06-20 It was tough to get up at 3:00 am after two fishing trips yesterday.
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Weather was gorgeous and sea was flat calm.
3 - 4 miles before you arrived at our destination, we saw a few tuna pushing on the surface.
Dallen from Singapore threw his first cast and got tight !!
After watching a few minutes, I realized he is not an ordinary fisherman. Even he never caught big tuna before, he made all the right moves while fighting. Judging from the way the rod bent, I knew it was not big bluefin we used to catch here. Nontheless, he fought beautifully and he could release a respectable 120 - 130 lbs. It was only 5:20 am in the morning. The lure was again FCL CSP 150g sinking model.
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Dallen did it again, but this time it was a nice striped bass.
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It didn't take long before we found a few tuna on the surface.
This time tuna took FCL CSP180 sinking lure on 8' Black Hole Cape Cod Special Graphite with Stella 18000 filled with Jerry Brown 80 lbs/130 lbs Fluoro carbon connected with Mid knot.
Dallen had a hit at the same time, but it pulled the hook.
Khoo from Singapore also never fought bluefin before. He used Braid Power Play full harness with Braids Harness strap. I could tell he was fighting pretty comfortable with the setup though it was her first ever encounter with over 100 kg tuna.
It didn't take long he could adjust using the harness and he landed 74" tuna within 55 minutes. I rarely saw anyone could land 200 plus lbs tuna with long popping rod alone for the first time. Definitely fighting with harness lug help fisherman tremendously.
It was only 6:30 am when we landed the fish.
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We saw lots of whales and bird actions, but couldn't find any tuna on the surface, but there were lots of marks in deep. I felt it was time to jig.
By 9:00 am, Khoo finally hooked up a nice bluefin on LABO SL jig. We knew it was a big tuna as it took lots of line and we had to chase it.
Khoo let Dallen fight, but it pulled the hooks afer Dallen fought for a while.
The rod was Mogi Special of Valley Hill. I checked the rod and it was great to work jigs as tip is pretty fexible, but I would rate the rod upto 80 lbs.
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We decided to go back to the dock by 10:30 am as action died down and Singapore guys wanted to taste different fish inshore.