the past few weekends ive been lucky enough to go fishing in my boat with friends and family. In particular my grandfather was over from brisbane for christmas. For years as a child i tagged along fishing with him as offen as possible  so i finally returned the favour and took him out. He is 85 now and is showing it. He was always laughing, joking, quick and witty, and to see him now hes a shadow of his former self. We also had my sisters boyfirend from scotland (over for a 2 week holiday) and i really wanted to sell perth and our lifestyle so theyd move to perth. I had gathered the troops at Mindarie marina by 6am. The weather was great36C and by the end of the day it was a pond . After an hour of travel we finally reached our destination at Direction bank. It was the first good weather day since the closure reopened so i had gut feeling all the fish would be ready to fire. Ok first drift and my scottish friend hooks up for 20mins, but hooks pulled, probably sambo. second drift he hooks up again and after a short fight he had a 5kg balchin. 3rd drift i pull up a baldie 3kg, 4th drift my grandfather pulls a Queen snapper, ok size. After no action we head to another spot and after pulling up bits and pieces my grandfather hooks up big time. keeping in mind he is struggling with the heat, could not get out of his chair (balance issues) also fishing the lightest Daiwa  saltist 20 and a 8kg silstar rod 20lb braid. After fighting the fish for 30mins he pulls up a 10kg dhuie. I couldnt believe my eyes, i didnt know he had it in him. he was so week after i had to help him hold the fish up for the photo. Its a day ill never forget. After getting close to our limit i decide to head in. On the way in i noticed birds working. no one else was around so i decided to have a closer look. Ive never seen a bait ball in perth but there is a first for everything. as i got closer i noticed Tuna working and within 2 mins i was with my 70grm metal slice rod in hand guiding my deckie turn driver. First cast and staight into the action,,,reel screaming.  Got the fish on board and it was a 5-6kg longtail tuna. i had my fun now the scotish guys turn. Gave him quick instructions on how to cast and how to work the lure....bang he hooked up.. all on board had a go and when the reel screams like that you cant help but laugh and smile. I was going to head in but my grandpar said whens my go. Not long after i handed him the rod he had a tuna on. i couldnt believe he got it in but he did. we released all the tuna but we could have chased them all day. at times the tuna would be under  the boat and there were thousands. ive never seen anything like it in perth. Can you eat longtail tuna?

coming back in i realised i couldnt have scripted a better day. I might not ever see grandad ever again but these memories will be with me for life.

so heres the proof about the tuna, the pics arent too crash hot because its done with a camera phone. Also there are some random photos taken during december. Check out the double header breaksea cod, big one was 55cms, caught in 87mtrs.