sleepy

Striped marlin . Shape of fin

I was fishing on reel diamond we drove past u guys serval times whilst u were hooked up and were going past at that time of u guys just loosing the fish . Spewing ! We marked some really really big fish definitely over 100 kgs keep in mind one of the long liners caught a 167 kg dressed so aprox 185 kg fish . That's one hell of a fish so there are some huge tuna out there ATM

5 m boat is doable if the weather stays under 5/8 knots especially anything from the west . If it picks up over 15 knots it will take u at least 2 hours min to get back . If u get a unexpected westerly blowing over 20 to 25 knots which happens quite often and things will get really ugly for you over 30 knots and you can probably be expecting to call marine resue. Or worse !!Remember tuna fishing is not like marlin fishing where most of ur time is spent just inside the shelf , you go to browns then often keep going ! I Have fished browns in a 5 m boat but am much more comfortable in a 6.5 m and up boat .

Nice fish short length of a 2.3 striped is approx 80kg

Well done on ur fish , wouldn't it been easier to launch from little beach ? Closer to salamander bay and definitely safer.

hi guys i am looking at upgrading my 4wd and i am tossing up between a Land cruiser, jeep grand Cherokee and a Mazda bt 50(all diesel) . i have a budget of $30 to $35k and i will be towing about 2100kg to 2250kg BMT. most cruisers that i have looked at within my budget have around 100,000 ks on the clock, jeeps between 50,000 and 80,000 and i can get a new mazda for that price. any feedback would be appreciated. cheers sleepy

heading out in the morning ..what depth were you in when you hooked up ? cheers sleepy

fished tue. trolled wide of browns then cubed on browns ....nothing... no temp breaks little bait .

you will get better hookup if you don t use the bait runner free spool. just fish it in gear as you normally would .

went out to browns wed and found a school of big tuna working quickly we chased them east of browns for ten km only managing to get one strike where unfortunatley the metal loop on the top of the halco trembler cut through the 150 lb trace on strike. the fish ended up going deep so we laid a cube trail but no joy. on the way in we went past a game boat that was hooked up with gaffs out but as the weather was getting worse we decided to keep going. we ended up having a very average ride back in. third tuna trip in as many weeks. hope to get on soon . has anyone else had any success latley ?

hi mate i have two 30s and both of these are spooled with braid then top shotted with mono. i use 65 lb whiplash on one and 50lb tuff line on the other. both of these reels hold between 900 to 1000 m. these reels are really compfortable to fish with and i would much prefer to fish with these than the 50s anyday . i topshot both the reels with about 200m of 50lb mono. its probably better to use the 65 lb braid as it offers you a little more forgivness on the braid to mono knot. i lost a big black the first time the braid left the spool due to what i thought was a good knot. i fish with mick alot and he has shown me a knot which i have 100% faith in now. for what you intend to do the 30s are perfect especially if you are cubing . i picked up my mates 50w to have a cube with it a couple of days ago and put it straight back down after the first drift . i changed my top shot on both of my reels three times in the last 5 months and it doesn t cost much to do so. i hope this helps .

heading over oct 20 th app been a slow start to the season with fish turning up then disapearing ...can t wait either ..

hi all i am trying to organise sailfishing trip to kuala rompin, malaysia in oct this year has anyone been over there. it seems as most of the guides favour drifting with live baits near fads. i am more intereted in switch baiting can anyone reccomend a guide who might accomodate switching. cheers sleepy

hey guys i am looking to upgrade my shimano backbone rods however i didn't quite want to spend $450 on the t curve and the penns are simalar priced. does manyone have any suggestions ? i am looking to spend between $200 and $350. i am running tld 50 s and tiagra 30 s both with 24kg. the tiagras top shotted over 65lb whiplash. i run 300lb black pete wind ons. i have checked out the melton tackle site and they have quite a few rods. also do you need a rod with wind on guides as my backbone rods handle the wind ons fine. any help would be very appreciated cheers sleepy

hi everyone just wondering if anyone has used a daiwa heartland? if so what do you think ? also is there any difference between the heartland and a sol ( both in 4000) except the colour.. and can anyone recommend anything else i want a certate 4000 but i just can t justify the outlay as i have so many damm reels already. cheers sleepy