Blue fin tuna advice
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
In shallow water they are in where they can't spool you by running deep and a good skipper to chase em you could probably catch these tuna on some ridiculously light gear. Would be a lot of fun to have a crack that way I reckon.
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
CarlG wrote:150mtrs..?smile0784 wrote:I know the 4000 stradic only holds 150 mts on braid. I would something like a 6000. Just incase you hook something biggerpurple5ive wrote:yep defenitely speaking from One off experience here.rb85 wrote:Be worth a crack if you had caught a few already on a trip mind you.purple5ive wrote:
you will need a minimum of a 4000 sized daiwa to be able to have half a chance of stopping a 30kg tuna
you can do them on the smaller reels, but you wont have enough line capacity or retrieval speed, you will be winding like mad :rofl:
ill try the 4000 next time i get a chance.
What are you using, anchor rope.?
10lb finns will go over 210 mtrs at least.
Exactly what I was thinking. From memory the shop said they got 225m on mine.
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
Not a stradic but I'm running 300m of PE1 plus a tiny bit of backing on my 4k biomaster and ~300m of PE 1.7 on my 5k sustainBrett wrote:CarlG wrote:150mtrs..?smile0784 wrote:I know the 4000 stradic only holds 150 mts on braid. I would something like a 6000. Just incase you hook something biggerpurple5ive wrote:yep defenitely speaking from One off experience here.rb85 wrote:
Be worth a crack if you had caught a few already on a trip mind you.
ill try the 4000 next time i get a chance.
What are you using, anchor rope.?
10lb finns will go over 210 mtrs at least.
Exactly what I was thinking. From memory the shop said they got 225m on mine.
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
20 lb power pro braid i thinkCarlG wrote:150mtrs..?smile0784 wrote:I know the 4000 stradic only holds 150 mts on braid. I would something like a 6000. Just incase you hook something biggerpurple5ive wrote:yep defenitely speaking from One off experience here.rb85 wrote:Be worth a crack if you had caught a few already on a trip mind you.purple5ive wrote:
you will need a minimum of a 4000 sized daiwa to be able to have half a chance of stopping a 30kg tuna
you can do them on the smaller reels, but you wont have enough line capacity or retrieval speed, you will be winding like mad :rofl:
ill try the 4000 next time i get a chance.
What are you using, anchor rope.?
10lb finns will go over 210 mtrs at least.
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
The shop probably put in a spool of standard packaged length (150m) of braid but backed it up with some mono.smile0784 wrote:20 lb power pro braid i thinkCarlG wrote:150mtrs..?smile0784 wrote:I know the 4000 stradic only holds 150 mts on braid. I would something like a 6000. Just incase you hook something biggerpurple5ive wrote:yep defenitely speaking from One off experience here.rb85 wrote:
Be worth a crack if you had caught a few already on a trip mind you.
ill try the 4000 next time i get a chance.
What are you using, anchor rope.?
10lb finns will go over 210 mtrs at least.
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
smile0784 wrote:20 lb power pro braid i thinkCarlG wrote:150mtrs..?smile0784 wrote:
I know the 4000 stradic only holds 150 mts on braid. I would something like a 6000. Just incase you hook something bigger
What are you using, anchor rope.?
10lb finns will go over 210 mtrs at least.
a 4000 holds 160m of 30lb power pro. I just checked.
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
purple5ive wrote:The shop probably put in a spool of standard packaged length (150m) of braid but backed it up with some mono.smile0784 wrote:20 lb power pro braid i thinkCarlG wrote:150mtrs..?smile0784 wrote:I know the 4000 stradic only holds 150 mts on braid. I would something like a 6000. Just incase you hook something biggerpurple5ive wrote:
yep defenitely speaking from One off experience here.
ill try the 4000 next time i get a chance.
What are you using, anchor rope.?
10lb finns will go over 210 mtrs at least.
I did it my self.
But 5mt of 15kg nono backing the only got 150mt of braid on the reel
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
Got 10m of 25lb mono and 150m of 30lb Kairiki onto a Saros 4k. Can't imagine 20lb power pro being that much thicker in diameter. Get it off eBay and unknowingly got a knockoff?
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
While it's great to fight a fish for extended periods some thought has to be with the fishes survival if you intend to let that fish go the shorter the fight the better if you want to go light go early and keep that fish.
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Re: Blue fin tuna advice
I agree that if you want to tag and release the Tuna go heavier and have a short fight. Having captured a 30 kg Yellowfin over the shelf at Bermagui on 6 kg game gear in about 30 - 40 minutes you do not need heavy line for small Tuna but a long fight knocks them around for sure. They still eat well though!