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OFFSHORE ANGLING => Offshore Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Kes on October 25, 2018, 12:31:38 PM

Title: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: Kes on October 25, 2018, 12:31:38 PM: Some proper Tuna off Cape Point yesterday. Sent to me by a buddy.

(https://scontent.fjnb8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/44830385_10155655634292155_6827161335185276928_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent.fjnb8-1.fna&oh=675313e7dd8401224842542c5a4436f0&oe=5C3FD6D7)

(https://scontent.fjnb8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43604481_10155655634397155_9055115232745095168_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent.fjnb8-1.fna&oh=b890ede46baf70fdacba284d1ae7457a&oe=5C463885)
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: travelmember on October 25, 2018, 02:04:52 PM: Second pic - yes. Nice SBFT - poss record.

I am dubious about the top pic.
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: sardinella on October 25, 2018, 02:15:49 PM: That first pic not from Cape Town or surrounds
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: BETTYS on October 25, 2018, 05:42:15 PM: On my bucket list to go and do this year , pleassssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :sreel: :sreel: :sreel: :yft: :yft: :yft:
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: Visenvryheid on October 26, 2018, 12:39:42 PM: Ja that top pic looks like a PEI fish, not cape fish or SBT.

SBT swimming around in the deep nowadays but not that size of the first pic! The longliners been reporting them recently off our coast, on deep set lines.

Getting a cape tuna charter between a few mates is something you will NOT regret! And your freezer will overflow, just make sure you have a good vac packing/biltong setup and it becomes cheaper than getting your meat at P&P. The tuna, yellowin and longfin off cape town, when they are around and when the weather co-operates, is something else! 200lb monsters being hand fed in the chumline is something you never forget!
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: Kes on October 29, 2018, 06:46:55 AM: Quote from: sardinella on October 25, 2018, 02:15:49 PM
That first pic not from Cape Town or surrounds

The guy that sent the pics has no reason to lie to me. Perhaps he was misinformed..?
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: travelmember on October 29, 2018, 07:24:50 AM: Guess so. It is also in a Pelagic catalogue and is also shown on "InTheBite"

https://assets.inthebite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pelagic_bluefin_tuna.jpg
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: CAPTAIN MORGAN on October 29, 2018, 09:59:40 AM: That 1st one is propper :win:
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: REEFMAN on October 29, 2018, 10:39:18 AM: It's a Bluefin Tuna, caught in Nova Scotia, Canada, by Giant Bluefin Tuna Charters.
Title: Re: Tuna - Cape Point
Post by: Kes on October 29, 2018, 12:33:33 PM: Quote from: travelmember on October 29, 2018, 07:24:50 AM
Guess so. It is also in a Pelagic catalogue and is also shown on "InTheBite"

https://assets.inthebite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pelagic_bluefin_tuna.jpg (https://assets.inthebite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pelagic_bluefin_tuna.jpg)

Evidently misinformed then. Second pic seems legit though..