Seazar

Since we are sitting at home dreaming & wishing here in Sydney for a chance on better weather & fish like that....why don't you throw out the teaser & tell us how the fight was with your first YFT, how long took.etc

WOW. That's what you call a gnice catch. Especially for your first. Well done. Now you have the feel for it you'll know what to do when that 80kg comes along MMMM Entre...Sooshi, Mains...Peppered BBQ fin....Dessert...maybe just a little more sooshi. I'm getting a Homer drool.

Thanks Nath. That's great info mate. What threw me of was different eyes, Stockiness & the most thing was the shape diference. Not just around his belly but front to back as well. The other thing I noticed which I forgot to mention was that his eyes seemed to be much closer (or should I say lower towards) the hinge of his jaw. If you have any pics that clearly show the obvious...chuckem' on Nath. Maybe this should be a seperate subject worth starting or maybe Mr Moderator might do it anyways hehe. Very interresting subject. It's pulling hairs or like trying to find the difference between indentical twins but intriguing none the less

I've just been reading the article on Big-Eye Tuna in the latest Marlin magazine. There's a photo of a YFT & BET along-side each other. The eye on the their pic looks the same proportion as My Tuna pic..... Could I be holding a Big Eye Tuna in my photo???? Could this be the reason why 2 different Tuna at the same weight class could fight with such different strengths???? Could this be the reason why when we filleted all the tuna that day... one had very different colour & texture??? One had a darker pink but firm meat, the other was much more tender & much pinker than the other. It definately looked physically diferent to some of the other catches of Tuna. This one was VERY fat for his length & His tail was quite small compared to his body. I suppose the dead give away that it's a YFT could be the slight markings on his belly. Is there a true & tested way to define the difference with the naked eye???

That is great mate. Man... You get anything on Utube. I want a set of those knives. That's what you call a filletting knife eh?! Goes to show you that like with every trade....it's so much easier when you have the right tools.

I'm also frustrated but at the same time patient as I just pulled out my engine & stern.I'm giving it a new coat of paint, heat exchanger & gimble bearing & major service. Plus getting the keel repaired so I'm outta action for about 2 weeks. But it's gotta be done. Wanna get everything runnig like clockwork this season as I plan to do a sheitload of YFTing Knowing my luck tho... as soon as the weather settles you guys will be haulin' them in & I will have to look at pics on this site. . Then I will be peeved. That current looks pretty good tho. I've got a funny feeling that the yft will be on for you guys. DAMMMMnnnn getting anxious now.

I also have to agree with you both about Cowan. When the fog hits...the fog hits good. It's amazing how such a big waterway can attract a headon collision so easy. If there are only two boats out there in fog, chances are they'll find each other. I had a similar situation with a friend fishing for HT. We were heading home & we could see a light in the far distance & an engine running mid-revs which would have been WAY TOO FAST in dense fog. We crawled & kept an eye on their light. Here's us thinking that they were a good 50meters away & in an instant they were about 10meters away heading straight for us. Luckily both of us reflexed with a "hard left" & missed each other by a whisker. Hearts were a thumping & curses flew & before we finished cursing he was swallowed by the fog. Cowan is not good in thick fog & no GPS as the shoreline is rock & more rock with oysters in places. Damage is almost innevitable. Sorry to hear that you guys caught nothing & had cofee without sugar. Nothing worse. But you can't beat that warm cofee when you get home. Cheers Zol

Nath...you're right mate. Thats exactly what he showed me. When you cut down the middle tho there's a row of bones attatched to the spine running perpendicular so you need to go back for another cut & remove it from the quarters. Then the rest is as you said. I actually have some photos of Mr Seafood himself showing me how it's done. Cheers Zol

Yeah I agree. This weather we're having Is a perfect setup for it anyway. Yeah she's a good size. Didn't fight as hard as some of the smaller ones at 30Kg. Mind you they vary severely. We caught a couple around the 30...one took 20 minutes to haul in & the other an hour & a half. This forum has written about this with hunches on why. I've come to the conclusion that it has to do with how much food they have consumed in their belly for the day as to how sustaining they are during the fight. Another thing I found is the the YFT's that took the fight over the hour were much more redder in colour & much more tender & lucious in the pan.

Hi all. My second post needs to go here I suppose.Here's one of the fins from last year. Last year was my first time out with my Savage & BOY!!! what a great season it was. This YFT was one of the fattest Tunas I caught. It was very different to all the others. I took it down to a fish shop to be taught how to properly fillet a YFT. Hence the pic in a fish shop. I used to make a mess before that & was taking far too long to fillet. People were dying of hunger by the time I had it done. Let's hope this season will bring good luck again for all of us. Had an absolute ball last year. Cheers

21 foot Savage Marlin Fibreglass. Run by a 300hp V8 Mercruiser. Pushes up to 40 knots on a perfect day. Set up for outside fishing & also overnighters with the missus. Truly a classic. Cheers