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23/6/10.Reports are still the same with school Tuna in close at Port Fairy,Portland and Port Mac. in 40/70 meter water.This nice 132 kg. S.B.Tuna came out of Port Fairy shellow waters on  the 20/6/10.by Brett Gatt and mate Ian just to keep you interested.

Brett Gatt and Ian with the 132 kg.S.b.tuna from Sunday.

Richaard Grevens 28.6 kg Albie today.

Some of the soundings from Port Fairys big Tuna last week.

23/5/10.There is plenty of small S.B.Tuna  in close as 40 meter water from Warrnambool to Port McDonald.Some big Barrels were hooked up again today and not sure of details yet.Chris Hall and I fished up near Port Fairy and there is any amount of small Tuna there but in amongst  them are Barrels and you can see them as well as see Fisho,s hooked up to them.We found Tuna on the way home in 40 meters of water  Portland side of Laurance Rocks feeding on Sauries and also Big Barrels amongst them!!

22/5/10.Today 8 large Barrels were caught including the "Bar" being raised once again with the new record S.BTuna of 156.4 kg. caught by Khal Kassab and crew. Khals Tuna  took over 2.5 hrs on a 80 W. Another of Manny Cassar and his father of 129.5 kg.Next was Mark Bushers  of 122.7 kg.Next was Yogie,Samon King and  Franks of 111 kg.There was more in Port Fairy  that we don't have detail of. Warrnambool had 3 Barrels just under 130 kg. mark also. Plenty of small school Tuna  including some big Barrels were breaking the water all day in area's.Alot of school Tuna were also caught behind Laurance Rocks in the 70 meter water.

Khal Kassab with his 156.4 kg record S.B.Tuna.

21/5/10.Alister McGlashan well known Identity lifted the BAR in weight for Victoria and St. Australia today with his monster 154.6 kg S.B.Tuna which was fought over 6 hrs 50 minutes to the Gaff.This was caught in the same 50 meter water.We know of two others hooked up and there would be more weighed in also.We will post the photo soon as we have it.Plenty of school Tuna and large Albies also came in from the 70 meter water in front of Cape Nelson.

All's brilliant 154.6 kg S.B.Tuna today.

Awsome 154.6 kg Barrel.

20/5/10.Plenty more big S.B.Tuna today from the Port Fairy boys and some from Portland launches.Alot still lost after long Battles up to 4 hrs..Some were even caught in the 65 meter water which is alot further out in distance.Plenty of rods have been smashed now; "Sunset" seems to find  the weak spot in the rods.

19/5/10.Still big S.B.Tuna are been seen,caught,lost through  being spooled and just busted off.Phill of Game on Charters and the Rapala  reps caught a big  132 kg S.B.Tuna with a film crew  onboard.Some good ones have come into Port Fairy up to the 130 mark also.There has been big S.B.Tuna caught out off Brigewater in close and Port Mac this week to 123 kg.Dolphin fish have been caught also by several anglers up to 17 kg.

Vince Farrugia with Daniel and Paul with there Barrel.

Phil of Game on Charters with the Repala crew and 132 kg.S.B.Tuna.

132 kg. on the scales.

Another boat hooked up on a Big Tuna.

18/5/10.Well ! were do you start;We spent most of the day taking photos of the Big Tuna which we will load as they are sorted;Vince Farrugia and crew had one of 120 kg.And plenty caught ,seen and released by the Tuna including alot of reels spooled today;Alot of us seen alot bigger Tuna than what has been caught yet this year.

Vince Farrugia,Daniel and Pauls  S.B.Tuna;This is a sneak preview,more to come.

Steves 100 kg. Tuna from the Island  and the 106 kg from Cape Nelson 140 meter water.They asked to post these two Photos.

16/5/10.Plenty of S.B.Tuna today with a mix of Big ones and a sprinkle of 26 kg Albies from the 140 water.Simon of Red hot Charter caught his custormers a massive 137.6kg.s.B.Tuna today in 50 meter water and traveled alot less distance than the Horse Shoe area beig just other side or East of Julia Percy Island in the 50 meter water.Mick Toon also had a nice 103.6 kg S.B.Tuna.Several others were broke off and several caught by the Port Fairy boys  today up to 130 kg. far as we were advised.

One of the boats today hooked up in 50 meters on a Big Tuna.

The 137.6 Kg.S.B.Tuna  from today.

Mick Toons 103.6 kg S.B.Tuna from today.

Simons Luer for the 137.6kg. S.B.Tuna.

15/5/10.Plenty of small S.B.Tuna again today and alot were caught in the 100 meter water.We weighed one 26 kg Albie.A  male Dolphin fish of aprox. 17 kg was caught in the 2000 meter water yesterday.Shane Chromie from Portfairy had the biggest S.B.Tuna of 144.6 kg. and  lost others and others were caught a bit smaller.These boats launched out of Port Fairy.If we were to guess  Portland would had more than 400 boats launch today.We shood be able to post some photos soon of the big Tuna.

Shane Chromie with the 144.6 kg S.B.Tuna  which was the biggest of the ones caught today.

8/5/10.Most Charter and Private boats had school S.B.Tuna today from in close yet they were hit and miss.John Pizzi,Paul McDonall and Ivan Moloney caught one of 123.3 kg. and 2 hrs later had another big one on for a while with there school tuna.These Big Tuna were caught in the 130/140 meter water.The gut contained alot of Nordelis Shell Squid.They were caught in the Crill  near Cape Nelson Lighthouse.The Luers was a Tuna Terra (Black Magic)

John Pizzi with the 123.3 kg S.B.Tuna.

Note the Nordelis Shell Squid from the S.B.Tuna.

1/5/10.Any amount of S.B.Tuna came in today from the Charter boats and the  Private boats in the 100/300 meter water.Alot came from the 120 meter water.Some good Albies to 26 kg also came in.Chris Hall and I released quite a fuew Tuna in the 100 meter water.One was taken luer and Tuna by a large Shark and another had its tail taken by a Mako. 

Chris with one of the manny S.B.Tuna today.

Another S.B.Tuna and one that a Shark hit.

30/4/10.Any amount of S.B.Tuna were caught today from 140/300 meter water in the Horse Shoe direction.Alot of boats were back at noon again with Tuna to the 20 kg mark.

25/4/10.Any amount of S.B.Tuna have been caught by the Charter boats and Private boats today.Chris Perfon from Black Magic luers and I released 15 S.B.Tuna and also had one that took off 350/400 meters of line on a80 W which had a X Rapt that partd company after 30 minutes.Christien Kock and his mate that was fishing beside us  would have had even more Tuna on and a large Tuna run on one  rod.One of the Charter boats near us  had a Tuna up well over 50 kg. with his normal Tuna. .Note all these S.B.Tuna were caught by alot more boats than just these couple  of reports in the 54/80/140 meter water in close off  Cape Nelson and behind Lorance Rocks.The S.B.Tuna were ranging in 14 kg. To 28 kg. mark and beyond.

Chris Ferkin with one of the S.B.Tuna.

One of the Pictures that disapeared from the reports.Red Hot Charters 100.3 kg S.B.Tuna from 2 weeks ago.

Lotto with  his Albie from todays trip.

4/4/10.Bruce McPhersons crew had S.B.Tuna and Albies like quite alot of fishing parties today.Most of the Tuna were finiky to catch but most had some.The biggest Albie we seen weighed was 23 kg.

Lockie with one of our Albies.

Bruce and his Crews Tuna.

One of todays  S.B.Tuna.

Jilians 54 kg S.B.Tuna.

Rob and Josh with one of there Blueye.

A sample of the S.B.Tuna today.

Lockie Wombwell the stripey Tuna.

6/3/10.Glen Green and crew came in with 2 S.B.Tuna while droping two also: He also had Albacore and some Stripeys which he also droped some of these finiky biting fish.One Chater boat had S.B.Tuna and another had Albacore that  we seen today.Most of Glens Tuna were caught in 400 meter water.

Some of Glen Greens crews catch.

20/2/10.Any amount of S.B.Tuna for the two boats that went out today and you could have been back by noon if you wantd.Bruce McPherson,Dean Hollis and Ted Bennett had 5 S.B.tuna to 28 kg and 1 Stripey and also released  7 Tuna and 1 Stripey.Our boat had 2 S.b.Tuna and released 6 also.Good tuna to test the Leurs on with no visiable signs of Tuna with no birds or bust ups.This really sorts out the Luers that are not running hot.These Tuna were West of the Horse Shoe near the 800/1000 meter water and yes there is alot of water out there.Another boat came in late arvo with 3 S.B.Tuna to the 30kg. mark.

19/2/10."Bwana" John De Bear ! came in today with a couple of nice size S.B.Tuna from the shelf as part of his catch here today for his client.

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