I guess that by now everyone knows the Yellowfin Tuna have turned up. In particular Yellowfin Tuna these fish are ranging between fifteen and sixty kilo’s and widely spread out. Indications are that the Bluefin are still down South with Longliners working around Jervis Bay and down to Bateman’s Bay. The way the currents are setting there are indications they may turn up here soon, hopefully anyway.

I went out on Saturday knowing there had been a few ‘Fin around but after the bad weather unsure of what might happen. The charts showed a pool of slack water between Brown’s and Heaton’s, my targeted area. However, on my way out a couple of boats had found larger Yellowfin South of Browns these fish ultimately weighed in at over fifty kilo’s, by the way a new leader in the SGFC Tuna Slam. Consequenly, I headed that way and worked the area for a while eventually catching a twenty kilo fish, a first Yellowfin for a young and excited Lochie. In the meantime, another bite was happening North of Browns in two hundred fathoms, smaller fish but in numbers. I thought about going there but decided to stick to my original plan.

We headed East into a calming sea when in seven hundred fathoms the serenity was disrupted by a quadruple strike and the ensuing mayhem. After a lot of untangling we landed three of the Yellowfin. As you would imagine the clients were ecstatic and the decision was made to keep going. It didn’t take long before we had a double which were landed without any of the dramas of the previous efforts.

And the bite continued through Sunday with several Marlin being seen and hooked and in numbers I haven’t heard of for this time of year. So, whatever is happening out there I hope it continues.

Tight Lines,
Ivan

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