Bluefin Have Arrived - March 2010.
The Gamefishing season is now in full swing with The much anticipated arrival of Bluefin Tuna.
The past week has seen plenty of school sized fish being taken up to 35kg and a couple of larger fish from 60 - 103kg have also been captured.
All our other species of tuna have also been encountered over the past few weeks including a few large Yellowfin, some nice sized Albacore around 20 plus kg, along with striped tuna. The presence of Stripies still continue to keep a few Marlin present in our waters with a few sightings during past Months.
Fishing inshore and offshore reefs is still productive with some good captures of Striped Trumpeter and Morwong offshore, while inshore Flathead, Morwong and Coral Perch are available.
There continues to be captures of kingfish, squid, barracouta and Salmon around coastal areas and bays.
An Albacore of around 7kg taken on the Continental shelf.  A nice sized Tiger Flathead caught inshore on the coast. Even inshore waters are relatively deep with this fish taken in 45 Fathom.  A Bluefin tuna captured around "The Lanterns" near the mouth of Fortescue Bay. The Bluefin have arrived in schools and are being taken inshore close to the coast. |
