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

What are you saying catch ??

A Horse caught the fish ??

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!

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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!?

One thing about tuna they max out @ a certain length but dont stop filling out just have another look @ the Girth

It's a big fish

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



Think I've mentioned already YFT are my pet fish there's something about them that still excites seen & caght my fair share over the years we've had them by the 100's in our burly trail & would pull the bait away if we didn't want to hook the one going for it.

But one fish really stands out in my mind we were on the Peak STEVE.P was having a sook packed his outfit up & was sitting with his arms crossed wanting to go in cause we'd caught nothing all day but that's the way it goes most of the time.

I always liked to fish @ least 1/2 hour into the night for the YFT & just on sunset saw this Humungas Gigantorous Thingamajiggy swim along side the boat it came from the bow & was heading down the cube trail mouth open like a giant vacum cleaner sucking up all the cubes I was tossing in.

Well I kept my mouth shut till I hooked it & STEVE thought I was pulling his leg till I turned the ratchet on for him to hear

It was a beautifull fish that one with those sickles running down to it's tail thought it was & did call it for a 100 kg + fish but only weighed in @ 96.5 kg

Till this day I think I get more of a buzz seeing come to the boat moreso than when they're hooked think it's got to do with the anticipation of the hookup, had quadrupal hookups with all fish over 80 kg that was a fun day we were using chair rods & only had one chair

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.

From what I can gather poly !

Dan Trotter is not related to Mr Ed & therefore cant talk

As far as livies go never needed them We'd be sitting around & if the weather looked good around lunch time off we'd go on our merry way to go catch some yellow fins & we'd be back in after a few hrs most days with more than enough.

See how we goes 2morrow

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.