Recent content by splorge

Mixed bag, Wahoo, Dorado, spanish mackerel, and a tiny tuna

Look who came to say hello. 4-5 nice sized cobia about 1 meter each swimming with him, one had a jig in his mouth with the tag end tangled with the shark. jumped in and freed the shark, tried to hand wrastle the cobia but he had none of it and went berserk and took off.

The yellowfin tuna have reached max size in my area. They don't get much above 8kg. Excellent for sushi nonetheless.

12kg mulloway by the boy.

South China Sea. Around this time of year the Dorado and Yellowfin schools move north from the spratlys.

They are one of my favorite fish to eat. Awesome fighters, quick growing, and one of the best looking fish as well in the sea. If you are putting bars of gold on the deck you are having a good day.

Bull dorado, by far the biggest ive seen in these waters.

South China Sea. The whole tuna is a small yellowfin. We ran out of cooler space and had to take the heads of kawa kawa (which we used for chum) to fit everything.

Bigfin Reef Squid (Aori Ika) from the rocks

The quota has been filled for the year, so all fish above 73 inches need to be released. If you land it quickly and swim the fish for long enough it can recover and swim away. Those markings are from the leader rubbing against the fish. We swam it for 20 minutes and it powered away just fine.

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Bluefin Tuna - 213cm, 150-170KG. Fight took 40 minutes, catch and release.

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