Monster Metro Yellowfin Tuna!

Dad and I planned to do a bit of a bottom bash on thursday, conditions were nice but the fish didnt seem to be feeding, had a few drifts on a couple of old spots for nil.

 

Another boat decided to drop in on our drift (10 feet away), they were there when we got there but we kept a good distance and fished a few other spots in the area.

Bit annoyed motored away from them, saw a couple of birds flying around and thought i saw 2 diving so decided to chuck a lure out.

 

2 minutes in the water and had a hookup, in comes a nice salmon around 5kg, not bad we thought , so out the lure went again.

Another 2 minutes later reel screams, this was no salmon... around 300m gone in around 5 seconds.

 

Came in then played tug of war under the boat, whatever it was it was big and wasnt coming up in a hurry.

Arms were getting a bit sore so handed rod over to dad for a go, around half an hour of fighting and we finally get a glimpse, BIG TUNA!!

Got it to the surface it went ballistic and took off down under the boat for another half hour.

 

Finally got it up again and sunk the gaff in solid, tail roped it and heaved it aboard, words cannot describe how we were feeling.. 40+kg of solid yellowfin tuna in the boat.

Bled and gutted and on ice, had a couple more drops (wern't game enough to put the lure back out) for nil and headed back to the ramp.

 

Pictures dont really do it justice, measured 135-140cm with a massive girth.

 

 

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Shit yeah!Good call with the

Sat, 2014-04-26 08:10

Shit yeah!

Good call with the trolling decision. 

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WOW

Sat, 2014-04-26 08:12

 Unbelievable fish fellas, a proper sickle-finned yft. Well done, fresh yft sashimi CAN NOT be beaten IMO. 

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F@#king awesome!

Sat, 2014-04-26 08:14

F@#king awesome!

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thats a hooter

Sat, 2014-04-26 08:15

well done on getting it on board,they go hard don't they

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Killing it

Sat, 2014-04-26 08:22

well done lads!

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awesome catch .. how far

Sat, 2014-04-26 08:37

awesome catch .. how far offshore were you ?

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Hell Yeah !!!!

Sat, 2014-04-26 08:43

A memory that will last forever !

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Awsome Fish!

Sat, 2014-04-26 09:18

great capture , gotta tell us what lure??

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Wow

Sat, 2014-04-26 09:18

 Well done guys, bet we see a lot more boats trolling over the next week

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 What a cracker, those guys

Sat, 2014-04-26 09:27

 What a cracker, those guys can drop in on ya anytime if thats gonna be the end result. Great catch.

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Awsome fish

Sat, 2014-04-26 09:28

 Some bragging rights there,congrats.

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 Beautiful fish!

Sat, 2014-04-26 09:33

 Beautiful fish!

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Thanks guys, definately a

Sat, 2014-04-26 09:39

Thanks guys, definately a catch to remember for a long while!

 

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 Hey what weight gear did you

Sat, 2014-04-26 09:44

 Hey what weight gear did you get him on?

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nice

Sat, 2014-04-26 10:16

 mate that is a awsome effort for metro ,fish of a life time 

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that's a bloody solid fish! I

Sat, 2014-04-26 10:43

that's a bloody solid fish! I saw a few birds working off Mindarie yesterday but didn't see any fish busting up on the surface, so didn't bother to switch to lures. maybe I should of

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Well done

Sat, 2014-04-26 10:44

Awesome fish, not many get to catch a fish like that!

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Cracker

Sat, 2014-04-26 10:45

Cracking fish, would have lit the drag up.

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Awesome!!

Sat, 2014-04-26 10:51

Awesome!!

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Top stuff man great metro

Sat, 2014-04-26 10:54

Top stuff man great metro capture& in very close

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Crazy! The reel woulda been

Sat, 2014-04-26 12:15

Crazy! The reel woulda been smokin hot after the first run!

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Sick Stuff

Sat, 2014-04-26 13:03

That is an unreal capture.
Ohhh the slabs that'll come off that.

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Wow, that's a cracker

Sat, 2014-04-26 13:13

the second pic really shows its girth.

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Awesome

Sat, 2014-04-26 13:28

Awesome capture bro, that will feed you guy's for a while , well done .

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Thanks all, yes reel got a

Sat, 2014-04-26 13:29

Thanks all, yes reel got a good workout thats for sure

 

Was on 50lb

 

And yes LOTS of slabs!!! have given a heap away already though

 

Once in a lifetime capture i reckon

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stonka

Sat, 2014-04-26 15:13

 thats a stonka fin for perth metro. The birds can say alot even If there is no fish busting up! Well done lads!

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 Top fish guys what a

Sat, 2014-04-26 16:14

 Top fish guys what a cracker.No fun watching the reel empty in seconds. Well done.

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Life time memories

Sat, 2014-04-26 17:10

This is the sort of fish that will give you a life time of fond memories

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 Well done! great catch m8.

Sat, 2014-04-26 17:22

 Well done! great catch m8.

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 Kin-ell! Great catch guys!

Sat, 2014-04-26 18:07

 Kin-ell! Great catch guys! Metro has been awesome this year 

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epic

Sat, 2014-04-26 19:45

 Epic!

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Mate - so awesome. Very

Sun, 2014-04-27 01:39

Mate - so awesome.

Very jealous! That's an epic fin for metro.

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Awesome

Sun, 2014-04-27 08:14

 Bloody awesome fish. Quality eating at any size.

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Thanks again, Had some pan

Sun, 2014-04-27 09:38

Thanks again,

 

Had some pan fried thursday night just with a bit of salt and pepper, very nice

 

Smoked a heap last night which was very nice aswell

 

Heard it doesnt freeze very well?

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Freezing

Sun, 2014-04-27 10:13

I cryovaced mountains of it whilst overseas 2010-2012. Sashimi was not a good as fresh stuff, although it never is, however tuna steaks still turned out supreme.

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 What a beast and a fabulous

Sun, 2014-04-27 10:22

 What a beast and a fabulous metro capture. Great work

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beast

Sun, 2014-04-27 11:58

That is an awesome metro fish. A bucket list fish for most of us. well done 

 

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Nice Tuna

Sun, 2014-04-27 13:46

 absoulte beast, well done..

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Smashing result.

Sun, 2014-04-27 13:51

 Well done for keeping your chin up and fishing on after the drop in by dick shit. Great result, well deserved.

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 Looks bigger than 40kgs

Sun, 2014-04-27 16:44

 Looks bigger than 40kgs thats forsure 

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Good to hear soupster,

Sun, 2014-04-27 17:12

Good to hear soupster, definately some fine eating, did try some sashimi while filleting but didnt really have much of a taste to me.

 

May well have been over 40kgs, weighed on bathroom scales (my mrs reckons they dont read accurately - HAHA) , definately felt heavier, took two people to move it, not sure if that was because it was awkward but i can tell you it was quite heavy!!

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Weight

Sun, 2014-04-27 17:40

The weight chart for yft puts a 135 - 140cm fish at 45 - 50kgs so your weight of 40kgs is on the conservative side.

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 Wow, well done!

Mon, 2014-04-28 13:01

 Wow, well done!

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Yeah felt around 45-50kg to

Mon, 2014-04-28 15:17

Yeah felt around 45-50kg to me.

 

Looked huge sitting under the boat, big releif when i sunk the gaff in solid in the gill plate, very tense fight every run i could picture it busting us off or pulling the hooks (hooks were very bent after fight)

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Mate thats a metro beast

Mon, 2014-04-28 15:26

Dont see many big YFT of metro.

Sashimi yeh!!

With sashimi especially YFT and especially the prized Atlantic bluefin it is the delicate texture that makes it prime. The fishy taste is subtle, but try it with some good quality soy, a little Japanese ginger (I dont like this) and Wasabi to taste and you wont be able to stop eating it (especially if you have 40-50k's of prime fish).

Enjoy

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top yft

Mon, 2014-04-28 15:43

Awesome fish mate even more so for metro well done

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Thanks fellas, Yeah the

Mon, 2014-04-28 15:53

Thanks fellas,

 

Yeah the sashimi was okay, just tasted like soy sauce to me, even when i only put a drop on it? maybe different parts of the fish taste differently im not sure?

 

Would have paid good money to have a go-pro set up on the rocket launcher, think ide still be watching the footage over and over again!

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 Fish of a lifetime!

Tue, 2014-04-29 21:45

 Fish of a lifetime!

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Great Fish

Tue, 2014-04-29 22:02

 & Great Photos, well done you guys

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 EPIC CAPTURE!

Wed, 2014-04-30 07:40

 EPIC CAPTURE!

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Laser Pro...

Wed, 2014-04-30 08:05

...did you upgrade the hooks/rings prior to this battle? Because unless they've changed their process, the typical hardware supplied by Halco is fairly average...certainly not built to withstand that kind of abuse!

 

Great capture, that's one you won't be forgetting soon!

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Nope, lure was straight out

Wed, 2014-04-30 11:22

Nope, lure was straight out of the box, found it in the cabin as i didnt bring any lures or anything.

 

Hooks were a bit bent, was hooked solid in the eye on the middle trebel and the other was in the mouth, probably had 4-5 hooks in it. If it only had one hook on the trebel hooked up i think it would've probably bent out.

 

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Lure

Wed, 2014-04-30 14:32

Thats a HOOTER!!!

 

What lure did you catch him on?? Was it a Laser?  ^

 

Cheers. 

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Yep laser pro

Wed, 2014-04-30 14:33

Yep laser pro