Seazar

Will keep an ear out. I must say that it is finally great to see after so many years that fishos are working together on the water like I heard everyone was yesterday instead of leading people deliberately astray or nothing at all. I've been led astray by some selfish fishos twice and now stay cautious as it costs a lot of fuel when you travel miles to find that there is not one boat around. Fins become easier to catch if we all group up as there is obvious abundance of food for them to stay when cubing from 30 boats instead of one. Teamwork is the best. Something for fishos to ponder.

Great work fellas. Let's hope they stay till Monday when the weather calms.

If you eat enough of it, you won't need a sounder to tell the temperature. øŸ˜œ

That's pretty much how I do it's well tho a little less pieces. I rare do more than a pair at a time. I kind of think that heavy cubing will bring on a frenzy but in quiet times I've notice strollers of tuna with albacore. Not big amounts of numbers out there. If one cubes heavy, then those strollers will rarely come up to the line. They fill up soo quick that you wouldn't know. But if its a steady conservative flow then you might have a chance at them taking a line sunk into the cube trail. Not to mention that a multiple hook up can sometimes spook tiny schools as they are not not as protected. So the first hookup is usually the last in those situations. This is just my opinion and I could be wrong. What do others do??? Fresh bait is great. Amongst the fact that fresh is best, you can't help but get so much more confident. And like all of us.... hope is what carries us through 10 to 20kgs of cubing. Imagining that feeling of when it will strike whilst patiently cubing. Lol Great info mate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Would love to hear people's opinions on how much volume of pillies they cube. Seems that some go into 100's of kilos in one day. I personally have never gone through more than half a box of wa pillies. My idea is to throw one in and throw the other when the last one is not seen and has been successful. I have also tried heavier when the fish were on and found that the fish would never rise as they sit back and wait for the munch to come to them. Once we stop cubing they would climb and then strike. What say you all??? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Thanks for the report mate. Bit quiet around here atm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Anyone have any luck out of Sydney ???? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Try this website http://www.boat-fuel-economy.com/ Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD I think I just had a heart attack!!!

Thanks mate but as I said. Sat phone is not what I want. Cheers for that.

Speaking of fuel. I bought a 25 foot Bertram 2 months ago and haven't had time to get it fixed up. Has 2 mercruser 4 cylinder 2006 models. One blew up and has been rebuilt but not installed. How much am I expecting in fuel useage with a pair of these engines???

It's not really for phone calls as much as retrieving data fo water temps that I want it. I want to link my laptop to reception for Internet feed.

Hi guys. Can anyone recommend a good antenna for phone reception offshore please

Our efforts on Sunday came back with zeros. Managed to get some live slimys on the way out. Headed about 12 miles directly north of Heatons and had a great drift going south with numerous temp breaks and even slower current. Weather was pure heaven. Felt like we were fishing in the bay. Livies were smashed but to our inexcitement it turned out to be sharks after line being sliced a few seconds after striking. I'm always dubious when the weather is that perfect. Tho there are occasion where I have caught tuna in perfect weather conditions, its usually zeros. Lets hope we see some changes happening which will coax a solid end to the season.

That is brilliant. Well done!!!! I've been contemplating a trip to Fiji myself. May I ask what the trip cost? Or is that too public a question???

Any idea on where the YFT and albies were caught???

Anything over 6 meters is fine on weather like tomorrow. Just make sure you know your fuel useage. That's kind of important. Lol

Don't know if I'm the only one who is having massive problems with SST and java. Can't open charts. If you have a solution please pm me.

Well done guys. Such a Short season. Gotta make the most of it and cele brate with some great meals, good friends and some great wine or a beer to wash it down 😎

Will be out there as well

Good luck fellas. Ill be out on Sunday.

There's only about 15 to 18 kilos of meat from a tuna that size. Its usually between three fishos. That means three families and three friends each. Because you always give a bit to your mates. A kilo usually goes on the day for sushimi. Another kilo or two for BBQ. As you'd be suprised at who comes out of the wood works when they find out you've caught a tuna. Then the rest divided up. Next day you eat prep another big sushimi sesh and BBQ amongst your own friend and family. By that time you have had enough and pack a few kilos for yourself in the freezer and the rest you give away. Which is not much. Best to pack them pre cut in bags of three in a sealed bag. Don't cut slabs too big as you will waste it. You'd be suprised at how it goes quickly.

Hahaha too true

Well Done guys. Let the season games begin

Thanks fellas. Just a bit of trivia and info for anyone going out during the week. Both albacores had empty stomaches besides our cube trail. YFT had only a couple of cubes in its stomache but had a flying fish in its belly almost bones only. All fish were caught north of Heatons on the cube and all at the same time. I can't tell you the temp as our Garmin seems to have a calibration issue which showed the hottest water at 16.4 deg. Which is severely out. I also forgot to mention that my mate caught the fin on a Samaki jig stick and snapped the rod half way into his fight and managed to bring her in with only a stripper guide. And after a long stretch of the flying gaff while she was still green we landed it. Very lucky. Tho he was happy about the tuna, he was not so about his rod. Wasn't even loaded enough to warrant such a disaster. Especially with 3 to 400 dollar rod. Did anyone else get lucky??

Well done guys!Cheers Damo