Tuna metro
Submitted by eltaco on Tue, 2010-04-20 20:01
Hi all trolled the 3 mile today out of hillarys and got a tuna bout 4 kg does anyone know what tuna are out there at the mo a rec fish bloke at the ramp said it looked like a yellow fin cos of the patterns on the stomach but the sickle fins where short . And a bloke at the ramp said someone got a bill fish today out there in close not sure what sort but has anyone heard of a bill fish caught in metro ever ?
STEVE231
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Tuna
I would have thought it was more than likely a southern bluefin tuna, and billfish aren't generally regarded as a common capture, but they do get a few about the Rottnest Trench.
grayzeee
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prob sbt's mate of mine's
prob sbt's
mate of mine's been heading out from there the twice in last week. he was getting stuck into them.
i'd like to know how long they are expected to stay in metro waters?
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
tonyb
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I got a SBT off Ocean Reef
I got a SBT off Ocean Reef on sunday. I've pretty much been gettig them on the way in all season. I have seen a few stripped tuna about also.
Auslobster
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YFT's and SBT's,
are very hard to tell apart at that young age...the patterns on the stomach are nearly identical and the sickles on the yellowfin don't become evident until the fish reach much larger sizes. Generally, the YFT's are more likely to have a very vivid yellow stripe down the side, and the tail is a much brighter yellow.
Been the best SBT year I can remember...the FADs have been rotten with tiny ones (35cm) and I got a four kilo fish off Dawesville a couple weeks ago.
eltaco
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
No worries cheers fellas be
No worries cheers fellas be good to get some big ones my pb is a 60kg yellow fin when i was 14 neally broke me back stand up