could be a few straglers around, keep a look out for bait fish and birds hitting the water, but while your out there fish for whatever and have a floater out you never know what might come along

Cheers

Frank

but I reckon it might be getting a bit cool for our tuna mates. Just look for birds circling, diving into the water - visually look for the water boiling etc. At this time of year though, you may be looking at salmon rather than tuna!

When you see it, you can cast metal slices into the boil or troll a swimming lure like a Halco Laser Pro 190 or something like it just around the outside out the boil - dont run directly at the fish as they will spook and swim off, just skirt around the outside of it and they will generally chase your lure down.

 Cheers guys are there any particular spots I should be trying I'm pretty new to the deep sea scene still building my experience up so don't wanna head into any spots where tons of experience is needed like the west end of rotto I launch from hillarys any recommended spots are there I should be trying and how deep should I be?

they are nomadic and can turn up pretty much anywhere.

out around Rotto is about as general as you can be really.....

I was out from Hilly's weekend before last, massive schools of bait starting around the 30m mark. I went out to the 70's and they where there as well and everywhere inbetween! Massive schools! Nothing touching them though which was annoying. Even the birds were big and fat just sitting on the water. So I dunno where the tuna might be if their not gorging on that lot!

traul some small skirts around bait schools that look like theyre getting "rounded up" and see how you go

 there out there

we got some stripeys in the last week or two, looking for boiling up bait schools, generally the birds havnt been on the scene when weve got stripeys lately. havnt herd of any SBT up this way but apparently there is schools bobbing up here n there, read it some where i think....

Joodles:change lures, skirts, hard bodies colour patterns..... that where we have been getting some.

 glastronomic I bought a 5.26 carribean Concorde with 135 merc on the back is there any spot suggestions to where I should try to find the little buggers don't want anyones secret spot but a general area to try 

 glastronomic I bought a 5.26 carribean Concorde with 135 merc on the back is there any spot suggestions to where I should try to find the little buggers don't want anyones secret spot but a general area to try 

As huggy said mate, they can turn up anywhere! Get behind the 3mile reef and start trolling some small skirts. Either troll along the back of the reef or straight out, both will put u in with a chance.