Tuna time

Full moon is seldom kind to me when it comes to fishing and I would often do better howling than fishing at this time of the month.  With windows of good weather few and far between, especially over weekends it seems, I had to capitalise on the forecasted fair conditions on Saturday.  Regular fishing mate Glen was up north shooting pigs and I knew that the conditions would be dicey for some of my other fishing buddies with lighter stomaches, so solo it was to be.

 

I launched at sunrise and made my may west in somewhat sloppy conditions.  At one stage I stopped to check my weather app and realised that they had got it wrong - again, but what the heck, I was out and had to make the best of it.  By the time I reached my favourite fishing grounds I was the only boat out there and was wondering whether the other boaties knew something that I did not know.  I did a bit of bottom bashing releasing a few smallish demersals before noticing birds hitting surface baitfish.   This prompted me to change tactic and tow a couple of lures behind the boat.  After about 45 minutes of towing a Richter Dorado skirted lure on the one rod and a Halco Laser Pro 160 on the other rod I had a double hit and had fish on both rods.  After landing and snapping both the tuna I was off again and it did not take long to land another tuna.  I decided to stop trolling and to rather cast a lure at the tuna for a different fix.  I introduce a Fish Inc Right Wing 120mm Stickbait to the second school of tuna that I found and was immediately into the fourth tuna for the day.  

 

Satisfied with the tuna time, I still wanted to get a snapper before heading home and decided to anchor up and burley.  Managed a few undersized snapper and a bloody shark on SP before landing a snapper of 53cm - mission accomplished!  I also managed to land the 5th tuna for the day on bait that was actually meant for snapper.  

 

Whilst at anchor I was twice smashed by something large that bricked me down below and had a feeling that the YTKs were around.  My last fish for the day ended up being a 105cm YTK which surrendered to my landing net after giving a decent account of itself - as they normally do.  Satisfied with the outcome I headed back to Woodman Point in rather challenging conditions.  I guess that I need to take back my words concerning fishing at full moon.

 

YouTube video of the action - https://youtu.be/58kD1LRmlp0

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Well done on all counts .

Wed, 2022-09-14 15:16

Well done on all counts . Going to be chewing on some nice fillets for a while

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Tuna fillets

Fri, 2022-09-16 10:12

Fortunately I am the only one in the house that enjoys tuna 

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NICE!I WOULD KILL FOR A DAY

Wed, 2022-09-14 16:55

NICE!

I WOULD KILL FOR A DAY LIKE THAT!

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Metro waters underrated

Fri, 2022-09-16 10:17

Must admit that it was an exceptional day for me.  Went out with no real expectations but for catching a snapper or two.  Turned out pretty awesome.  Our metro waters are so underrated. 

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Sounds like

Wed, 2022-09-14 18:20

 A good day out

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 Good day out Eddie. Those

Thu, 2022-09-15 15:28

 Good day out Eddie. Those little SBT's go well on light gear!

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Towing lures

Fri, 2022-09-16 10:14

Thanks squire.  Not something that I have done much in the past, but will surely be doing more of in the future.  Definitely enjoy the tug on the light gear.

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 You don't have to have

Fri, 2022-09-16 16:09

 You don't have to have anything fancy for the SBT's. My mate who is a one trick pony always uses these and they've caught heaps of fish and only about $8 

https://www.bcf.com.au/fishing/fishing-lures/bluewater-trolling-and-gamefish-lures?srule=Price%20Low-High&start=0&sz=60 

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Yep

Sat, 2022-09-17 19:14

Those little lures have accounted for a tonne of fish  

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