queensland Try and whipe the smile off my face

[The Mad Hughesy]

hey all,

woke up early and was on the water by 5:15am bound for the rockwall for some squire action. it was the first time i had fished there so i was a bit unsure of where to go. we anchored up just as the sun rose with some not to bad success. no legal snaps were landed but we did hook into some tough little fighters. the biggest fish just on 34cm...so close to my first legal!!! :pinch: we also both hooked onto some unstopables...poor old bree still half asleep suddenly had her line screaming and within 20seconds was already onto the backing!!! long story short the fish one after snapping the 10lbs leader as it hid in the rock wall.

the bite went cold so we set off for the river to deploy some shark baits. 11pm comes around with no runs, and with some hungry noises coming for our bellies we set off for home...just as i started the engine i noticed a bustup about 200m away. i quickly motored over telling myself ""watch where the school is going, go up form them and kill the engine"" trying not to get to excited. by the time we got there the tuna had dissappeared. then i spotted them again about 100m away, so i motored to within 40m of them, put the engine in neutral and drifted to about 20m away. i fling my halco twisty right in the centre of the bust up and let it sink for 4 seconds. furiously winding back in i had 2 touches with no hookup then all of a sudden...BAM!!! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz for the next 5 minutes. holy f!#@ im onto my first tuna!!! the next 5 minutes i just sat there as this beast striped line of my reel. i gave bree a quick how to in boat driving so we could give chase. 20mins later i had it under the boat still not having seen it. there were a few moments where i though i lost it as it swam stright towards the boat. then as i heaved the fish up i finally saw colour, and the size of it. bree was in there quick smart with the net and we had it in the boat :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

hence the name of the report, i could not be happier. my first ever tuna. and not a bad sized model going 77cm. took few happy snaps of both of us holding the fish. if it wasnt for bree i would not have landed it. she chased the fish for a good 150m and netted it for me. this was a team effort so as far as im concerned, we both get credit for catching it.

thanks for reading

Chris

[adambris]

well done mate, awesome report. best feeling in the world landing a new species!!!

[fishingnut]

Well done mate nice one

[pancakes_and_haggis]

Awesome report Mate and I can just emagine your delight. Serious well done on boating that tuna, I know I would never har landed a tuna if I hooked on my own without anyone with experience!!

Your probably hooked on them now, next time you see them you'll be dropping everything an giving chase!!

Cheers for the report

Callum

[zan0_15]

mate...well done! cheers for the report and congratz on the tuna! u reckon the mrs is going to want to be the captain all the time now

conditions looked unreal as well :woohoo: i can only dream of fishing at the moment

[Seiran]

Well done Chris. Were the tune in the river mouth? They're normally easily spooked around there.

[The Mad Hughesy]

Thanks everyone

Yeah they were about 1km out from the mouth.

[Keen-as-fisho]

Well done mate, good to see they are still about

[Dinodadog]

Well done, see if you had that elecy fitted you could of sneaked up on them

Dino

[ryanyoung]

Top shelf report mate! I'm Pumped just reading the report!!!

Well done!

Ryan.

[ellicat]

Ripper ! :woohoo:

You're way too young to have done that

Some older members are still waiting :dry:

What size slug did you choose ?

[shortie]

Ripper ! :woohoo:

You're way too young to have done that

Some older members are still waiting :dry:

What size slug did you choose ?

The sze of the slug is insignificant is how you use it that counts

[Scope]

Awesome stuff mate! Well done

[ellicat]

Ripper ! :woohoo:

You're way too young to have done that

Some older members are still waiting :dry:

What size slug did you choose ?

The sze of the slug is insignificant is how you use it that counts

That's a common phrase used by those with small slugs.

[Homer4duff]

Good work....still yet to catch my first Tuna.....

[The Mad Hughesy]

Yeah I was lucky. Right place at the right time with the tuna rod ready to go

Was a 25g halco