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Posting this up early - tuna are the Seadogs species for July. Post your entries from July 1.

Finding mackies might be a bit tricky, but there's no excuses for not finding tuna!

FFF Seadogs Round 5 - Tuna - Day One

Several schools of tuna in the harbour this afternoon, in the shipping channel, between Larrakeyah and Talc head.

One day early! Damn! Chased the birds around East and Lee Pt on Friday and Saturday, we didn't get many but I did get my biggest ever tuna.

Highlight was parking the boat up at Nightcliff and jumping out for coffee, bacon and eggs at the mobile cafe. Conditions were amazing.
Hope I can find them back on Melville!

thanks mako ,,,hittin it after work tomorrow :mrgreen

Went out again today in the harbour for zilch. Elusive buggers those tunas!

Nice looking Longtail 279

Better make sure you get one for July after that!!!

Day 4 in the tuna round and Passenger279 has posted a good fish, but no eligible entries are in yet.

A reminder of the great prizes to get you motivated ...

Prizes for each round ...

1. Daiwa Coastal Barra baitcaster (or equivalent if superseded or out of stock)
2. Tonic Sunglasses
3. Basser Millyard (the makers of Classic lures) lure pack
4. SXR10 lure pack for each round, from Rapala VMC Australia
5. Fishing DVD twin-pack
6. Rod Harrison's Barra book
7. Lure pack from BOZOS soft plastics
8. Lure pack from KO Tackle
9. Spool of Super-Braid from Platypus

And for the Grand Champion ...

1. An HDS-5 Generation 2 with 83/200 transducer from Darwin's In and Outboard Marine - this unit has the facility to make sea floor maps and can be networked with your existing HDS if you have a larger unit that you wish to retain, but want the mapping facility.
2. A $500 Gift Voucher from Craig's Fishing Warehouse
3. Okuma Nemesis baitcaster from Rapala VMC Australia Pty Ltd
4. Rod and reel combo from KO Tackle
5. Curado 200G6 and a Raider Soft Plastic Baitcaster rod
6. FFF Seadogs 2012 Grand Champ Trophy

I'm not in the comp (next year for sure!) but here's a tuna and mack picked up Sunday morning. The tuna was caught drifting a pillie 1km north of razorback, the mack was caught while reeling a small redfish up on razorback itself. Thought I'd been sharked; 60lb mono leader and 4/0 hooks survived the challenge for a nice fish. Also plenty of big flags (45cm+) and cod. Plenty of snip-offs on the livebait while on the pick at razorback but only sharks after we switched to wire. Lost a couple of big fish bottom bouncing, guess the 60lb leader will be 100lb next trip........ Beautiful day with plenty of tuna busting up all around, unfortunately there were one or two boats who'd drive right up to the school and sound them straight away. Frustrating but not unexpected......

And I'll make sure the camera is in the boat next time!

Day 9 and neap tides are approaching!

Well I finally put the newspaper in with a fish. Only a small one at 68cm but its better then nothing to get started. Caught in the harbour on my first cast for the afternoon. Cast under a single bird. Didnt see any fish bust up and was half heartedly winding back when it struck. Got to get lucky sometimes:lol: I think the fishing gods are feeling sorry for me not putting the paper in with the other four fish. Funny thing is they are all the same sizes at 67 and 68cm.

Sorry no photo holding it as I was fishing by myself today.

Well done CS, first one on the board!! Good stuff

Can't wait to get amongst them, if I can find some

Maybe next week

Good on you CS
I went out yesterday to have a go but didnt see one bustup or even a bird except for the usual birds hanging around the food places on the wharf.
didnt even bother going over for a look
I need to get some new glasses.

nomad wrote:Good on you CS
I went out yesterday to have a go but didnt see one bustup or even a bird except for the usual birds hanging around the food places on the wharf.
didnt even bother going over for a look
I need to get some new glasses.

Hey nomad, was good to say hello to you yesterday and put a name to a face. Sorry I wasnt more talkative as I was late for an occasion (fishing doesnt always come first, Apparantly ).

Any way I think the fish were there and I did see a couple of fleeting pods but I dont think the bait had schooled yet for them to bust into on the surface. I found a few good schools of tuna on the sounder after the small bust ups but they were moving to quick to target. I think the next couple of days will fire as the water gets that little bit more clarity( Just as i go back to work, awsome ) .

going to the perons for the next 4 days, should ended running into a few tuna and if it all works out a bag full of reefies.