exmouth yellowfin tuna

exmouth yellowfin tuna

the one and only yellowfin tuna we got of the trip, somewhere around the 10kg mark, taken trolling a big jet head pusher in the 40's, released to fight another day


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thats a bluddy nice photo

Sat, 2008-06-07 15:39

thats a bluddy nice photo mate. And a nice toooooooooooooooona.



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yeah we got that nice little

Sat, 2008-06-07 15:41

yeah we got that nice little sparkle on his back, took a pretty big lure too, pity it was the only one of the trip though, love the eye on him too, big and black

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Great tuna m8

Sat, 2008-06-07 15:44

Can't waite to get up north

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did ya slice and dice is

Sat, 2008-06-07 15:55

did ya slice and dice is straight away?

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quick pic and back in the

Sat, 2008-06-07 15:57

quick pic and back in the drink m8, we released about 95% of fish we caught

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i probably would have had

Sat, 2008-06-07 15:58

i probably would have had the wasabi and soy sorted before it hit the deck lol:)

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yeah alot would, we thought

Sat, 2008-06-07 16:02

yeah alot would, we thought about keeping it , but was more a c&r trip, still brought a bit of fsih back, but ones like that its a buzz letting them go anyway

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yep

Sat, 2008-06-07 16:03

for sure thrill of the chase

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weather was great, first 8

Sat, 2008-06-07 16:31

weather was great, first 8 days calm as, last 2 days bit blowy but made them our billy trolling days, standout catch was for me watching paul get his first marlin, i think he will have a smile on his dial for a while, lol, got some nice mackies wahoo, dollies queenies, nothing overly huge but some good catches, i was happy first drop out bottom bashing and pulled up the 1 and only red emp of the trip

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You will not want to fish

Sat, 2008-06-07 18:10

You will not want to fish down here anymore now you have had a taste of the north west Smile

Glad you had a great trip mate  

 

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Nice Tuna Matt

Sun, 2008-06-08 09:34

Would have been great fun! Good on ya for the C&R mate! A great trip for sure! 

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