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Might as well put a pick up now as I don't think too much of it will be coming home :whistle : Andrew

James Graham only dog with any bite :whistle:

Very nice mark, and good to see you got it to match your tea towel in the background : ) We should catch more fish now we don't have to wait around all day for you to land yours.

I don't have anything as blingy as what's being put up on here and I usually only have one middle range combo at best, seeing all these pics gives me a bad case of tackle envy. Cheers Mark Not the first time you have had tackle envy mark oh sorry you meant the fishing tackle

Sounds good Angus, will put you down, will hit up Mark if he is keen and should still have one more spot as I can comfortably fish four out of my boat with out everyone getting in each others way. Will confirm closer to the day, but only thing stopping me going would be some kind of disaster at work.... Andrew

Looks like I am actually off that weekend so I will be keen as and should have a couple of deckie spots available as well, will know closer to event. Andrew

Nice write up Mark, I think I will struggle to get you to deckie on my boat now you might get better offers. Few more points to add. Alot of the time tuna will feed into the current or into the wind which ever is stronger. When approaching a school always try and run parallel with them and fire a cast in front of the school, sometimes a boat in there path even if the motor is already off will shut them down. Depending on the day sometimes it is better to leave your motor in idle as the sudden change of something as little as turning your motor off can also shut them down. When casting at a school try and cast to the lead fish or to the edges this is where the bigger fish will be. If you do find a solitary bird on a solitary fish these are usually the big boys, they don't get that big by hanging with the crowds. It is an old wise tail when chasing pelagics that the height that the birds are hovering above the water is also the depth the fish are down is also actually very accurate. They are a very frustrating fish but well worth it once hooked. Also if you see a black and white centre console near a school of tuna keep far far away Andrew

This is only speaking from personal opinion but I would like this forum to not head in the direction I have seen other forums go down the track of. For some people like my self who works long hours in a stressful job coming home and reading this forum is a release from the day to day grind, if you don't get a chance to get out fishing as often as some people are lucky enough to do. You get on and read about other experiences that other members have had at the sport that we all love so much. You can relate to their excitement or disappointment as you share the same dreams. What causes the downwards spiral of these forums is negativity and a whole lot of keyboard cowboy syndrome. This has a negative affect on the entire site, at first some of these threads may seem funny but can turn nasty very quickly. This promotes people not wanting to report any more and even worse the potential loss of sponsorship which in turns pays for the site that we all enjoy. 98% of posts on this site are of a positive or fun making gesture but as usual in life a minority can wreck it for all. The first thing people will reply to this post is that this is a free country, and it is an open forum and people can post what they want, but do some of these things really needed to go so far. If everyone just thought, would I say it to their face, maybe a whole lot of the crap would not even make it onto the forum. If a post gets heated put a time out on the member or something, I am pretty sure some of the men in blue will vouch that if you chuck someone into the courthouse for the night, with maybe an accidental spraying with the fire hose they are a whole lot calmer (and sober) in the morning. This is not my forum, I do not run this forum or have any say in it, I do not believe that my opinion will be that of 100% or even 50% of people that read this but as the first arguement that will be written opposing my opinion will be is that it is an open forum. I just believe that if every one thought about why they joined the forum for originally (fishing) not whinging and bitching that maybe we might even make this forum even better than it already is. If enough people stop reporting, not going to socials or comps, no new sponsorship there will be no forum. It might sound over the top or dramatic but it can happen and has. Once again this is only my opinion, someone who loves to read about other peoples fishing related adventure or reporting on my own. Thankyou for reading Andrew