Anyone had any luck getting Blue Fin Tuna around Rottnest lately?
Submitted by Grooveepants on Mon, 2016-01-04 14:06
Thought I'd go out for a troll? If so, what sort of size are they ATM?
If not, any stripes or Macks?
Cheers
JohnF
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Friggen millions of them off
Friggen millions of them off Hillarys/Ocean Reef yesterday busting up all over the place.
We had fun for an hour or so casting metal slugs at em, we all got one or two each. Mix of SBT and stripies, all pretty small but fun on light gear.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Grooveepants
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Cheers
Cheers JohnF, hopefully if they are off Hillarys they'll be around Rotto too :)
Swompa
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Trolled a 7m Halco and a
Trolled a 7m Halco and a metal spoon around west end yesterday. Saw fish amongst the pots at west end but with a sleeping baby and an unimpressed wife I couldn't get closer to investigate.
Certainly were a few birds working though just not the right time for me to play properly
Bodie
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yeah schools everywhere out
yeah schools everywhere out from Ocean reef, mixture of stripies and SBT's popped up around the place. Not too skittish the last couple trips out.
hellmansam
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Cool stuff
Is this a regular thing, as in most years ? I got a taste for longtail tuna in the NT and would love to get amongst them down here. SBT have a few options for the table ? Longtail seems best as sashimi which I'm very partial to
take the road less travelled, for there are fewer dickheads on it...
JohnF
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All water temp dependant. Can
All water temp dependant. Can be here one week, gone for the next 3 years.
We got a good run 3 years ago and a few long tail on the 3 mile.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Sam_Wood
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My friend got a sone long
My friend got a sone long tail tuna off 3 mile
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Noxious
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We got some southern blues
We got some southern blues and stripeys off rottnest on the weekend. Getting bigger than weeks gone by, still not huge though.