Bermagui

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Fishing on Seafari on Saturday 16th June by Daniel Lopardi.

While trolling lures wide off Bermagui for bluefin a few temp changes

were seen and fish were starting to mark up on the sounder. Not long

after the first fish smashed the lure on the short rigger almost coming

?out of the water in doing so. After a lengthy fight with the fish not

cooperating aroung the boat, a large Southern Bluefin tuna was

landed to a friend of ours. A few photos were taken as it was his first

?Bluefin at Bermagui and we then resumed trolling around the area where?the

fish was hooked which??now with a gathering of around15 other boats. It did not

?take long before a bow wave appeared behind the lure on the short rigger

and again we were hooked up. Taking our time and easing the fish in, a bit

of commotion on the gaff saw the second fish boated, noticing the considerably

?larger girth than the first fish. Later back at the gantry, the first fish weighed in

at 73.4kg and the larger of the two weighing in at 103kg to angler Alex Lopardi.

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A great, enjoyable day had by us in the excellent conditions with other boats

enjoying success also. (Please note that the?date is not set in camera)

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