Tunasaurus

 My brother and I did a charter out of the Gold Coast during the week.  We were chasing blue marlin but no luck so when we heard about a big school of yellowfin busting up we took our chances.

Trolled around for a while trying to entice a bite.  Eventually hooked one, which took an hour to land on 130lb gear.  Estimated weight around 80kg.

 

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Cool fish

Fri, 2016-09-30 15:28

serious amounts of sashimi there.  

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Beautiful fish

Fri, 2016-09-30 16:08

congrats!

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 Awsome photo of an awsome

Fri, 2016-09-30 16:29

 Awsome photo of an awsome catch! Well done

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Great looking fish

Fri, 2016-09-30 16:32

 Love the big sickles. Top pic too

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Very nice

Fri, 2016-09-30 16:37

 

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 The Hawaiins call them "AHI"

Fri, 2016-09-30 16:40

 The Hawaiins call them "AHI" which apparently translates to "Ball of Fire"  - it's easy to see why in this photo. Great fish that would have pulled like buggery !

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Sensational man, congrats

Fri, 2016-09-30 16:42

Sensational man, congrats

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 farrrrrrr out thats a

Fri, 2016-09-30 17:05

 farrrrrrr out thats a barrel, 

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Yup

Fri, 2016-09-30 17:35

 Life goal ticked off right there.

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 I have only ever caught one

Fri, 2016-09-30 17:49

 I have only ever caught one of those which was about 1/5th the size of that monster.....I just can't imagine how that thing pulled....well done 

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Fri, 2016-09-30 18:03

 Holy shit. Your arms would be 3" longer

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Just to clarify

Fri, 2016-09-30 18:35

 It was actually my brother that caught the fish, not me.

My father-in-law has said that pound for pound a tuna will pull a Marlin backwards.  Seeing this fish I believe him.  We fought it on 10-12kg of drag.  An 80kg Marlin we would have knocked over in less than half an hour on that gear.

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Nice work!

Fri, 2016-09-30 20:48

geez that's a healthy looking fish!

 

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 Very nice if that's the

Fri, 2016-09-30 21:20

 Very nice if that's the consulation prize

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Top catch

Fri, 2016-09-30 21:23

And a great photo.

Grilled tuna for weeks

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Top catch

Fri, 2016-09-30 21:23

And a great photo.

Grilled tuna for weeks

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 Just wow! What an awesome

Fri, 2016-09-30 22:21

 Just wow! What an awesome pic.

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 yes!!!!

Sat, 2016-10-01 12:51

 yes!!!!

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Got keen?

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Epic fish!

Mon, 2016-10-03 14:17

Awesome effort mate thats an absolute barrel.

May as well close the September POTM now... that is going to take some beating!

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 Yep that's a bucket list

Wed, 2016-10-19 06:45

 Yep that's a bucket list fish!

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Oh boy

Wed, 2016-10-19 07:57

Get sick of sashimi with that one

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