Tunasaurus
Submitted by resurgence on Fri, 2016-09-30 15:09
My brother and I did a charter out of the Gold Coast during the week. We were chasing blue marlin but no luck so when we heard about a big school of yellowfin busting up we took our chances.
Trolled around for a while trying to entice a bite. Eventually hooked one, which took an hour to land on 130lb gear. Estimated weight around 80kg.
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Marineboy
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Cool fish
serious amounts of sashimi there.
My spots are so secret even the fish don't know about them !
beeroclock
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Beautiful fish
congrats!
rob90
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Awsome photo of an awsome
Awsome photo of an awsome catch! Well done
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kirky79
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Great looking fish
Love the big sickles. Top pic too
uncle
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Very nice
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
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The Hawaiins call them "AHI"
The Hawaiins call them "AHI" which apparently translates to "Ball of Fire" - it's easy to see why in this photo. Great fish that would have pulled like buggery !
Colt_Striker
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Sensational man, congrats
Sensational man, congrats
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farrrrrrr out thats a
farrrrrrr out thats a barrel,
Adam Gallash
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Yup
Life goal ticked off right there.
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Krusty
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I have only ever caught one
I have only ever caught one of those which was about 1/5th the size of that monster.....I just can't imagine how that thing pulled....well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Dale
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Holy shit. Your arms would be 3" longer
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resurgence
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Just to clarify
It was actually my brother that caught the fish, not me.
My father-in-law has said that pound for pound a tuna will pull a Marlin backwards. Seeing this fish I believe him. We fought it on 10-12kg of drag. An 80kg Marlin we would have knocked over in less than half an hour on that gear.
Stevo81
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Nice work!
geez that's a healthy looking fish!
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Paul H
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Very nice if that's the
Very nice if that's the consulation prize
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mallesh
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Top catch
And a great photo.
Grilled tuna for weeks
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
mallesh
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Top catch
And a great photo.
Grilled tuna for weeks
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
sea-kem
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Just wow! What an awesome
Just wow! What an awesome pic.
Love the West!
Ush
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yes!!!!
yes!!!!
Got keen?
GGs
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Epic fish!
Awesome effort mate thats an absolute barrel.
May as well close the September POTM now... that is going to take some beating!
Troyboy
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Yep that's a bucket list
Yep that's a bucket list fish!
crasny1
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Oh boy
Get sick of sashimi with that one
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