21 Aug Quick Tuna Session
Went out for a fish and dive yesterday and saw a massive flock of birds working the surface as soon as we left the harbour. We drove through it five times with four double hook-ups results. Awesome fun. Even got my wife (who doesn't ever fish) to enjoy fighting some skipjack tuna to the boat. Skipjack are kind of like bonito back home in WA. We caught eight with the biggest three at 11lb, 13lb and 16lb. Imagine a 16lb bonito; it went hard. We also got one small yellow-fin tuna. After that we headed over to Ant Atoll for a dive. On the way to the dive site we trolled some hard bodies over a lump that we noticed the previous trip. First pass, bang, dog-tooth tuna. Three tuna species in about 40 minutes. Loved it.
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till
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Pretty serious looking
Pretty serious looking business end there Soupy! Good to see the size of those dogtooth improving!
DazSamFishing
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Nice. Good looking puppy
Nice. Good looking puppy there. Great photo's too! When are you getting the jigging gear our Soupster?
soupster51
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Sounder Issues
Mate my boat's sounder is broken. I've got a new Furuno 585 and a 1kw transducer in a sea container due into Pohnpei on the 23rd of Sep. Once I wire that in, watch me go.....
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DazSamFishing
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mmm 585 with a 1kw tranny.
mmm 585 with a 1kw tranny. Fish will have no chance. Those dogs will be cruising around those sea mounts waiting for some metal.
soupster51
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Sea Mounts
I'm tipping that there are sea mounts over here that the locals don't even know about. There will be fish that have never seen a bait or a jig, and I can't wait.
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Auslobster
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Great report, soupy!
Nice pics and good to hear about your fishing adventures in another part of the world!
Funny you mention bonito...the dogtooth are actually the largest members of the bonito family! I'm also pretty sure that the skipjack tuna you are referring to are the same as the striped tuna many of us get in Perth waters, although the ones you're getting are about 3 to 4 times the size!
Thanks for the report, looking forward to your next one!
Frank F
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Nice one soupy, sure looks
Nice one soupy, sure looks like an awesome time. Not fun when the sounder craps it self. Last week was on my way out to the 300-400m mark and the screen died on the fcv 1150, was at the 200m mark. Not happy.
Thanks for a good report
soupster51
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Sounder Issues
Know how you feel. The boats sounder has been broken since I got here in January. Getting money out of the mob to buy a new one has been a mission. Hope you sorted yours out and it didn't cost too much.....
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Pete D
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Tough!
Gees mate, we had all better work a few extra hours this week to help with the sounder purchase...hehehe.
Nice fish Soupy and great that Nic got involved....a few more and she will want her own outfit.
Looking forward to some u/w footage.
Cheers Pete
Colin Hay
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Great work Soupy
Mate that must be tuna heaven.
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Faulkner Family
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sounds like a great day was
sounds like a great day was had by all, even a non fisho like wife. how did the dive go ? any pics to share ?
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soupster51
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Dive Pics
I'll put some up for you Russ and Sandy tonight. Needless to say the dive was awesome, 50m+ vis.
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alfred
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Ahh! Nothing like a good
Ahh! Nothing like a good old wooden chopping board!
I bet all this was only 3 1/2 mins from the ramp too! You frog!! Jealous like hell!
Ben Derecki
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Great fish soupster. Not
Great fish soupster. Not often we see doggies on here!