YFT Christmas Island 2009

YFT Christmas Island 2009

Weight guesses anyone?


Paul G's picture

Posts: 5215

Date Joined: 12/12/07

Not sure on weight but a

Mon, 2009-10-12 19:23

Not sure on weight but a bloody good YFT hows the arms .did it release or a keeper.

____________________________________________________________________________

Active Gyp-Rok solutions ,Residential  and commercial ceilings and walls

DazSamFishing's picture

Posts: 1518

Date Joined: 19/08/09

It was a keeper. Smoked tuna

Mon, 2009-10-12 19:43

It was a keeper. Smoked tuna for a year. Won't eat canned tuna ever again though!

Faulkner Family's picture

Posts: 17835

Date Joined: 11/03/08

bloody huge, well done ,

Mon, 2009-10-12 19:40

bloody huge, well done , worth getting covered in blood for. i would say around the maybe 60kg

____________________________________________________________________________

RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together

Rosco's picture

Posts: 454

Date Joined: 20/11/07

beast

Mon, 2009-10-12 20:00

Beast!!
Is that how close to shore it was caught?
Rosco

DazSamFishing's picture

Posts: 1518

Date Joined: 19/08/09

Yep - not far at all!!!!

Mon, 2009-10-12 20:02

Yep - not far at all!!!!

mako magic's picture

Posts: 5785

Date Joined: 03/08/05

46kg?

Mon, 2009-10-12 20:05

46kg?

Posts: 23

Date Joined: 01/01/70

?

Mon, 2009-10-12 20:10

The angle of the pic can be deceiving but 48kg?.....bloody good Fin thats for sure!

just dhu it's picture

Posts: 1081

Date Joined: 14/05/09

go heavy

Mon, 2009-10-12 20:20

i will go abit heavier 51.5kgs  and dont think it would have given in to easy, great looking fish, CI is a great place,  i dived on the side of the 2 km drop off wall which is basically all around the island not far from shore/rock face, great place and some large species kicking around

Pete D's picture

Posts: 1681

Date Joined: 07/06/07

Great Fin...but very quiet

Mon, 2009-10-12 21:38

Great Fin...but very quiet here currently...apparently the water is too warm!

Great temp for diving though.  Also the winds are up now...arrrgh.  Another 7 days to crack one.

Cheers Pete 

DazSamFishing's picture

Posts: 1518

Date Joined: 19/08/09

Hi Pete, Are you fishing

Mon, 2009-10-12 21:51

Hi Pete,

Are you fishing with Rocky?

Posts: 23

Date Joined: 01/01/70

a m8

Mon, 2009-10-12 21:59

Nope, he's with a mate Brad!

 

mako magic's picture

Posts: 5785

Date Joined: 03/08/05

so whats the weight 

Mon, 2009-10-12 21:53

so whats the weight  dazsam?

 

 

DazSamFishing's picture

Posts: 1518

Date Joined: 19/08/09

We all (including Rocky)

Mon, 2009-10-12 22:35

We all (including Rocky) estimated it at 50kg +. But I felt it would have pushed close to 55... maybe more. You know it's a big fish when 2 blokes are required to pull it in the boat cursing.

Daz

Pete D's picture

Posts: 1681

Date Joined: 07/06/07

Nah, mate here has a 4.8m

Mon, 2009-10-12 21:58

Nah, mate here has a 4.8m polycraft (nice boat), so fishing with him.  I'm solo in his boat in tomorrow so will be even harder to get onto fish... so more diving for me.

It is blowing hard currently which does make it more difficult to access the SW of the Island.  Any tips?

Wahoo are easy, flying fish in a butterfly net at night are fun, but the tuna have disappeared.

Cheers Pete 

DazSamFishing's picture

Posts: 1518

Date Joined: 19/08/09

Ah I see. Tips??? Depends

Mon, 2009-10-12 22:36

Ah I see.

Tips??? Depends on what you're looking for Pete & what equipment you have with you!

 

Pete D's picture

Posts: 1681

Date Joined: 07/06/07

G'day TTHe will be back to

Mon, 2009-10-12 22:01

G'day TT

 

He will be back to Perth next year....unfortunately.

Cheers Pete 

Pete D's picture

Posts: 1681

Date Joined: 07/06/07

XOS YFT on popper #1.One rat

Tue, 2009-10-13 07:00

XOS YFT on popper #1.

 

One rat so far.  No bird activity currently, apparently need the next wave of slightly cooler water to come in.

GT's at the refuelling site have even disappeared???  Not that you fish for them; was hoping for video of them. 

Stella 20K and a heap of poppers at hand.

2 dives and filming the locals free diving is todays agenda. 

Cheers Pete 

damo6230's picture

Posts: 2029

Date Joined: 07/06/08

nice tuna

Tue, 2009-10-13 07:28

those speedsters certainly pull hard.

looks like a good trip so far

uncle's picture

Posts: 9322

Date Joined: 10/02/07

50kg

Thu, 2009-11-12 10:40

Big John caught one about that size when he was little John,many years ago on a rapala,went for an hour and a half at kalbarri

____________________________________________________________________________

all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs

Matt T's picture

Posts: 875

Date Joined: 19/11/07

Mate!

Mon, 2009-11-16 16:48

That looks freaking awesome! Did you have any raw? That's my goal this year - to get a tuna....but I would be happy with a 5 kilo one! How long was the fight?

DazSamFishing's picture

Posts: 1518

Date Joined: 19/08/09

Yeah, we ate a little bit

Wed, 2009-11-18 22:41

Yeah, we ate a little bit whilst filleting it. Rocky smoked a lot for us - won't eat canned tuna ever again. Fight probably lasted 10 minutes - it took a hardcore powerdive in 250m of water. After that - it was circle work around the boat for a while.