Geo Bay Tuna
Submitted by Seaquest on Sat, 2011-02-19 19:09
Heard a rumor that there was a few tuna being caught in the bay, so I decided to go for a troll early this morning.
Weather was crap and confidence wasn't too high.
After trolling from Castle Rock to Quarries without even a sniff I decided to call it a day and head home.
On the way home I spotted dolphins caving up some bait fish so decided to give it another go.
Within minutes of trolling around the dolphins I was on and sure enough it was a nice tuna.
Caught 6 in all and then headed home with 2 in the eske on ice for a few friends to have a feed tonight.
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till
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Good on you for persisting,
Good on you for persisting, thats some prime dinner there!
sharkfisherman
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nice tuna
hi seaquest nice tuna how much did they weigh?what did you catch them on?
Lucky Tim
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still haven't doen the yard
still haven't doen the yard up hey? Less fish more work mate...
nice sashimi too
r.gates
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What's the best way to prepare tuna?
Nice fish seaquest, and a good result in trying conditions.
How's the best way to cook them....or are they treated just like any other fish? I've never caught one but I can imagine they'd be a handful as they're surely built for speed!
regards
rusty...
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till
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Cook them? What would you
Cook them? What would you want to do that for ;)
There is a bit of a trick to dispatching them, its good to nick the veins that run under the skin at the pecs, then bleed really well then. Instead of trying to brain spike them through the side of the head, you run the back of a knife down the front of the head and it shows you a lighter-coloured circular patch which is the front entry to the brain, just stab through there. Thats where they put the bit of mono into them that that they run down the spinal column, to wipe out the nerves, but I haven't gotten that fancy yet.
I don't aim on cutting fillets off them. What I do is cut off the head, then the belly, then the skin (in 4 pcs), then you can take 4 loins off. Youtube is riddled with videos on prepping tuna.
deepwater
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Nice Tuna
nice work there Brendon ,looks like a good feed for tea mate
jeff
Joodles
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YUMM!!
Nice healthy looking specimens too!
fishyink
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what sort of depth/area u get
what sort of depth/area u get them in, looking to drag some skirts around in the bay on friday
Seaquest
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The tuna were caught less
The tuna were caught less than 1km off Bunker Bay.
Look for the bait balls anywhere from Eagle bay to the light house.
Tried again yesterday afternoon with no luck.
There was a lot of brown muck everywhere in close and no bait fish anywhere.
Have heard guys have been getting them at Indicators and Wrights bank as well.
downsouth
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good feed there mate
good feed there mate
JohnF
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SBT sashimi is one of lifes
SBT sashimi is one of lifes great pleasures.
Whitey showed my how to get the 4 loins off....cut off the top inch of fish from the head to tail ( dorsal fins) and same on the bottom of the fish. Then cut the fish all the way to the bone on each side behind the head, make a few nicks in the skin top and bottom and pull the skin ff both sides. Then run a knife down the centre blood line top and bottom and the use your thumb to ease the top and bottom loins off, hey presto. Four loins ready for sashimi.
Probably easier getting whitey to show ya!!!!!!!!!!
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carnage
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50/50 soy n vinegar. Finely
50/50 soy n vinegar. Finely chopped garlic, ginger dried chilli and pepper stirred into a sauce, wasabi on the side. mint. Also iv`e heard leaving tuna of that size overnight on ice to firm the flesh. i probably wouldnt wait and dice it and dip it. Prime feed. I`m only new too sashimi and i am spewin i didnt start sooner didnt know what i was missing out on.
fish on...
JohnF
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Definatley need to get tuna
Definatley need to get tuna on ice for about an hour to cool the flesh. Thye operate at such a high body temp they almost stew themselves if not put on ice immediatley. Then get out the bait knife, cut off a chunk, and down the pie hole.....yum.
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