A few fin have been caught over the last couple of weeks here in Sydney.
One capture of an 80 kg fin on 15 kg tackle . great effort and fish. the angler only had to wait 20 minutes before the fin showed up and took his pillie bait . 3 hr. later it was in the boat.
Here is a picture of the angler and fish.

that is one hell of a fish Steve, how close to a record is it

I think its mutch more than that. on 15kg . but still a very good fish.

6 years ago ???

Yep saw that one on F-raider.

Fantastic fish.

BTW, the Australian YFT record is 99.0kg. ;)

If your refering to this one Prawnstar.
it was caught on 3 / 7 / 2007

sorry steve just looked like 2001

SORRY

My mistake.

The Australian All Tackle record for Yellowfin Tuna is 124.0kg, taken by Bruce Farmer on 24kg tackle. It was taken off Bermagui on the 6th of June 1993.

The 15kg line record is 99.0kg, taken by Geoff Bennet off Bermagui.

Here's a link to the GFAA site. It has all the records on it. Top notch site.

GFAA Gamefish Records

Saw the pic last weekend the tackle shop when I was picking pilly's.

Some of you may have read what I said in a reply in one of the threads cant recall which one what I said was how I rate fish I'll either say Nice Fish by this I mean exactly what it says & no compliment to the angler.

r I'll say Nice Capture that means bloody nice fish & my hat off to the angler.

This was a Nice Capture on 15 kg line in anyones language, think I've caught enough YT over the years to know they are my pet species those of you who haven't caught one yet make the effort & give it a go you'll be blown away by the yellowfin esp if you're fishing light lines they go go like rocket trains.

After many years of fishing heavier outfits I've gone back to the days when I used to really enjoy fishing for YFT & built myself up a new 10 kg outfit & looking forward to christening it.

catch there's also the ANSA records remember back when Clarky got his 99 kg fin

http://www.ansa.com.au/Sportfishing.htm

What's your biggest YFT to date Jumpy, I remember you were full on to catch a +100Kg one.

why use light gear on big fish wouldnt it be less stress on the fish to take 20mins to catch on stonger gear then three hours on light gear

Because it's more fun! If your gonna keep the fish, whether it takes 20 minutes or 3 hours, it doesn't make a difference. The whole point of "sport fishing" is that we enjoy the sport of the fish more due to lighter gear, rather than just skull dragging it to the boat.

My biggest was 98 kg but lost a few good fish which I thought would've gone over the magic 100 kg mark & like most good fish lost you'll lose them @ the boat.
When a yellowfin is in it's final fighting stage you'll notice it arcs from left to right then back again back when I didn't know any better I used light traces of around 100 kg breaking strain & lost some good fish because of that YFT dont have teeth but do have a rough griping surface inside their mouths & when they start to arc your trace gets worn down.

If you've ever watched YFT feed you'll know they're a giant vacumn cleaner & size of trace will not deter them from taking your bait if anyone tell otherwise tell them they're full of CRAP

These days you wont find a trace on my boat under 200 kg & prefer to use 250 kg.



Depends on why you fish ? I'm not a big fan of using rope to catch my fish by that I mean heavy tackle & you'll find there's alot more stress on a fish when it's pulling say 8 kg of drag opposed to 4 kg of drag for some reason certain fish go harder on heavier tackle than on light tackle end result say on a YFT is it will die of whats refered to as a heart attack.

Here's a little story that happened a few years back on the peak we were cubing when up the burley trail came about 1/2 doz of the biggest, Humungarous YFT that I'd ever seen well both me & the other guy hooked up @ the same time his fought clean up on the surface mine plugged down deep.

He landed his which weighed in @ 106 kg mine had a heart attack & died & you've got buckleys of lifting a big fish like that to the surface.

I used to believe light line stressed the fish out but after years of expiririens I now believe that to be a old wifes tale I've had a hell of alot more fish die on me using heavy tackle oppose to light tackle + on light tackle you give a fish a sporting chance & your skills as a angler will determine whether you get to land the fish not by using rope

Hey Jumpy, how come the GFAA and ANSA records are different? Is one of the sites crapola? There are some holes on the GFAA records...one of the women anglers listed is called Mark Brown...uh huh?.... :huh: :huh: :huh:

2 DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS

ANSA stands Australian National Sportsfishing Association & they cater for both Sportsfishing & Gamefishing difference between the two is in sportsfishing your doulbe + leader combined cannot exceed one & half times the length of your rod whereas in gamefishing you're allowed 40 ft overall in any configeration ANSA also caters for a variety of other types of fishing such as LBG, Lurecasting, Handlining etc in other words you get a variety to choose from.

GFAA stands for Game Fishing Associatio of Aust & they cater for straight out Gamefishing

Both are linked to IGFA International Game Fishing Association so you're entitled to claim a World record if fish is good enough BUT again IGFA only caters for Gamefishing which is a bit of one way traffic cause there's alot of great sportsfish captures out there.

Back when I 1st joined a fishing club it was a ANSA club & think that's the better way to go as I said more options open to you anyway back then I used to fish LBG never been out in a bot B4 think one of my 1st good fish was a Marlin off the rocks on 10 kg tackle & I claimed it as a Australian National Record where it stood for around 10 years or so only to be broken by a young kid whom I used to take rock hopping with me.

It was well deserved think it went around 90 kg on 10 kg tackle great effort & a huge fish compared to mine anyway what I'm getting @ is both fish were actually world records but IGFA dosen't acknowledge LBG as a seperate division nor does GFAA.

Best of my knowledge think Sth Africa is the only other place where Marlin are landed on a regular basis of the rocks.