BIG Bluefin Tuna on Super Deep jig 30/5/15
What a day yesterday (30/5/15)!!!
I took good mate Scott Campbell (FW soupster51) out yesterday on my boat to my super deep grounds and ended up getting bass groper, blue-eye trevalla and greybanded cod!
The highlight!!! - Scott was jigging my super deep Japanese 750g jig and things were quiet. I mentioned to Scott that there's more bait than normal and keep on jigging a bit more then I'll reset the drift.
Within seconds my outfit loaded big time and Scott was on. He got pinned to the gunnel and he said surely not a super deep fish (due to the power) ..... I said mmhhhhh unusual but maybe a big shark (painful)
After a long battle Scott and I starting thinking broadbill or marlin?
Scott said to me " mate its a stalemate and me things big tuna " .... mmhhh nahhhh cant be!
Scott had the fish to the 60m mark and said I cant take the pain my back is killing me .... remember no harness and manual wind up!
I took over after Scott who had spent over 1 hour on this fish ..... I could move this fish as I would gain 10 meters then loose 10 meters!!
After another 35 minutes I got the fish near the boat and Scott said "holy shit is a massive tuna" ..... then I spend another 10 minutes with Scott at the helm and the fish still fighting thats right it wouldn't give in and dived a few times and made another run!
Okay a few tense moments near the boat and under the boat (not a good felling) I had the fish at the boat (1 hour 45m). I said to Scott grab another gaff as we will need two!
We gaffed the fish and the power of adrenalin is amazing, we pulled it over the high gunnel of my Patriot boat (not easy) and as soon as the fish was over board one gaff snapped and the other bent open!
Wholy Shit!!! a MASSIVE Bluefin Tuna on jig from the deep trench (super deep spot). Plenty of high fives and a big man hug lol!!
We guesstimated 80kg and back at the ramp several people said did yo get a marlin today (they seen the tail) .... nope big tuna!
We weighed it on my digital scales that i have used to claim a State and Australian record bass groper so I know its accurate!
Official weight just over 84kg (185lb) on jig ..... well done to Scott and myself for a team effort ..... we WONT FORGET THIS FOR A LONGTIME!!!!!
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Adam Gallash
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wow
Thats an epic catch!!!!
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holly s......... that is
holly s......... that is bloody awesome guys well done
Rob H
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Nice fish, guys very
Nice fish, guys very impressive!
I know how hard they are to move as we did it longlining also, pulled up by hand!
For the record (to know what is actually out there), largest sizes we caught thru about 8 years around the coast
Yfin-90kg (Off freo)
Bigeye-107kg (Albany)
SBT-165-200kg (wide of Perth up to Rankin Bank area on a few occasions)
Sword-300kg trunked (500 whole?) another boat had 340kg. 150-200kg regularly.
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As Rob H has said, The
As Rob H has said, The longliners have known for sometime these big pelagics are offshore. BF, BE, YF along with Blue Marlin and Broadbill Swordfish. Even Striped Marlin have been caught. Have'nt heard of too many Black Marlin though but it all comes down to what the current is doing and water temp. And I'm talking about Perth and south.
Worked on a Tuna boat years ago and biggest BF out from the Capes was 280kg.
If I was Deep Dropping I would also get a burley trail happening and float some big baits with just a little weight to slowly sink them in anticipation of a big Pelagic.
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Rob H
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quite a few striped marlin,
quite a few striped marlin, not sure about whether we hooked blue or black marlin as I couldnt tell them apart!
We had no interest in them and to be honest a solid swordie looks alot more impressive to me than any marlin-they are just a tree trunk-like machine.
Who did you work for?
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A long time ago. Company was
A long time ago. Company was Aus Marine Fisheries. Boat was Hacyon No3 VNNY, based out of Hobart but 1st Japanese longling boat bought by an Australian Co. Aus Marine were a WA Freo company.
Mainly worked Southern Ocean. But slid up East & West coast at times, Much better than working the Southern Ocean that's for sure! (West & East coast that is)
Once in the Southern ocean after 3 months at sea chasing BF, I said to one crew member, "This is like being in Gaol!" his reply was, "Oh No! you get visitors in Gaol!"
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grantarctic1
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Wow
Wow what an awesome catch guys, my back hurts just looking at the picture. Thanks for sharing such an epic capture.
Jaggo
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Awesome surprise. They're
Awesome surprise. They're good eating too!
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Holy snappin duck shit batman, that a hooter of a toona. No wonder you were in a world of pain.
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MJ
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Amazing
Just amazing..
Well done Scott & Ryan!!
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Toona
What an epic fish. Once in a lifetime sort of capture, especially on a jigging outfit. I'm still in pain ;). That's the biggest tuna I've ever seen, no mean feat after living in Micronesia for three years. It was a painful and pumped up 2hrs, especially the last half an hour once we got it to the surface. Talk about nerve racking. Ryan you're a legend, fantastic day on the water, with a record fish that I don't think either of us will break. But you never know......
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Bet you slept well last night Scotty.
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Rick
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Awesome Effort
great fish well done !
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Adam give him the POTM
Adam give him the POTM already!
Ripper fish / writeup and pics boys.
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That's insane! Congrats
That's insane! Congrats guys!
big john
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Amazing
The kind of fish that starts a fishery.
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thats brilliant
Well done
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Old man and the sea - well not that old
Congratulations guys on a truly great catch a life time memory for sure.
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Amazing. Good work fellas
Amazing. Good work fellas
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chrisp
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So epic..living the dream
So epic..living the dream lads
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lot off hurt there
Simmo
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Fuck. Me. Dead.absolutely
Fuck. Me. Dead.
absolutely amazing
Colt_Striker
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Man that is a sensation fish
Man that is a sensation fish & what a way to get it. Might start some people cubing for the bigger ones now.
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Wicked Tuna
W.A style!! That is unreal.
battjn
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Well Done
Love the second pic. 750gram Jig absolutely dwarfed by the size of the tunas head.
Ryan C
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Awesome fish
well done Boys! That thing is a beast!!
JohnF
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Nice!
Nice!
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Scotte
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Unreal
Unreal
Madmerv
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WoW Bloody huge.
Congrats on that massive fish.
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MattMiller
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Well done
Doesn't get any better than that in WA!
Paul H
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That's a stonker Ryan - well
That's a stonker Ryan - well done to all.
Huge even by SA Standards and on a jig and all.
What was the length?? (I'm guessing must have been somewhere around 1.6 to tail fork)
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soupster51
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Easy 1.6m
I'm six foot and the head was a metre away from my feet in the photo so easily 1.6m.
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Guardy
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Ryan, you have done it again!!!!
This time for Soupy's benefit!!!
Soupy, congrats on a wonderful fish. That will be a memory to treasure and a story to tell when you visit the chiro to get your back fixed as well as when you head back to Sydney for work. Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chiro
I'm hearing you Frank. The Celebrex has been getting a work out.
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Awsome!!
FOL!! , well written , well done , congratulations.
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Cracking fish boys! Good
Cracking fish boys! Good effort standup
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Ffffffffffaark yeah!
Epic capture! What a memorable day, congrats guys
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Man fish lol. So what will
Man fish lol.
So what will you guys do with it?
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Seeing is believing
I pulled into the boat ramp at CPBA next to Ryan on Saturday. As I walked down the jetty to bring the trailer closer I saw the tail of the Tuna sticking out of the esky - a very large esky. I almost fell off the jetty in disbelief. I immediately summoned young Dirk Nienaber whom I had taken out for the day to throw his eyeballs over this. To my surprise (maybe not actually) out popped Ryan's head from the front of the boat and he gave us a run down of the events of the day. Congrats to Ryan and Scott on this epic catch.
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Sashimi, Tuna steaks! it's
Sashimi, Tuna steaks! it's all top quality when it's a Blue Fin Tuna!
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One hell of a capture mate.
One hell of a capture mate. Do you mind revealing how deep the jig itself was when it was hit? We talking like 150m deep or much deeper (jig depth at time of strike, not depth of water).
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Cracker well done.
Cracker well done.
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Very special capture guy's.Amazing
Very special capture guy's.
Amazing stuff well done.
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Lordy Lord
Now thats a capture and on standup, no harness.
Oow, my backs hurting just thinking about it.
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Wow wow wow. Holy shit boys,
Wow wow wow.
Holy shit boys, congrats soupy On a fish off a lifetime, Ryan does it again, put his deckys on 2 fish like, awesome skippering again pal.
Great team effort ..
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Redonkulous!
Redonkulous!
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Monster SBT !!
That's the shit Scotty, well done mate!
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