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Nice couta - ocean active
« on: June 20, 2013, 07:13:41 PM »
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2013, 07:18:09 PM »
Gee whiskas that's a beauty!! Nice Croc.
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2013, 07:23:45 PM »
 :shk catching a monster like that during the DSBC festival would certainly win you the boat and then sum
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2013, 07:26:11 PM »
Now that's size. :rck"
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2013, 07:26:30 PM »
It was a proper croc caught on a 125gr stick bait on Damon's boat we never weighed it but it measured 150cm we geustimate 30+ kilo's
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2013, 07:40:56 PM »
Very nice Cam, I think you are very conservative lol


Guys check out this document I found on google
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2013, 07:42:06 PM »
Also I'm dumbstruck by this.


Are the crocs we are catching 22 years old??? I thought they were fast growers.
I swear if this is the case I'll never take one again.





link to full article


http://southcarolina-offshore.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=21
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2013, 08:40:00 PM »
Different species jaen...

Our couta grows very fast... they can grow to 150 cm within 4-5 years... usually less but check their growth curve below

So you can carry on keeping them and making those U$1,000,000 kebabs! :hehe:
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2013, 08:48:50 PM »
Beaut!
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2013, 08:49:54 PM »
Well thinking about it... if by croc you mean a +50 Lb (+22.7 kg) couta it could be as old as +20 years

They grow fast when young and then it takes quite some time...
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2013, 09:03:25 PM »
Quote from: jaenswart on June 20, 2013, 07:40:56 PM
Very nice Cam, I think you are very conservative lol


Guys check out this document I found on google

Always found it best to be conservative with fish weights on forums or else  swr <: :dunno:
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2013, 09:04:49 PM »
Quote from: John F on June 20, 2013, 08:49:54 PM
Well thinking about it... if by croc you mean a +50 Lb (+22.7 kg) couta it could be as old as +20 years

They grow fast when young and then it takes quite some time...

gosh I never knew this hey. This is not known out there, we should spread the word
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2013, 09:14:03 PM »
Quote from: Cam Mundy on June 20, 2013, 09:03:25 PM
Quote from: jaenswart on June 20, 2013, 07:40:56 PM
Very nice Cam, I think you are very conservative lol


Guys check out this document I found on google

Always found it best to be conservative with fish weights on forums or else  swr <: :dunno:

 :hehe: WISE man... very wise man.
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2013, 09:17:49 PM »
Brilliant info Jaen and Marcos! Very, very interesting. Crocs being 20 years old ++  :shk . Amazing.

Can I ask you gents to add that info to the Database on King Mackerel please... http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=130.0

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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2013, 09:21:42 AM »
awesome couta.... :cout: ...... well done! (clap)
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Re: Nice couta - ocean active
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2013, 09:26:17 AM »
Awesome catch!!! One day when i'm big....
 
 
Thanks for the info on the couta growth rates chaps...  :tkx:
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