Any tuna around?
Submitted by beau on Thu, 2012-12-27 15:21
Anyone having any luck with the toonas? Going to head out from Pt Peron in the morning and troll north towards Rotto. Never done it before can anyone reccomend a depth to get us started?
Cheers
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kane
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Caught a bluefin Xmas day and a heap of stripies
Definitely worth a look :-) its getting pretty exciting, also got bricked by an unknown trolling after a 20 minute fight thought i was starting to win the battle - then with saltiga on full drag screaming run stripping line out till it busted me in the reef, still licking my wounds :-( my guess is yellow tail king or big mackie :,(
Gooooone Fishin!
troy fuller
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Believe it or not but as we
Believe it or not but as we were catching live bait from the gravel patch inside the sound we had a few Tuna start jumping out of the water at about 5am, always a first tho
Guardy
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Double & triple hook ups
Today with small tuna, 1.1/2 - 2kg. Spotted the birds working and threw over a couple of gold slices, 30gm, wham - nice fight on light gear. Busted a 4kg braid at the boat, bummer. Tried again this time with a couple of divers, again they were on straight away, this time triple hook up. Great fun with only two in the boat. Got a couple more triples but then they dove and the birds departed. A good day.
beau
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That will do us just fine!
That will do us just fine! Were you in the area I mentioned?
Guardy
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Out from Garden Island
About 6nm west from the northern tip of GI. Have fun, I know we did.
beau
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Cheers bud, can't wait
Cheers bud, can't wait
metroLBfisher
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there is definitely some
there is definitely some around mate seen a massive school around the same area birds the lot. threw every type of lure and they just weren't hungry. my advice would be to look for the birds then throw a bright colored plastic into them = instant hook up happened two us twice out there!
Good things come to those who bait
Notorious
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what type of lures would one
what type of lures would one use to catch tuna?
Being a spearo I want to spear one but the chances of that happening are slim, think line is the next best option
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Guardy
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I used
40gm Halco Gold Slices
40gm Halco Chrome slices
9cm Rapala Countdown Magnum - sardine color
i was trolling not casting. If I was going to cast I would have sed some very small like pilchard metal slugs in the range of 7 - 15gm range as the baitfish they are chasing is very, very small, no more than 1.5 cm long.