🇳🇿 elephant fish, new zealand by Mark Totzke
elephant fish, new zealand
views: 615 | Jan 16, 2021

Got another elephant fish today. Even bigger than the first one. Estimated 20-25 pound. Got it on a freshly caught paddle crab. Unfortunately couldn't be released as the fin was injured. Line must have wrapped around it during fight. Lots of meat. Very stoked. This is probably the last one for me this year.

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3 years ago by dazzling79
A huge tasty monster!?
3 years ago by itsaboat
WOW...I hope you have a big freezer in the bus :)
3 years ago by Mark Totzke
haha, yeah unfortunately not. We gave more than half away to some fellow campers :) Tons of meat on it. Cooking some now for dinner.
3 years ago
The different fish species there are amazing Mark. Do you have a book that tells you which fish to eat or avoid? It's easier here.. nothing poisonous. Nice catch.
3 years ago by Mark Totzke
Hey Bubba, I think all the fish here are edible but some just don't taste so good. An exception is maybe the puffer fish up north which can be deadly. I know most of the fish you can catch here, so only rarely need to look up something. I like the challenge of catching new species. So usually I go and learn as much as I can about a certain species, like the elephant fish here, and then go and try to catch one.
3 years ago
Good stuff Mark. I'd love to get there one of these days.....? Brian
3 years ago by Mark Totzke
Yeah hopefully we'll be able to travel again, aye? If you ever come over here let me know and we'll go fishing together ???
3 years ago
Thanks Mark. It would be nice.
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