Tinny tuna

 So since the tub is out of action for a while I've been review some of my go pro footage from recent trips out in my tinny, the Dog House

this was out in 17m of water near the busso jetty, 23 degree water at the time, flying fish everywhere, great to see the ocean so alive,

any ways, we started to cube and get a steady burley trail in hope of some sambos on light gear,

this lil spot has produced before and it wasn't long before we had some rats iright under the boat with some bigger models down deeper, around an hour into the cubing we had several sambos and a nice dhu boated and we're just relaxing enjoying the day as the weather had really started to glass off.

then something with a different profile broke the surface and was cruising at speed around the cubes I had recently thrown in, seeing some yellow we thought it may of been a medium sized king.

this had me screaming to my mate to re rig his line to just a single hook while I continued to lob more cubes out. At one point I was pretty much hand feeding this thing which was looking more n more like a tuna, being a tad impatient I quickly retrieve my soft plastics and removed the Placcie and threaded a cube onto the jig head,

i was in the trail no longer than 5 seconds before seeing this tuna grab my cube, I said a prayer and closed the bail arm and came up tight, my 5000 Stradic and 20lb braid started screaming as it took its first run, I was whooping like crazy, an amazing feeling and slight bit of panic hahaha! After a solid 10 minute fight I had landed my first tuna, was a very happy fisherman this day! Hoping I can get an ID here for this tuna guys, the yellow had me thinking yellowfin but now I think it may of been a big eye, Thanks for the read Pegz

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Nice day out by the looks -

Sun, 2015-06-14 20:50

Nice day out by the looks - well done

 

I'd guess southern Bluefin from those shots

 

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Second the SBT...

Mon, 2015-06-15 04:42

...absolute smoker on 20lb gear, and a wicked release shot! Although you must not like sashimi! 

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I would have kept it -

Mon, 2015-06-15 07:45

I would have kept it - Sashimi or lightly seared on the BBQ - take your pick

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Thanx for the IDs, Yeah but

Mon, 2015-06-15 08:27

Thanx for the IDs, Yeah but we already had a dhu and a snapper in the esky, and to be honest as much asI love my sashimi and I love my fish it gave a good fight and was a big night the night before and it's a long drive back to perth to then clean the catch hahaha I can hear the crowd shaking their heads! 

will keep the next one, but I was happy to watch him go

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Onya mate

Mon, 2015-06-15 19:52

nice fish on the light stuff. Deffo a southern bluey...

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Southern Blue

Mon, 2015-06-15 20:29

 Nice Tuna bud, we have always talked about trying to get the tuna in a cubed burley trail. So great to see it worked for you. I'm keen to try it. Well done