Brissy river tuna

[BLOOEY]

Fished the river today. This time going for a thready. After an hour or so of that for zippo headed closer to the mouth to have a look. To my surprise there were mac tuna feeding hard on the surface. Picked up what is usually my whiting,bream rod(6lb) and flicked a plastic into the melee. BANG and the 6lb was leaving the spool at a rapid rate. Halfway through the fight (about 20mins) i noticed the screw holding my bail roller had almost unscrewed itself. Got a screwdriver and when the tuna stopped running tightened it back in. Back into him and another 20 mins later a maccy 7.1kgs was finally tired enough for the net. Another great sessiom on the brissy. Ben

[chewy01]

nice fish on light gear blooey. hope they turn up here soon

[jareyjareyjareyjarey]

wow thats an awsome catch.
did you see what bait they were feeding on? and what placy did you use?

[fleety77]

on ya champ right place right time...

[BLOOEY]

No jarey diddnt see the bait at all. Used an atomic 3in jerk shad 10lb leader. Fleety 77 they were chewing their heads off for close to an hour. Ben

[frankgrimes]

Awesome work on the light gear mate - Mac T's go hard!!

7.1Kg's on 6lb string, with mid-fight reel maintenance is a great effort!!

Mick

[fleety77]

solid!! was there birds hitting the bait??

[BLOOEY]

solid!! was there birds hitting the bait??

Yep going nuts on it! Hard to believe it was in the brissy in winter

[chief]

Your on fire mate,Another fine fish,especially on that gear.Awsome stuff Cheers

[Bassmaster1]

Top work Blooey, those macs sure go pretty hard on light gear. We hooked a couple a few months back on placcys and small chrome slices.

Did think about heading out for a while tosarv but decided to do some much needed R&M to the hornet. In hindsight probably would not have been a bad option due to the wind dying right off.

Pitty about the lack of Threaddy after you effort last week, better luck with him next time.

Cheers,

Bruce

[geoff72]

well done again mate,ur on fire.

[BLOOEY]

Thanks all. Wouldn't say i was on fire at all though. Had some pretty ordinary trips offshore after the snaps lately.Was due for a couple of good fish. Another pic. Ben

[LIVE_2_FiSH]

did ya get a measure on him mate?

[Az]

solid mac mate! great stuff!

[BLOOEY]

82cm LTF. Ben