Another Metro Yellowfin Tuna
Headed out today again, basically same story as last time..
Bottom bouncing a couple of spots, saw a couple of birds just flying around not diving or anything. Thought i saw something free jumping out of the water, chucked a lure out, 10 minutes goes by thought i probably was seeing things and it was just a white cap..
Then the rod gets hit but didnt hookup.. bugger, 2 seconds later it starts screaming!! fish on !!
Could tell fairly quickly this was another tuna but came up pretty easy this time , 15ish minutes later had this little guy on board (looked tiny compared to the last one).
Pretty happy with that, bled and gutted and found a few interesting things inside, one i have no idea what it was bit it was spiney as hell!
Finished the day with a 60cm dhue and blackass.
Added a couple of pics of both the tuna and the fish im hoping someone can identify as well as tell me what the heck it was doing inside a tunas gut???
Tuna weighed in at just over 17kg at home so guessing around 20ish before gilled and gutted.
Got a little bit of footage too if anyone can tell me where to upload it?
lawndered
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box fish??
Is that a little box fish
beau
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Look out JohnF!! Nice one
Look out JohnF!!
Nice one man!
mjohns
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Yeah looks like a box fish of
Yeah looks like a box fish of some kind
Yeah awsome looking fish but had nothing on the last one we caught..
trymyluck
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I always called them cowfish
I always called them cowfish ?... could be wrong
soupster51
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Solid
Awesome. On the money with the quality toona.
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JohnF
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Nice work mate. Once you
Nice work mate. Once you crack the YFT code, you can't get away from them!!!
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Callum24
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yellow fin loving it keep em
yellow fin loving it keep em comin!!
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Codhead
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Cow fish
Looks like the cow fish/box fish is also on the money!!
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axey45
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Well done, poor little
Well done, poor little boxfish must of been in the wrong place n got swollowed. another great catch.
crasny1
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And you call a 17kg YFT
small! Lucky bugger because I have called them out of Dambier that size "huge". And almost jumped out of the boat for joy (Sashimi!!!! Yeh) when I landed a 15kg speci. I saw the other one and though bloody hell, excellent for metro.
Cracked it I think. \Pusher or lure to slay the beast.
PS: can I come over with some expensive Japanese Soy, proper Wasabi (not the tube variety) and help you with some sashimi -- please!!!!!!
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mjohns
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Thanks guys, exact same lure
Thanks guys, exact same lure as last time, didnt even replace the trebels, good thing i didnt hook another monster as i dont think the hooks would've held up a second time..
Yeah this one was a baby compared to the last, not a heap less length but girth was wayyy smaller, Still pretty happy with it though.
Sure crasny1, but its all frozen now haha?
crasny1
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Ahh mate
Now thats no fair. No longer on my Xmas list
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sunshine
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Pretty certain that is a Shaws Cow Fish
A real juvie - normally pinkish red and splotchy colouration but not evident in such a small one - hell YFT eat anything
mjohns
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Shame crasny, maybe next
Shame crasny, maybe next time..
Yeah some kind of cowfish, and yes codhead the cowfish is on the money, only 20 cents though..
Anybody know where i can upload the video? it is only 1 minute long..