tenoayell

The best day i have had out there it was 7knts from the East and it was like glass 67km out….. Was amazing when the Northerlies picked up to around 15/20 near the Pages how rough it got….. didn't take long to white cap and rough...

You're right moggy. Thinking like about 8 am. But don't know if a southerly 14 knots as starter is not too bad considering 20 knots earlier. We got a 6.1 m carribean fiber glass boat.

Tennoayell, you mentioned you saw fish down 15 to 25 M and you only had a 6m diver, don't wory, with all the commotion of your boat going over them , if they are on the chew, they will shoot up and grab your Feathers that are skimming the surface tight behind your prop wash running on the face of one of your stern waves.moggy also mentioned a tackle night from 2 years ago, the GFCSA are running another one next wed night, see the post in tournament's for details.It is a prelude night for there annual tournament. this year being run out of memory cove just South of port Lincoln. during the last week in March first week in April.

So, basically from the info I've given.. you're best option is always have one or two lures sitting in your propwash... the tuna will see the shadow of your boat as a big baitball and the propwash will simulate frenzied feeding tuna. Secondly, run along dropoffs etc if you can.If the tuna are smashing the surface or jumping clear of the water then run a lure that skips across the surface. Another bit of advice it to match in size what the tuna are feeding on... if the baitfish are only 50 mm long then match with lures close to the baitfish. If the tuna are big and chasing big baitfish then run big lures.Unfortunately on monday we had our bag by the time we had located the big tuna, they were smashing a school of 35 cm slimies.

like the rest say its a matter picking your day , getting out early, follow the birds and try different lures. The most important tip is patience and keep trying. I've been out twice with an experienced fisho and had donuts have seen fish, trolled through them and past them but no hook ups. I guess it comes down to the day. On both occasions the boat has hooked into fish the very next trip.

That's why we went back straight after not catching at the pages and troll back to Victa. So if weather changes and turns rough we are close to the ramp...So Fishie where do usually blind troll? We saw few fish while trolling however they are deeper (15-25 M deep). Only got 6 M deep diver that time. Where is saunders bank by the way???

Best advice is not to give up on trying! Keep on moving the goal posts as it's not just as simple as dragging lures around all day, try surface lures that make a splash and then go under and re surface, try deep diving lures, any sort of lure... red, green, blue, white, red and white, yellow, black and yellow. Try different speeds. Every day is different and I couldn't tell you to go and buy some special lure as it could be the wrong colour on any given day. Another piece of advice is get away all on your own away from the other boats and don't even bother following others.. as soon as another boat comes on the scene the fish will sound and mostly go off the bite. Try different distances out from behind the boat sometimes the best hookups are 15 feet behind your boat in the propwash.I was the first boat out there way before sun up and we got our bag of 4 with and had a triple hookup on the last fish and nearly got spooled on 300 metres of 80 pound braid but my leader wasn't long enough and with so much line out the braid cut on the fishes tail.Here's a pic of yesterday's fish

There's a few guys like Fishie on this site that I listen to, they been there & done it.2 years ago I was fortunate to go to an evening with the SA Game Fishing Club on tuna & it took 2 years to put it into practice .One of the main subjects was about watching those Petrels flying in a particular direction & follow them, which is what we did to catch our first tuna. I heard the same about Tuna near the Bluff & on wards, so we did the same for a half hour, no action then took of looking for the birds first, which we ended up east of the pages, then we did a further 40 ks following the birds & schools of tuna.Same as Fishie, we were first at Victa at 4.20 am during a midweek & waited untill a local informed us about the channel update & get out early as they can go of the chew by 8.30. Speed was lacking in our department I think, but when we bumped it up to 7 knts, thats when we got our first hit. We will be giving it another shot soon, so good luck.

....at fleurieu pen....not too far from o'sullivans' boat ramp where we lunch..

Went out last Sunday and had a good snapper sesh... got our bag limit by 1PM (3 by 9:30AM and 3 by 1PM)... biggest is almost 11KG and smallest is 8 KG..

Went out last Sunday and had a good snapper sesh... got our bag limit by 1PM (3 by 9:30AM and 3 by 1PM)... biggest is almost 11KG and smallest is 8 KG..