Valentines Day troll with Uncle
Submitted by Rig on Tue, 2012-02-14 15:31
FW member Uncle and I hit Mindarie today for a few hours trolling, we werent going long and Uncles reel screamed off and he was locked in a battle for some time against a stubborn tuna which took him around the boat several times before being brought on board for a quick photo and released. It was a pretty good size for metro estimated at least 12kg It looks like a long tail tuna to me.
We carried on searching for some bait schools or bird activity but didnt really see any or any spanyola's. But we did manage 2 spotted mackeral which was a good result with one coming home for dinner and the other released. Back at the ramp by 11.
Thanks for taking me out Uncle.
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big john
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Good fish
More than 12kg that baby. Mind you it's refreshing to see someone undersell their fishes weight.
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quadfisher
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nice toona
yeh looks like a longtail, and a nice size for metro , pull a mackie backwards too
that a xrap , pilchard pattern maybe?
poor day on solunar , on a bad moon , you did really well considering.
would love to see a pic of the spotties
looks like mono on that reel too , ya old dinosaurs haha
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uncle
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its a bluey green with black spots down the side xrap30
they are magic lures, 2 spotties were on a xrap15 in the prop wash, if the deckie was fishing with rapdancers we may have done better, gave up fishing solunars years ago, allways like after the full moon
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fisherking
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Well done guys
Well done guys
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Lamby
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Echo that sentiment BJ looks
Echo that sentiment BJ looks well over 12, got to love the blokes that call it fair on the lie detectors & not many who would understate. Well done Rig & Uncle
uncle
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was1200mm
and I,ve been hammered here before for over estimating [allegelly]
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grayzeee
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bloody nice fish there. well
bloody nice fish there. well done.
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Rig
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Ha ha
Yeah guess what I just went and bought uncle lol. It's starts with r ends with a
Cheers for the positive feed back fellas
fisho-ron
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nice boys well done.are they
nice boys well done.
are they no good on the tooth?
soupster51
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Quality
Great fish. Why did you release it though? Are they not good eating? Never had longtail to know otherwise.
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terboz123
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sashimi yummmy! thats about
sashimi yummmy! thats about it though, good on ya for chucking it back, fish is a nice size..jealous
correct me if im wrong guys isnt it better to be trolling with mono rather then braid/.
a hard days fishing still beats work
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Mono
All my trolling gear is mono and helps with the initial impact for sure. I sometimes use jigging gear but back the drag right off for the stike and then gently tighten once the fish is on. Big fish need mono I would say, but anything under 200kgs could be stopped on braid for sure.
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uncle
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never been into
tuna,good to see him swim away
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hlokk
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Nice longtail. Woulda put up
Nice longtail. Woulda put up a great fight, but bet you were just a little disappointed there were no vertical stripes on the body ;) Still a good fish. Go go fast fish.
Faulkner Family
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gotta be happy with that
gotta be happy with that one. well done
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Leemo
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great fish. Bigger than you
great fish. Bigger than you told me it was! haha, onya guys!
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JohnF
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Great longtail, one of the
Great longtail, one of the most dogged fighting fish going!
Some of the flesh right in near the rib cage makes excellent sashimi, the rest is a bit rank. Shame to kill such a beautiful animal for a very small amount of sashimi, credit Uncle for releasing it to fight another day!!!!!
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quadfisher
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A braid convert
yeh years back all we trolled with was mono , excellent shock absorber, seemed to set hooks ok.
But----- I like using braid now , its really good for showing just how a lure is running , with its feed back to the rod tip.
I can spot even some small ribbon weed sometimes affecting the tip action , and as said just run a lighter
drag setting.
Also just my opinion braid used for trolling seems to twist less than mono.
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alfred
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Nice one Uncle!
Nice one Uncle!
till
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Solid Longtail Uncle, did he
Solid Longtail Uncle, did he get the ticker going?
uncle
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needed a short
rest,sat on the bench
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Rig
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Eating
Hey guys in reference to eating longtails....,. I have eaten quite a few much smaller versions and reckon they are fine on the BBQ with a bit of seasoning. I have a few fillets from recent trips in the freezer so no need for me to want to keep this one, and it would have been alot of fillets!
tim-o
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Nice one! Would ave thawt it
Nice one! Would ave thawt it would av been a bit more sloppy by the forecast, how far out were yous, doesnt look like a big boat yous were in?
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uncle
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just outside the reef area
it was a little choppy,boat is 5.2 metres
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Moylee
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Fast Fish
Nice one Uncle - top stuff mate, you the fast fish guru !!!
Gaffatron
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i needa get meself a boat...
i needa get meself a boat...
madfisher
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I hear you Gaffatron same
I hear you Gaffatron same here
jezman
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Great fish there Rig, well
Great fish there Rig, well done, and your wearing the hat of a champion team, go the magpies
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Great fish there Rig, well
Great fish there Rig, well done, and your wearing the hat of a champion team, go the magpies
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Collingwood?
Oh the 2011 runners up and the ones nearlly beaten by gws hahaha
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Rig
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magpies
Sorry Jezman thats not me wearing the maggies hat, Uncle is the collingwood fan.
I am sure you didnt mean to insult me lol
uncle
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did you know my favourite xrap
was resprayed in black and white, works a treat
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Faulkner Family
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it work well because the
it work well because the fish just want to destroy it , they hate the pies so much
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Rig
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Ha ha
He didn't mention when he was looking for a deckie he was a collingwood supporter
adam87
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nice longtail there mate
nice longtail there mate thats definatly more than 12kg
they go real hard
i think there realy good on the chew espetialy as sushimi!