longtail delight

[big_steve001]

hey guys went for an early morning fish with a few mates to try and get a feed. started off drifting some rubble ground near the rouse for many undersized squire and only 1 legal one at 45cms. we then decided to chase a few schools of tuna which were boiling near bye. my cast into the school came up with a solid hookup, realising the shear weight of this fish i new straight away that i was in trouble.as the fish took about 100meters of line in about 15 seconds we gave chase and this continued for another hour bfore we got a good look at it. 'omg' i said as i saw colour under the boat and realised i hooked a nice longtail tuna. another 40 mins passed and my old man was finally able to get a clean gaff shot on her and into the boat it came. the tuna fell to a 5'' natural colour berkley powerbait fished on a 2-4kg berkley drop shot rod and a 1500 daiwa exellor with 6pd mainline and 10pd trace. this fish is a new pb on such light line.
pics to follow shortly as soon as camera recharges.

cheers steve

[Mark-P]

Great stuff steve & on that gear, champion effort !!!!

Mark

[Dylan_Rylatt]

yes everyone he caught this on my rod after i lent it to him to respool with some spare braid he had... i wonder what this will do to the drag washers in the reel.. i'm guessin they woulda got pretty hot.... i'm jealous thats way to good a fish to get my my gear.. lol... steve i'm going to bowwow your platics gear next time we go bull shark fishing

Dylan

[snasman]

mate awesome fish on that set up,look foward to the pics

[CreelReaper]

great effort mate :<)) you gotto be one proud little puppy

[Horse]

Thats a top effort on the gear. Just landing a good LT this year has been something to skite about

Neil

[big_steve001]

yeh neil tell me about it they have been very flighty this year but the school we chased stayed around the boat the hole fight. might have been following this one around. anyways here is the pic

[matt fraser]

Great fish Steve, Awesome effort to get it on such light gear! You and your crew must have been very patient to battle it for so long. They just don't give up do they!

Cheers,

Matt

[LIVE_2_FiSH]

Thats an awesome effort mate, keep it up!

[Dylan_Rylatt]

thats a nice reel u are holding steve!@looks like mine

[big_steve001]

hey matt yeh the boys were good they had many chances to hook a few more but i was fighting it for so long didnt wanna lose it and it went deep and sat there for ages couldnt move it

[84mick]

What a great fish on such light gear!!!! Well done mate and congrats for your pb!

Cheers, Mick. ;)