1st Tuna/Marlin trip for the season

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    Posted: 02 Jan 2019 at 12:57pm
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Had my first trip out wide last week looking for Tuna and Marlin, was just a recon mission to see what I could find, had a few exciting moments though the day!

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Great effort Coxie  , we landed our first albies for the season off port Taranaki on the Sat 29th. We paddled out and found blue water at 50m , no surface action , landed four tuna between three kayakers , between 70 and 80m Smile
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Thanks Shad. You say you paddled out to 80m in a kayak?!? just how far are you talking distance wise? It's a fair hike to get that deep up these ways
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We did a 35km paddle that day , paddling between 4-5km/hr, 80m is about 12km offshore, most outings we are looking for surface action and birds working , sat was quiet , there was lots of bait sign showing on the sounder but nothing else .It was our first outing  so our bodies felt it the next day.Ouch
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Another great video..
9L at the pump?
 For a trip wide like that how much gas did you use?

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Nice. I wondered if you were going to target game fish this season. I'll have a go just for fun, maybe one or two trips once the water really warms up. I have a plan! 

Where do you store your selfie stick when not in use?
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Steps - that was just a small clip of the gas pump, I put more than 9L in. For that trip out to the hundred meter mark with a bit of trolling around I used about 47-48L from memory. 

Mightyboosh - my selfie stick thingy is telescopic so it is only about 300mm long when folded away, I either just leave it sitting in the foot well or put it in a rod holder
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Great video. Cheers 👍
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Originally posted by shad shad wrote:

We did a 35km paddle that day , paddling between 4-5km/hr, 80m is about 12km offshore, most outings we are looking for surface action and birds working , sat was quiet , there was lots of bait sign showing on the sounder but nothing else .It was our first outing  so our bodies felt it the next day.Ouch

Crikey Shad! I bet your shirts need longer sleeves after that. Great vid there coxie, as always
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