[mako5870]

I just got e-mail from korea.

some jigging man was trip southewest 57km the name is gaku island

47-50m jigging for yellow tail but hit the big grouper

150gm jigs.

He was fighting 40min.. but broken rod for 3pices...

grouper is 160cm

great job!!!!!!!

 

[KILSONG]

Nice fish.
That is a same family of giant seabass we catch in sourthern California/Baja or NZ.

 

[JerseyBrian]

Wow, what a fish! Great to hear there is some fantastic fishing off of Korea. Even that pic of that HUGE potential world record flounder that Kil's friends ate was insane

150g jig too, haha that's awesome. Shallow? No current?

This post edited by JerseyBrian 09:27 AM 08/19/2008

 

[KILSONG]

They call it Dot-dom in Korea. They are rare in Korea, but all dot-dom caught are big. There are pretty good population of dot-dom in Japan.
Here are a picture of giant seabass and hapuka(wreckfish) caught in Three Kings Island, NZ.



This post edited by KILSONG 09:38 AM 08/19/2008

 

[JerseyBrian]

KILSONG wrote:
They call it Dot-dom in Korea. They are rare in Korea, but all dot-dom caught are big. There are pretty good population of dot-dom in Japan.
Here are a picture of giant seabass and hapuka(wreckfish) caught in Three Kings Island, NZ.


So are Hapuka another name for Giant Sea Bass?

 

[KILSONG]

JerseyBrian wrote:

So are Hapuka another name for Giant Sea Bass?
Giant Seabass and Hapuka are different fish. We call Wreckfish for Hapuka here. Here is a picture of hapuka. You'll see the difference between two fishes.

 

[JerseyBrian]

Thanks Kil. It's still a little difficult to see the difference between the two species, but at least I know they are different now! I'm guessing that the Hapuka don't reach the size of the Giant Sea Bass?

This post edited by JerseyBrian 11:08 AM 08/19/2008

 

[657065]

What an awsome catch!
I noticed the reel is a left hand retrieve, any idea what brand?
accurate?

 

[KILSONG]

http://flvs.daum.net/flvPlayer.swf?vid=drLI7IALWZI$

 

[Codkiller]

Great video Kil, what a great way to start the morning!

I also would be interested to find out if the LH reel is an accurate or other.

Bob