Pelagic Day

BOM website was forecasting a strong wind warning for this weekend but with a bit of a trough hanging around I had a sneaking suspicion Saturday might be okay. James and I left the ramp around 6.30am and headed out. Didn't take long to reach the bait spot and a couple of small queenies soon graced the icebox.

Weather was looking good so we kept travelling out, ending up in 50m of water looking for some fresh bottom ground. Water was 28 degrees and nice and blue so as we searched I deployed a large zuker out the back. Took about 5 minutes and then James hooked his first Onslow yellowfin.

Kept searching/trolling for half an hour picking up a plethora of small longtail tuna about a foot long. Greedy buggars.

Found the odd patch of fish on the bottom but was plagued by small sharks. Suspect the very small tidal movement was not helping the cause. Decided to cut our losses and head in to an island and do some snorkelling.

Nearing the back of the island we started coming across a lot of bait schools being harassed by some good size longtails in 6 metres of water. Tuna weren't to finicky and we managed to get in close. First couple of casts missed the spot but just then it all came together and a patch exploded 20 metres behind the boat. The cast landed straight in the danger zone and by the time I engaged the bail on the 3500 game the rod was bending in protest.

Line was peeling off the spool at an alarming rate and we ended up chasing the fish with the boat for about half a kilometre. Once the spool was looking a bit more healthy we cut the motor and went to work on bringing the fish to the boat. 20 minutes later the one fish that I'd been constantly looking for since I arrived up here graced the landing net. Very solid fish I estimated at 40lb on the light tackle braid outfit.

Unfortunately the switch flicked off after that and the bait was left to flick around unmolested.

Went for a snorkel but James had a bit of sinus so we just had a quick look, saw a couple of greens but they were deep in their ledges.

Heading home at 30 knots we stopped in at the bait spot to pop some bigger queenies.

Good day all in all and looking promising for the school holidays starting next Friday.

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Good report there john. Glad

Sun, 2009-04-05 10:53

Good report there john. Glad the water has cleared up since we where there last it was a bit dirty. Nice size tuna. would have been great fun on the small outfit
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Distance

Sun, 2009-04-05 11:02

How far out did you get Watto69? On the springs you need to get out past Thev if your looking for clear water most of the time.

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Yeh we didn't get out past

Sun, 2009-04-05 11:04

Yeh we didn't get out past thev but will be when I head back over on ANZAC day. will be taking a trip down to long island for a look as well

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top report and pics there

Sun, 2009-04-05 11:55

top report and pics there john, nice spinned up tuna too

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fin

Sun, 2009-04-05 12:15

Nice fin BJ, very jealous.  I've been craving some sashimi for ages and I wasn't keen to take any from the punters at gamex as nothing was bled and didn't look like too  much on ice either.  Did see one fin get caught on the last day, they might be starting to come on a bit.

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tuna

Sun, 2009-04-05 13:52

good photos John,you gotta luv them fast fish,just get the wind and conditions right for next weekend and the holidays
and it will be fun with a capitol F.
Fast fish rule!

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Nice John, good longtail on

Sun, 2009-04-05 15:13

Nice John, good longtail on that outfit for sure!

Running PE3 on the game? whats the capacity? 

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PE2

Sun, 2009-04-05 15:19

PE2 Basshard. Just under 300m I think.

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some great fish there and a

Sun, 2009-04-05 16:08

some great fish there and a great day!

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Half your luck BJ certainly

Sun, 2009-04-05 18:31

Half your luck BJ

certainly blowin here

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Gods

Sun, 2009-04-05 19:25

Pretty sure the weather gods have been looking after you boys lately. First decent day weather wise on a weekend for about 4 weeks down this way.

Hopefully 2 weeks of glass on the way! Nothing better than scooting around at 28-30 knots all day.

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Some good fish well done

Sun, 2009-04-05 19:27

Some good fish well done .and some nice pics ,so much for the stong wind warning

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Great Fish

Sun, 2009-04-05 19:40

Good fish Big john. We got a similar one in Exmouth in January while anchored and it certainly made the 850 Penn and 10kg line work overtime!!
Must have been great casting that slice at him!
Rosco