26kg spanish 30/12

[DougHanning]

Dove at hutchies, flinders etc yesterday and got a 10kg spanish in the morning, a 5kg tusky and in the afternoon had a dive at hutchies and had a 26kg spanish come into range. Nice last fish for the year. Cheers all Doug

[Scott15]

Very nice fish doug :o :o :o

[Argle]

Nice fish indeed Doug :o :o :o But I have to say Id be a bit dubious about being in the water with big toothy critters like that bloke and his bigger mates cruising about :-/


Cheers and Beers

[Sportfish_5]

:o :o :o Holy Crap -Nice spanno Doug :P :P :P


Cheers

Greg

[flickflack]

Beautiful Fish Doug

[rakinray]

G/ Day Doug top fish mate ! Did you get my halco from his choppers lol looks like the horse that that took it last trip !

CHEERS RAY ;D

[no_wind]

how the hell did you stop that freighttrain :o
the spanish express.

[mackmauler]

Yeh what a horse, could have taken turns on the saddle ;D

[indy]

very nice how long did he tow u around for

[krazyfisher]

nice very nice

[DougHanning]

Towed me around for about 10mins until I could secure him with a second shot. Here is an underwater pic.

[juicyfruit]

Awesome fish, awesome pic.

Well done

Juicy

[Spaniard_King]

Doug, well done again. Pics are excellent :o

Garry

[isaac]

sensational [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

[gogecko]

Are you just snorkelling around, no scuba? How do you attract the fish to get him within range?

[DougHanning]

Its only legal to spearfish while snokelling. Scuba would be impractical and unsporting. We were burleying and had sharks,cobia etc in our burley trail when he came along. If you dive down and just hang in the water spanish will often come to have a look at you, the secret is to appear non-threatening and have a bit of luck!

[vertico]

great spaniard what a stonker!
thats one jizz of a spaniard :)

[kitty_cat]

DOUG AS USUAL UNBELIVABLE KEEP THE PHOTOS COMING GREAT TO SEE
WAYNE

[Holy_Mackerel]

Sensational effort Doug. You're a legend mate.
Wes

[Bonesy]

Nice fish :o :o :o :o

Bonesy [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[barraboy2]

Nice big fish.

[JASE1]

Crazy bastard
top fish mate there be a few good feeds in that beast
mmmmmmm

[gawby]

Doug.
That is the best ive seen. Top shelf.
I would say that the underwater pic has to be the best photo on ausfish
in 2005.
Congrats.
Graeme

[pittymick]

doug how much was it to get that fish magnet inserted? man your the gun spearo, you know it must feel good putting alot of the bait boys to shame :-X

[DougHanning]

I think the amount of time I have spent chasing pelagics has more to do with me getting a few good fish. Between this fish and a couple of wahoo I landed about 3 weeks ago I have been out 3 times and come back empty. So for the amount of time I have spent burleying and jigging my flasher its not a lot of fish, but you have to be putting in the effort to get big fish. I love freediving so the fish are an added bonus and I still have a ball when I don't spear anything. Thanks for the positive feedback guys. Happy New Year Doug

[chemmy]

great fish doug i didn't know they made the that big ;D ;D ;D

[Double_Whammy]

We were burleying and had sharks,cobia etc in our burley trail when he came along.

Not for me [smiley=wreck.gif] Thats not the best place to be when the sharks have got all the senses going nuts cause of the burley.

Great fish though

[DALEPRICE]

nice fish doug,
be some nice tucker for the bbq i bet.
cheers dale

[Scott_Watson]

Doug,
Thats 1 horse of a fish.
Well done.
He'd almost get you up and sking on one flipper!
Cheers

[Mick]

Doug, thats just puncey mate..., mind if I use that as live bait? Still 10kg off the world record buddy, stop wasting valuable posting space with rubbish..... ;D ;D ;D ;D

Just kidding champ ;D

Mick

PS If its not the best pic in 2005, Dougs previous underwater pic of the big Cobia would have been. How many freezers have you bought this year Mr Hanning?

[Mick]

I think it would be perfect live bait for this ol fella.... ;D

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