Big land based tuna from Albany!!!!!

 My brother got this today at Albany on a 40g metal. Spinning for bonito and trying out his new avet for casting between using the light gear and hooked this big long tail that took him 2 hours to get in on light gear with only 150m of 15lb sunline!!

fish of a lifetime for my bro, so stoked for him!!

 

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I believe as they say:"Dat

Fri, 2013-05-31 16:37

I believe as they say: "Dat shit be crazyyyyy!" Great catch from the stones, great catch from a boat and looooong way south for a long tail too!

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ding ding

Fri, 2013-05-31 16:42

That be a cracking effort

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Awsome

Fri, 2013-05-31 16:44

Awsome Toona , won't forget that fight easily .

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Tuna

Fri, 2013-05-31 16:46

2 hour fight! Lucky not to get reefed or sharked in that time.

That's an awesome catch on 15lb.

 

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Wow what a fish!! well done

Fri, 2013-05-31 16:53

Wow what a fish!! well done to your brother mate !!

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 that catch took a lot of

Fri, 2013-05-31 16:54

 that catch took a lot of angling skill well done

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 Last week when I was home I

Fri, 2013-05-31 16:57

 Last week when I was home I showed him how to set up lures properly because he was straightening a few hooks. 2 days later after going all hyper wire rings swivel at the top and big single hooks he gets this!! So lucky to have changed the hooks out. Absolutely insane fish and a very long way south for a long tail. He also caught a few small southern bluefin along with the bonito out of the same school.

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 Rippa tuna .they sure fight

Fri, 2013-05-31 17:01

 Rippa tuna .they sure fight well .and on light gear .

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Solo fishing

Fri, 2013-05-31 17:12

 Just found out he was solo and landed this fish himself, some tourists rocked up just after he got it up after gaffing it himself to take a photo for him!!!

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Well played .. on 150m of

Fri, 2013-05-31 17:26

Well played .. on 150m of 15lb line for 2 hours strewth would've had it's moments ..  whats the bro's first name Chris ? excellent fish , well done ..

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 Aron, apparently he was

Fri, 2013-05-31 17:29

 Aron, apparently he was running back and forth up the rocks chasing it for ages. Just kept going up and down the edge following the drop off where he was fishing

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 Epic fish, horse from the

Fri, 2013-05-31 17:31

 Epic fish, horse from the stones. 

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Awesome Effort you would have

Fri, 2013-05-31 18:07

Awesome Effort you would have taken a step back when he smashed that Twisty.
Well done super effort from the rocks as well.

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 Did he get any salmon mate?

Fri, 2013-05-31 18:23

 Did he get any salmon mate?

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 That shits hectic!

Fri, 2013-05-31 18:35

 That shits hectic!

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Absolutely Awesome

Fri, 2013-05-31 19:44

Capture, I'd be grinning for weeks

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Some days the Gods are with you

Fri, 2013-05-31 20:15

With only 150m of line on the reel consider this one of those days. Great capture.

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 Great fish, would of been a

Fri, 2013-05-31 20:23

 Great fish, would of been a few sphincter clenching moments, great effort self landing aswell

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 He is so freaking happy!!!!

Fri, 2013-05-31 20:31

 He is so freaking happy!!!! Going to be smiling for weeks haha. Still have no idea how he got so lucky to get this up on his own. No salmon around for him today just tuna, bonito and pike all caught on lures. He was high speed spinning by casting out letting the lure sink and winding back as fast as he can and it smashed it took a bit of line then came straight into him before just going up and down for the next 2 hours haha. Would of taken forever to tire this thing out.

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EPIC.

Sat, 2013-06-01 08:20

EPIC.

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Top fish on very limited

Sat, 2013-06-01 09:44

Top fish on very limited light gear & from the stones, well done.

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 Great fish well done 

Sat, 2013-06-01 13:21

 Great fish well done 

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Top class Catch from the

Sat, 2013-06-01 14:15

Top class Catch from the rocks!! Great result.!! Well done.

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Couldn't do it twice.

Sat, 2013-06-01 16:24

 Got sent this photo again today. The kid is a freak!! Went back today got some more bonito still using the same gear same lure and even the same 20lb leader on his crap combo while his stradic is getting serviced.

got smoked by what he thinks was a big yellow tail king!! He said most of the fight he could see the tape on the spool same as yesterday and the tuna.

 

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 fark me, what a fish,

Sat, 2013-06-01 19:17

 fark me, what a fish, congrats.......

 

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 hahah Man thats insane! What

Mon, 2013-06-03 10:22

 hahah Man thats insane! What a catch, good effort :)

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WELL!

Mon, 2013-06-03 13:35

 cetainly answers my question whether the Airds can take the big fish, do you know what the kilo rating is on his rod?

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Woah ! tip of the hat to you

Mon, 2013-06-03 13:51

Woah ! tip of the hat to you sir, great catch indeed !

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that's nuts!

Mon, 2013-06-03 14:03

congrats on an awesome lb fish! 

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 Christ, what a monster! Well

Mon, 2013-06-03 14:25

 Christ, what a monster! Well done

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amazing stuff

Tue, 2013-06-04 08:32

amazing stuff

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Holy Moly! Catch of a

Tue, 2013-06-04 08:55

Holy Moly! Catch of a lifetime stuff right there. Suprised his drag didn't catch fire!

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 Bullshit catch mate your

Tue, 2013-06-04 11:47

 Bullshit catch mate your brother has some serious bragging rights there! also captured some superb albany geology in that first image  well done!

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Wed, 2013-06-05 14:03

Well done great effort.

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awesome totally awesome 

Wed, 2013-06-05 14:30

awesome totally awesome

 

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Thats so sexy! And it's a

Sat, 2013-06-08 13:27

Thats so sexy! And it's a good looking fish too!

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awesome catch well done!!

Tue, 2013-06-11 10:43

awesome catch well done!!

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Crazy! Just wondering how in

Tue, 2013-06-11 13:37

Crazy! Just wondering how in hell he beat it with 150m of line?? Howecer he did it it is very very impressive.

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