Looongtail Tuna
Hey all decided to head out to FFB off woodies last night with my bro. Had a run on a floated mulie within 10 sec of casting but pretty hairy ground and lost the fish and then rig after rig. Decided to go to d9 but didn't have the correct cords so found a little lump, anchored and burleyed hard. Pretty average ground and only pickers smashing our mulies...Pissing me off so decided to catch a herring and put it on whole on the gangs and floated it out...10min later BANG rod goes off like no tomorrow. Thinking ray at first but had head shakes so not ray. It then breached the surface out back of boat and thought hmmm maybe shark. Anyway after getting the anchor up (very wise idea) and the fish taking me all around and under the boat for 25min we finally saw colour. Was thinking sambo the whole time and after another 15-20min we got it close enough to see it was a friggin huge tuna. Playing it slowly there was just no give and take from either side even having reel on pretty much full lock whilst the tuna was doing circle after circle on its side. Anyway finally got it boatside from the front of the boat and my bro gaffed it beautifully through the head. On board massive high fives and much shouting was to be had. We were just amazed at getting my first tuna on a full moon in 7m of water. We bled it and kept it on ice overnight and weighed it the next morning weighing in at 20.1KG and measuring 120cm. Could hardly lift the fish after the fight lol. Sorry pics aren't the greatest.
Dazza1611
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Well done
Well done guys, top effort. Good to know there still around. I am hanging for Friday 10 days of fishing the Sound.
I am sick of going fishing. I want to go catching....
Timmo
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Cheers Dazza
Was a big surprise for us. Something different from bagging out on Pinkies:)
Jason P
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Great catch, gotta love
Great catch, gotta love that!
DM306
plogs
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great report and photos mate
great report and photos mate thanks for sharing
big john
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Awesome
Great fish timmo.
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tim-o
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Geezus! That's awesome!
Geezus! That's awesome!
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Ben Derecki
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Great fish.Won't get too
Great fish.
Won't get too many tuna bigger than that in the Sound!
wrasse magnet
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Awesome fish, well done! The
Awesome fish, well done! The Sound was definitely the place to be for metro pelagics this summer.
Lamby
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Ripper
Ripper
Timmo
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Cheers guys
Just had a plate full of sashimi with pickled ginger and wasabi. Bout to crumb some cubes with sesame seeds and marinade some steaks in ginger, garlic, soy, rice wine and chilli. On the side some chorizo with a splash of lemon.. feast of kings at the mo:
dkonig82
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Awesome fish and even better
Awesome fish and even better feeds by the sounds of it. Goes to show you never know what's out there!
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
meglodon
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What a ripper
The sound is certainly turning of some exciting catches this year, well done guys and thank you for sharing your catch with us.
Colt_Striker
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Top job, good report too mate
Top job, good report too mate well done.
grantarctic1
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Wow
Wow, thats an awesome catch for the sound. You will have a hard time beating that capture bro, well done .
axey45
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Thats unreel m8, great
Thats unreel m8, great catch, its a good feeling to land something that big, well done.
Boydy
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Awesome catch, that certainly
Awesome catch, that certainly would have got the heart pumping. Definitely sounds like it's not going to waste either.
Top stuff.
Uluabuster
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Congrates mate, bloody huge
Congrates mate, bloody huge tuna in metro waters and what more at night in 7m of water!
chilie
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That grin on your dial sais
That grin on your dial sais it all! Well done matge, gotta be happy with that
Timmo
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Thanks
Thanks everyone for your comments and input much appreciated!
dj dvd
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Epic - so that's what's been
Epic - so that's what's been harrassing the bait in the sound
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Mel
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very nice catch, you're gonna
very nice catch, you're gonna need a bigger knife than the one on the fourth pic to fillet your fish :)
well done
Timmo
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haha
Yep I finally bought a swibo knife which I've been needing for ages. Makes filleting those big dhus and pinkies so much easier. Thx
Faulkner Family
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gotta be stoked. well done ,
gotta be stoked. well done , sounds like an epic battly.
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tangles
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nice
nice longtail timmo. Always a great battle in shallow water with toona! Stretch the arms a bit mate!!
dr_nasty
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That is the best of fishing
That is the best of fishing right there. Great write up.
Let that reel scream!