just a question, do we have to go down this road again, we got rid of the Phecda who has come back on here numerous times and continues to be booted.

personally it wears friggin thin guys, yip pot calling the kettle hear but hell I can see just how stupid I must look to others when i do the same.

yes tuna stocks are very low they are still about but dam hard to find with sparodic catches here and there, I wish there were more but there are'nt the reasons well do we need to run down a flogged horse and accuse the commercial boys, we know they are the problem and money talks, but lets look at what we as recreational fishoes did about it, I can say hand on heart I did nothing not a bloody thing.

Hey Mozz got any pics of the tuna you have caught over the ways.

mozz wrote: I was fishing in one of the premier YFT hotspots around the world and we caught one that may have hit 300 had we not been bothered about quality of the meat and cut it on board. I would love to see a pic of one from the south pacific though. I've seen a 350+ fish go airborne on a kite bait in one hell of a detonation but unfortunately no hook up.  Live baits, small skipbaits and straight running trolled lures like rapala's sprokets, krakatoa's moldcrafts etc did the damage for us, we never managed one on a angle faced lure though. spreader bars also worked well when you had big schools up moving fast and feeding. thats a a 200

thats impressive wow.

Fiji All Tackle Record - Yellowfin Tuna - 245lbs / 111.3kg

Once upon a time in Whakatane........

I asked Peter Pakula what he would recommend here to TARGET Yellow Fin and I was sure he was going to suggest Dojos but this is his suggestion. BTW We only troll off the rod holders so 3 rods max.

cheers for all your advice.I'll get a couple of smaller lures and have a go. Just want to keep options open when fishing. would love to catch a YFT or any other tuna also would be completely stoked to be hooked up to anything.
 Didn't mean to start an argument haha. Obald's comment was just abit of humour. And maybe not far from truth if it carries on the way it is going. I wonder how long it will take before the commercial fishery is not cost effective. might not be far away. Us humans never seem to learn from past mistakes. greed and money and all that. we just take what we can get as fast as we can get and who gives a f%$k about the future. I saw the movie 'Avatar' in imax 3d the other day, was pretty impressive. Although in parts it was a little cheesy it was right on about the **** that goes on to make a bit of money.
anyway better go try catch a fish. the upcoming weather is looking primo into next week.
cheers

You need to find them first and with the catch rate at the moment that is looking like a needle in a hay stack all the y/fin i have got have been by catch on my marlin lures

Captain Aparagus. You are jonnie on the spot mate. Tuna, especially Yellowfin and Bigeye tend to take lures which are straight running and do not breath air and duck and dive like your usual marlin lures do. While trolling we use straight running lures which run just under the surface. If you manage to get to Tauranga there's a guy called Bill MacBryne who should put you in the right direction. He is the creator of a lure called the Mac skippy. Alot of the tuna boats use this fella's lures and if you run it as a daisy chain is very effective. We have managed to hook huge albacore and Bigeye tuna on them, especially at dusk where you cannot visually see the lures yourself.

Jaapie wrote: [QUOTE=biggear]You forgot the highly experienced HOOF as well Jaapie. It was a pleasure fishing with you guys, even the tuna didnt play ball.[/QUOTE]   Hah ha ....yeah mate!   How is that bloody hoof of yours - only bloke I know that has his foot crush in a forklift that takes his cast off and comes fishing high as a kite on painkillers and beer! Good boy!!!

The Hoof is slightly inflamed, but coming right. Ready to tackle a cherry poppin marlin this weekend I hope.