From a reliable source. Stay tuned, will post as more info arrives.
Turned out to be 105.5kg officially weighed. However was bled so was probably around the 110kg mark when it came over the side of the boat. Angler was Dan Trotter. Method still unknown. ;)
details details, , oh i wanna get out there
Southern Bluefin Tuna. And it was NOT taken by a horse, I got that from the horses mouth. Hey JUMPY, do you master bait your 160kg beast in order for it to act like a groper???
Are You Asking Because ?
a.... You visit Foreshore Avenue so as you can do a womens job
b.... You want to know if they make a hook big enough to hold my beast
c.... You like to play with the Bum Gaff
a... no
b... ouch
c... only to gaff beasts with
Here is a quote from a guy at the weigh in. He also used to be a student at my school.
"They trolled the fish up on a Pakula Cockroach, at Browns.
They were actually about to pull the lures in 500m earlier but decided to get up a bit more past the mountain, the rod went off literally 50m from where they were intending to stop."
And here are some pics...what a fish!
top catch there,
didnt think it would be that heavy as it looks to be tops 80 kilos in the pics ???
either way still a top catch
Good catch hey, Id be happy with it... Any mor details on tackle catch?
that is one good fish, but why isn't the fisherman posting on this sight, goldfish go get him if u can
there is a few dollers worth of fish there, wonder where it ended up!?
ive never caught a tuna and never had anything to do with them , but il take ur word for it,
i hope 1 day to be out there getting a yft
Well where is my sandwich master. :jawdrop:
Didn't IU have to make you a pilchard sandwich last time oz cause your missus had you on a diet ???
I went back & had a look in my diary @ that one & got a few laughs
OK, I think it was 24kg tackle. None of the guys had a proper gimbal or harness as they weren't expecting anything massive as they left late and it was just a social fish. Check the pics...bruises! Took the aound 4-4.5hrs to land. Ended up calling one of their mates who is a master with a fillet knife. That's a lot of steaks! They were very appreciative of the weigh station opening up so late to weigh their fish.
Thinking back to fishing with you Jumpy, what gave me the biggest buzz was waiting for the 1st run to finish, giving the fish time to eat the bait and striking when it moved off again, do you still fish like that?
That minute or so between the fish grabbing the bait and striking was really heart in the mouth stuff, it seemed like an eternity.
No I dont fish like that these days Fed very very rare I stop off & get live bait when targeting YFT it's all cubes these days which is prob a bit of a mistake cause many a time we've had billfish come up in our cube trail & showed no interest in the pilly baits.
Very certain they would've taken a live bait we had one marlins sitting 5 meters behind the boat last october just sat there a livey would've got it aroused
after reading that i would most definitely getting live bait in the future
Yep, couldn't hurt to wake up 30 minutes earlier and get a couple of yakkas in the tank. ;) Worst comes to worst, you have fresh cubes if no marlin turn up.
Gee and i thought my 44cm bream was something special.
That tuna is a top catch. It would probably drag me and my boat together.
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