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    Posted: 02 Dec 2017 at 10:19pm
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There is great water coming down through the sea valleysinside Rangitira.  One Big Eye caught out of Tauranga.  not sure were. 

One hook up today for a local Whakatane boat following Dolphin. 

They lost that fish, it was a Tuna.

So get out there, there is heaps of bait from the 100m out to the 400m

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Thanks for the update Paul.... Game-fishing reports, updates, and pics in this thread. Good luck for the  season.


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gonna throw one in here seeing as its empty...

6th Dec hit out of Whakatane to dust the spiders out and get the monkey off the back

good water at about 150m onwards and work ups as far as the eye could see picked up about 8 albys in the 150-200m area before heading deeper and getting nothing more on the lures. headed to white and picked up a couple nice kings 20 & 25kg then headed home. was a bloody good day considering the forecast was for sheite LOL


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well me and my bro went for another look yesterday out the back of white and out to the Rangatira knolls area searching, was pretty rugged conditions but still came home with 4 monster Albys




a double hook up and boated both



going to get a couple smoked, hope they turn out ok...

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Big thanks to Graham the iceman for hanging round waiting for us to get there for our ice, cheers!!
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Awesome. Good sized albies alright
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Nothing nicer than smoked albacore! The best ham in the world!

What did you get them on?
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if u have had them on salt  ice albies are great smoked ,  the smaller ones  , the not worth weighing ones , on landing  i bleed ,de head, gut, de tail,  and you end up with what looks like a lamb shank  ,

 i pack  salt ice into the gut and put them in slurry and then salt  ice them down  ,  totally beautiful smoked  and well worth the effort to do albies right 

 to bleed, just put a  cut / nick in the blood line under there big fins up by the head , some also put a cut by the tail 
 

 not sure what  others do or think  but  if im freezing albies i have found albacore taste and keep better in the freezer,   if  you smoke them before  freezing them 
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I agree - smoke, then freeze. If freezing fresh, I'd recommend eating within max 2 months.
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great big snapa bait
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Originally posted by dilbert dilbert wrote:

Nothing nicer than smoked albacore! The best ham in the world!

What did you get them on?

most of the tuna spread got hit,
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picking them up from the smoker man this arvo so hope they turn out mint for xmas munching!
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What direction to head from the Mount tomoro guys?!
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We had a stripey chase a Trev to the boat at Penguin Shoal this time last year.Towed a livey for 5 and hooked a very large mako that ruined the buzz.
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Hit the back of Whale Island this morning for 2 bins of skippies and a couple of small albacore. Was a bit frantic for a while towing 2 lures solo and both being smacked a number of times Big smile
Plenty of birdlife out there and acres of dolphins for a while. Couldn't buy a bite while the dolphins were around the boat, as soon as I ditched them was back into it.

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Heaps of skippies inside Mayor Is, mate caught 30 yesterday in 80-150m coming back from Mayor to Whangamata
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Thanks for the heads up Kevin. Might have to head out there on Tuesday morning before the swell picks up! Can't get out tomorrow due to family commitments (I'm not too keen on a divorce over the Christmas period).
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A 26kg Shortbill caught today out wide off Whitianga and a treble of YFT down near the Aldies - 25/21/17kg
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nice blue of around 186  weighed at tairua and y/fins been caught 
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