup gear on 10 rods :eek: and Alveys, we use a lot of similar equipment from Abu conventionals (multipliers) to VS spinners and such... Cool stuff. Oh, and little pressure Damn, whaddya think folks? Road Trip? :humpty: :wave: :buds: |
S-B field trip!!! :boots:
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Stax - keep the photos coming. Really enjoy them.:wavey:
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This is a pic of how big the swell can get.
Thats a pic of my dad and a wave acually coming higher than the cliff!!!! http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h4...r/bigswell.jpg |
Here is a picture of a wave that has just smashed into a 36 feet high cliff, (you cant quite see this cliff, but its about 60 yards away from where the photo is taken)the top of this wave is at least 70 feet high.
I'm sure Tailor Marc can work out where its taken from and then confirm just how big it is. I do have some video of the 25-30 foot swell. Its 10Mb so a little awkward in its size. Even this does not do the wave justice. If anybody wants a copy let me know, I'll email it to them. http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6585/wavekm2.jpg Stax |
Yep, i know the spot Stax!
Geee that is a high section of cliff! I think i have some pics of how high that section is. Goes to show how big the swell can get and how dangerous it is |
Some pics of the ovens....
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8379/ovens1xi2.jpg http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1360/ovens2rq7.jpg Looking strait down off the edge http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4818/ovens3qh0.jpg http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7555/ovens4db8.jpg |
Here is just some of what ya see swim past during the day
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2...1ofthemzi0.jpg If you are lucky , you can catch them like me ;) http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1...ilking2ab9.jpg |
wow, gorgeous...awesome fishin.....John ,When we leavin?
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My last trip up there we took a old Italian fisherman friend up there. His name is Bruno, he did very well and caught this really nice snapper.
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6696/brunoni0.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/469/bruno2na6.jpg and big Mulloway http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5553/bruno3mt9.jpg |
This is my uncle Joe
Some pics from hookup to gaffing (unfortunatly this one got away) Hooked up! http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5554/action1xc2.jpg Fighting it http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6064/action2am1.jpg Still fighting it, gaffer takes position with gaff looking down and ready http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3641/action3xc4.jpg Nearly ready to gaff, fish is pointed out in this pic http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2466/action4ud5.jpg Drops gaff down, hooks on gaff swing open to latch onto the fish http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9097/action5et3.jpg Zoomed in pic of the gaffing http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1200/action6ul0.jpg |
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