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I'll sit in the armchair for this.
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The funny thing is ........ these big eye weren't caught anywhere near BOI waters.

Anything caught over the past few days out there, other than the Marlin reported ?
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Enough of both species to know how to ID tuna......even if i had never seen either I've also not seen Saturn in the flesh but know it's different to say Mars and why...or say polar vs panda bears...never set eyes on either....anyhoo...you may find it tricky to distinguish but I assure you the id features i listed are legitimate.

When I worked with actual itchiologists / fish scientists to assertain the first NPBFT record for Peter Jackson I was sent a very good tuna, mackerel Id document...as in THE bible...happy to send you a copy if your willing to read it.

Or give you Dr Julian Peperall or Dr Clive Roberts contacts if you perfer.

If you don't want to, I really don't care if you perfer ignorance instead....no skin off my nose.

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^^^^ By far too much actual fact there cuzz........ that just won't do in here these days.
Nooooooo sireeee.
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Lol must be that time of year. If you can crack these tunas your doing something right at the right time. Well done....
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wasn't this topic discussed same time, same place a year ago?
Great effort anyway and Merry Xmas every one!!!
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Anyway, must be a bigeye coz we don't get yellowfin in NZ any more
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i will look forwar to seeing that kierin, my mind is not closed. i will pm you with my contact details, or you can email it to me at [email protected]

i have seen many tuna in my time but only one bigeye, that is one that proved to be so.
it was during the whakatane tuna event a few years back, and i was asked by the boat skipper to id the 130kg fish. i called it a y/f based on the fact that the eye appeared normal size, the anal fin and tail fins were normal. it wasnt obeese, it was a long sleek fish. the colour was the same as the 40kg fish we had landed the same day.
 if it was a y/f it was worth a $100.000 bonus for the first y/f over 100kg. so this id was really important. it had taken a surface lure, very rare for a bigeye, in waters about 24deg. bigeye prefer water around 14deg
 the liver was sent to wellington where an expert called it a bigeye based on the shape and condition of the liver. he commented that this was the only way a bigeye could be ided for sure.
nowdays dna can be used.

i admit i was proved wrong then, but so were many others, very few weighmasters can tell the difference and leave the call to the angler.

on thing i will say is nobody could id these fish from the photo posted on this thread.

p.s. we do indeed still get y/f in new zealand commercial boats are getting them on longlines of the west coast and reports of large numbers just north of white this week.
new world were selling y/f tuna here last week. maybe this is the year they return.

she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!.
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Correct me if I'm wrong ..but isn't this where we read about what the BOI boats are up to...... There is a thread running on the ID of tuna. Please use it.   Merry Christmas.
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Its good to hear that the commercial death liners are preventing any pescy return of the few unwanted yellowfin remaining trying to get into the Bay again. Imagine the annoyance now that all us ex Whakatane tuna fishers would have after gear downsizing if a pack of them suddenly grabbed our skippy lures!! Lets just relegate those times to the past. keep up the good work and lay those hooks by the thousands.
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thanks,and we will.
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Mixsam are you addressing that rant to the New Zealand surface longliners?
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i read somthing that  u taken boats 2 oz tockly?

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Nice Blue caught here off Cape Brett today, weighing tonight.
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256 kgs caught off the new boat in the Bay called "Family Jewels".
Great start to the season guys congratulations.
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Good stuff NoakseyClapClapClap

Great way to start the first ever day on your new tub.
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Great start, indeed!!Thumbs Up
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Thank god the fish will be here soon aye :P 

 Hearing rumors of a black around Brett? it is that time of year though were a lot of the people fishing make you wonder? .... The story probably started out as someone radioing saying watch out for the stick in the water. then watch out for the big black stick in the water, then watch out for the big black stick face in the water. then There's a huge black marlin at Brett.... LOL! 

 So anyone else heard this? 
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