queensland longtail tuna

[Tuna are fish]

Hello again,

second post in a about a week, and its a good one.  went out fishing on friday, the plan was to hit the fads again, and shoot some mahi mahi, troll some skirts and bag out.  but it did not go to plan, woke up at 2:30 and was on the water at 4.  weather was looking good coming out of the passage able to cruise at 50km/h, got around the corner and it changed.  was probably only 1-1.5m swell but it was all chop and in a 4.8 tinny it was rough.  managed to push to moreton and get some cover and tried to jig up some livies at the beacon.  wasnt able to get anything except a large baitfish about 30cm.  started puching it out to the fad but before we got around the point of moreton, saw large schools of the biggest longtail tuna i have ever seen.  cast stickbaits at them for about 30min with no luck, so just started drifting in about 30m of water.  pulled up 3 nice snapper on pillies and the fish bin was looking good.  after the 3rd drift the reel with the live on took off.  had to pull in 4 lines and by the time i was on the rod i was nearly on backing, and had to gain back about 300m of line.  after a long 15-20min fight i got colour.  it was a large longtail.  we gutted and bled it on the boat and towed it backwards for about 15mins after gutting and bleeding it get all of the blood out.  started to leave and head home at about 6:30.  i packed the gut cavity with ice and lay wet towels over it.  on the way home got more ice and a large fish cooler bag to put it in.  weighed and meaured it when i got home, the final length was 128.5cm and over 18kg.  ended up getting more than 12kg of meat off it, probably could have got more out of it but dad and i have never filleted a fish like that, it wont go to waste tho as we will use it for crab bait.

cheers dan 

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Also if anyone knows how to add photos please let me know 

[ellicat]

Ripper yarn, Dan. How were the shoulder and arm muscles after the fight ?

Re: photos
Admin are aware that there is a problem, but until @John fixes the issue we have to live without them.

[Rick Ludd]

That is a BIG Longtail. Great fish.

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7 hours ago, ellicat said:

How were the shoulder and arm muscles after the fight ?

Not to bad but I’ve still got the same problem out my left hand cramping when I wind with the right so I might switch everything to left handed reels

 

7 hours ago, ellicat said:

Admin are aware that there is a problem

Is there anyway to get around it, any external sites?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Sounds like a great fish Dan nice work.

If you don’t mind using an external site you can make an account on Lensdump, upload your photo there and insert the link here.

[lachrdr]

Well done on the Longtail. I also got one on Friday. Spent all morning out around Cape moreton, then on the way home across the bay I saw a school of longies smashing baitfish. First cast on a 40g slug and I was on. Ended up being 19kg, so definately some good size ones around. 

Cheers,

Lachlan

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On 31/12/2023 at 9:12 AM, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

If you don’t mind using an external site you can make an account on Lensdump, upload your photo there and insert the link here.

Cant find any photo sharing sites that dont charge you and are trust worthy, so if you want to see the photos of the fish i have caught (mahi, cobia, tuna, snapper) just have a look at my insta @dan_beams