Local tuna

 | By Seamus on 1/24/2021 9:36:24 PM | Views (593) There has been no secret that the bluefin tuna fishing locally has been exceptional, and with awesome weather over the long weekend there should be a few anglers out amongst them. There have been tuna caught from Torquay through to about Cape Woolamai, with most of action occurring from Seal Rock through to Barwon Heads. Customer Trent shot out from the Western Entrance in search of the tuna and got into the action with surfacing fish and bait marking on the sounder. While the fish weren't fired up he still managed a nice one on a small skirt. Running different profile lures in amongst your spread is key to dissecting what the fish are willing to eat on the day. Customers Hassan and Mehmet also fished out from Western Entrance and found plenty of fish but they were very flighty and not really fired up. After searching for groups of fish that might eat, the guys ended up cubing to packs of fish in the 25m line where they managed to get a few hooked up. The best fish weighed 44lb and took a single hook rigged pilchard fished unweighted back through the cube trail. While most of the action has been occurring offshore, there have been bluefin tuna caught well inside both bays. Customer Izzy fished around Port Phillip Heads earlier in the week and amongst some large salmon she landed 2 nice tuna. A mixture of skirted lures run in different positions and constantly changed up was the ket to getting the fish to bite, with small 4 inch skirts doing the best. Read More

Catch Information

Species:
Bluefin Tuna


Scaled Sardine

This Fishing Report was submitted on 1/24/2021 9:36:24 PM by Seamus and last updated on 1/24/2021 9:36:24 PM.

Location

241-243 Princes Highway
Dandenong, VIC AU

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