Big Land Based Tuna On INCREDIBLY Light Tackle!!

Big Land Based Tuna On INCREDIBLY Light Tackle!!

What an incredible moment in time this was. My first longtail tuna!!!
The odds of that little school of tuna coming so close for me to cast at them. To then getting a topwater eat from one. A 25 minute fight later on a bass rod and it was landed. Exactly 1 meter, and weighed 8.4kg.
This memory and the video behind it will be with me for life!!

GEAR.
Rod - Millerods Vibe freak, 7 ft 3, 3-6kg
Reel - Daiwa Certate 3000 ARK
Lure - Nomad long cast 20g
Braid - 15lb
Leader - 15lb x-link

[BrigoAdventures]

This is a catch of a life time for sure.

[kev_meets_world]

Well done buddy. You've motivated my young fella even more than he already was, and we're looking forward to watching what you can do, when you don't do things that you think are "so dumb"... you absolutely nailed that landing.
Congrats

[firstrespondersqueensland]

Definitely one of your best catches mate never seen you so excited, love your work very well deserved

[chrisdoran]

You went above and beyond to land that Tuna. It takes great skill to do what you did. It was always going to take awhile but you handled it admirably by tapping into your fishing bag of tricks particulary feathering the bale arm. A Meritorious capture.😃🤙🎣👌

[ashmodownunder]

Proud of you Josh. You kept your cool for that entire fight. I would have been reefed 10 times over.

[paulschofield]

Very well done Josh, 👏 great tuna and great to eat! Sushi 🍣 or tuna steaks, I caught Very similar at Julian Rocks Byron Bay, and have got 80 pounders Yellowfin tuna at Bermagui, cheers 🍻 tight lines ❤❤😊

[gurantobennett]

Handled that like a champion, bucket list fish and amazing you got that down your way so early in the season, well done Josh. HOLY F#$K

[LurefishingAustralia]

Yew! What a beaut fish josh congrats bro🎉, you can hear the nerves in your voice 😂👍 awesome job mate, great vid

[dylanrylatt]

Epic fish mate!!’ One in a hundred catch on that gear! Keep up the excellent work!

[shmukhq]

@MorningTideFishing wants their ledge lord congrats on that man.

[paulschofield]

The sea 🌊 is always full of surprises, 😮😮1 metre is 39 inches, delicious they be, was fishing at night 🌙 at Point Addis near Bells 🔔 Beach July, 1993, large swell, landed luckily with waves helping, a 3 metre shark!! WTF my biggest off a beach ⛱️ 😂❤❤😊

[bangonfishingadventures]

hell yeah what an epic video, you will go places now PAL.

[peterm]

Great catch on light gear! If it was a king your vid would have been a lot shorter, they fight dirty. Well done for being so patient and letting it run the way you did 👌. Having top notch gear and a little luck keeping the braid from sharp objects always helps. Nice work 👌 🍻

[danielsmith]

Josh we need new videos. Where have you gone to

[dwhatsfishing]

I don't know how the hell you managed that. Well done that's so epic

[Ghost-kq]

hey josh just wondering where you got the handle and which one you got

[fredflintstone]

Most young fellas wouldn't know about arcing tuna off the stones, let alone be cluey enough to call it for a tuna to even consider playing the fish out like that.. You should explain on another video what you were doing, i'm sure there's some new fishermen that didn't pick up on it.
Congrats on your first lbg longy, always the sweetest!

[Keygaming]

Briggi sport fishing did the same thing as this but one of his mates had to jump in and get it

[jenpicknell]

What fishing app do you use my son is interested

[romariodesousa]

What jigging hooks are your go to, I found that exact lure at my local and might try some jigging