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| Author: | intrepidtrippers [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
G'day guys and gals, new to the forum but long time lurker, sailor and fisher. Check out my latest little clip if your interested. http://youtu.be/HTu9rINtXUw Sailing to Fraser Island this weekend so hopefully have some more goodies to share. Cheers, Dan. |
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| Author: | serbi [ Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
Hi Dan, nice video and nice catch. I am based in the Philippines and catch plenty of GT's and Spanish macks here trolling lures but didn't figure out yet how to hook tunas from the TI...(I am seeing sometimes tunas hunting on the surface but they don't like my trolled rapallas...) From your video I see that you are casting for tuna. Would you mind to share what lures you use when casting for tunas? Do they bite also on your trolled lures or is casting the best way to hook them? peace Serbi |
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| Author: | tonystott [ Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
I am so jealous! well done! |
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| Author: | Android77 [ Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
Looks like a lot of fun I hope you invited one home for dinner. Can't beat fresh tuna cooked or not. |
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| Author: | Roller [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
Not sure if to look or not being a HB resident and chomping at the bit for an AI that should of been here in December! its like adding salt to a wound  nice one Dan I couldn't resist a peak  do you live in HB I think I've seen you down at Point Vernon..
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| Author: | intrepidtrippers [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
G'day guys hope you liked it. Roller, No I'm in Brisbane, used to be on the Sunny coast for 5 odd years, never made it to Hervey Bay yet but its on the list for the TI. Serbi, I havn't had any luck trolling for tuna. When I see them busting the surface I flick a 5 inch soft plastic at em and it usually works every time. |
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| Author: | Woundup [ Tue Jun 09, 2020 12:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
intrepidtrippers wrote: G'day guys and gals, new to the forum but long time lurker, sailor and fisher. Check out my latest little clip if your interested. https://www.fathomoffshore.com/collections/tuna-trolling-lures-and-tackle Sailing to Fraser Island this weekend so hopefully have some more goodies to share. Cheers, Dan. Nice work! That does not look easy. Well done. |
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| Author: | Yakass [ Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
Nice fish! I've caught plenty of longtail tuna with Rapalas trolled from an Island, but you want the CD Magnum kind for best results, not X-Raps. I reckon the metal bib makes a difference. They swim a little higher to and perform better at a wider variety of speeds. I also think it pays to remove trebles and replace them with singles. This would improve your chances on the marlin to, which you may encounter at Fraser this time of year That said, if LT tuna aren't feeding on Rapala sized fish, they won't take Rapala style lures. When they are focused on a specific bait fish you either match the hatch or go hungry in my experience. And yes, casting at schools of tuna with plastics is generally more productive in my experience as well. |
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| Author: | Josefk [ Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuna fishing on Tandem Island, QLD, Australia |
It's great to hear of others trolling experiences. I troll from my Hobie 14 and 16 here in Okinawa, Japan. Mostly catching wahoo, tuna, mahi and spanish mackerel in season. I wrote about it in another thread here https://www.hobie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=65600 Though I'm on the 14 and 16 and you are on the Tandem Island I'm sure there a lot of similarites. I tend to have most sucess around 6-8 knots usually trolling plastic skirts on pusher type heads. I run two rods and either have 2 skirted lures or one and a hard lure like a Yozuri Bonita or Rapala magnum deep diving minnow type. In mahi season I will carry a lighter weight spinning rod and cast lures at any busting schools I come across but for the most part I'm just puttin the trollimg lures out the back as I sail around the bay. |
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