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fullscale
10-05-2006, 06:18 PM
took a mate of mine out this morning before work , there were tuna galore again big schools of mac tuna but on the outskirts of the school were big longtail had plenty of chances only landed one . had trouble matching the hatch in fly fishing terms ;D ;D ;D ;D
novice23
10-05-2006, 06:28 PM
Nice one!
Big_unit
10-05-2006, 06:46 PM
That is an awesome fish. 52 minutes of pure fish fighting skill. Steve tells me it weighed 19.5 kgs.

Thats Gold [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Cheers
James
fullscale
10-05-2006, 06:49 PM
cheers james , yes it was 52 mins from hook up to landed in the boat , by my scales in the boat it went 19.5kg , and it was released .i must say i as pretty stuffed afterwards. :)
Canoedle
10-05-2006, 06:53 PM
Nice tuna m8 8-)
devocean
10-05-2006, 07:35 PM
They are awesome fish and dont taste to bad either I love catching those bad boys
fullscale
10-05-2006, 08:35 PM
yeh i dont mind chewin them either.
jim_bream
10-05-2006, 08:38 PM
WADDA BEEE-YOOTI!!
Now there's only one better waystart the day ;) - and if the missus is n't on the bite, yer longtail there looks like a damn fine 2nd! ;D
Good one mate- just out of interest, have you had any luck with Lazers or chrome slugs? The only Tuna I've caught (offshore Cape Town) was with a home made lure (stainless steel table-knife handle with a treble and swivel). Keen to get out and into the tuna this w/end.
Congrats again !
Smailesy
10-05-2006, 08:56 PM
was that you out the front of the surf club we were in a 4.6 centre console the 2 guys with the funny hats nice fish mate we didnt get a scale they were evry where they even nearly hiting our boat i didnt see any fish landed
Fishin_Dan
10-05-2006, 11:54 PM
They're so much fun arent they!!! I've never landed one yet, and I'm still addicted ;D Congrats on the catch buddy. Sure is a top way to start the day!!!
fullscale
11-05-2006, 06:07 AM
was that you out the front of the surf club we were in a 4.6 centre console the 2 guys with the funny hats nice fish mate we didnt get a scale they were evry where they even nearly hiting our boat i didnt see any fish landed


no that was in hervey bay mate sorry
Jim_Byrne
11-05-2006, 07:02 PM
Great fight and feed but catching and chasing those bloody longies is soooo addictive!
Bingo
15-05-2006, 09:01 PM
Troy I think you should get those scales checked that fish would only be 7 kilo at the most. I see Big_unit is still backing up your stories for you but then again that’s what mates do for each other.
White_Steenbras
15-05-2006, 10:31 PM
Nice catch there mate.
Blueby
16-05-2006, 10:33 AM
yeah I would buy some new scales IMHO. Caught my first LT off the goldie on sunday no photo but he went only 5.5kg's and looked to be a similar size to the one in the photo???

They do fight well tho pound for pound :)
manangatang
16-05-2006, 09:21 PM
that looks like great fun,cheers