Coral bay 3rd day out.

 Hit the water at 6 slowly going out as the water was I bit rough. Seen a few birds working the water so in the lures went . First lot a stripe tuna nailed the lure , good for bait . Bit  further on another lot of birds. In go the lures this time as the second one was going out the first got hit hard. I grabbed that one that was going nuts and Sandy was retrieving the second one and a stripe tuna nailed it.  Mum netted that one (first time ever on the net) and 15 minutes later my tuna came to the surface but this time the gaffe was needed, I nice yellowfin tuna on deck . 

Headed out to the 120 mark and set the first drift. Great results we all got fish . 2 drifts later we had all we could get from there only leaving 3 more fish to catch. Headed back into the 70s to try for reds and whatever else might like fresh tuna for lunch. Ended up with 2 reds and a robo.  Called it quits with our bag limit.

Mum got her first red emperor,  Goldie and robo 

Sandy nailed a red and the biggest Goldie for the day and I got the second biggest. Great day had by all and a good trip in p

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Great day

Fri, 2022-05-20 18:51

On the water there Russ, gotta be happy with that one. 

What did the YFT weigh approx? 

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 Tuna went 8.5 on the scales

Fri, 2022-05-20 19:56

 Tuna went 8.5 on the scales I have but unfortunately it had Myxozoans.  Which is lots of small white cysts caused by parasites.  Going to used for bait tomorrow . Added a pic of tuna fillet 

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Top feed

Fri, 2022-05-20 19:19

Doing well . Nice

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 Awesome day on the water

Fri, 2022-05-20 20:39

 Awesome day on the water there Russ spewing about the yft , but gee those goldies are one of my  favourite to eat can't go wrong with that catch 

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 Had some Goldie for dinner

Fri, 2022-05-20 21:00

 Had some Goldie for dinner tonight. Had never tried it before but I will definitely be eating it again. Very tasty. 

Been giving away fish to a few of the older crowd at the caravan park that can't get out to catch some fish themself but not Goldie thankfully

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Well done Russ, good to see a

Sat, 2022-05-21 07:30

Well done Russ, good to see a nice mixed bag and the skipper landing a couple this time.

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 good scoreboard there Russ

Sat, 2022-05-21 08:16

 good scoreboard there Russ

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Another good day

Sat, 2022-05-21 08:27

 Good your sharing it around

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 A good day out when everyone

Sat, 2022-05-21 08:42

 A good day out when everyone is catching something and noone getting bored. A good variety of fish to satisfy the taste buds, well done.

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 Value for effort well done

Sun, 2022-05-22 08:19

 Value for effort well done everyone.

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 Value for effort well done

Sun, 2022-05-22 08:19

 Value for effort well done everyone.

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 Value for effort well done

Sun, 2022-05-22 08:20

 Value for effort well done everyone.

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 Value for effort well done

Sun, 2022-05-22 08:20

 Value for effort well done everyone.

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 Value for effort well done

Sun, 2022-05-22 08:20

 Value for effort well done everyone.

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Again

Sun, 2022-05-22 08:51

 You can say that again

Well done Russ and crew, doing very well

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 Great day out Russ. Shame

Thu, 2022-05-26 10:46

 Great day out Russ. Shame about the YFT for sashimi but you'll be eating very well regardless!

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 Kept the fillets and

Sun, 2022-05-29 13:10

 Kept the fillets and converted them to some edible fish. Tuna steak on the barbie would have nice tho

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Yeah I’ve seen those cysts

Sun, 2022-05-29 13:14

Yeah I’ve seen those cysts before. Three tuna from the same school - two fine and one riddled with them. Very off putting.