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  1. 14-09-2015, 11:33 AM #1
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    Albacore South Island

    Been reading up on albies and sounds like can catch them off kaiks and even canterbury bays . Obviously in blue water . Firstly anyone chase them down here and secondly are the eatable , I'm reading they got heaps of mercury ? . I'm reading they easy to catch when you do get on to them .
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    Beautiful eating, supposed to be chicken of the sea. But to me it doesn't taste like chicken, more like fish.
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    They are great eating and are mainly what you get in tinned tuna anyway.
    I chase them off Haast in Jan-Feb

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    Mostly Skippy in tinned tuna isn't it?
    Either way, great fun to catch. @Munsey. Find a likely spot and troll that lure I left on your boat in Kaiks. Around 6 knots should do it
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    Caught them off California using live bait....great fun, was absolutely knackered after landing the 5th one.....great eating...go for it!
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    Plenty of Tuna round here at the moment. Trolling wont do you much good as its already on its way to the cannery
    I really like the Yellowfin Chilli Tuna from these guys

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    Munsey , cubed battered and dipped in sweet chilli!!! Good to go! On ice or in slurry straight away they go off real quick.
    @Scouser we use them as live bait
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    @Scouser we use them as live bait [/QUOTE]

    Jeese Gibo....what on?????
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouser View Post
    @Scouser we use them as live bait
    Jeese Gibo....what on?????[/QUOTE]

    Marlin?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikee View Post
    Plenty of Tuna round here at the moment. Trolling wont do you much good as its already on its way to the cannery
    I really like the Yellowfin Chilli Tuna from these guys

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    Had some on toast for my brekky today
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pengy View Post
    Had some on toast for my brekky today
    Well there will be some in my bags for the trip home too I think
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikee View Post
    Well there will be some in my bags for the trip home too I think
    When is that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pengy View Post
    When is that?
    Sometime between now and Saturday, depending on whether or not the parts I am waiting for show up. Have a seatrial tonight to check a sonar
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    Yip marlin, skippy is much better though.
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    Nice to know they good eating , hate to put my heart and sole ( and 300 lts fuel) into catching them and find out tast like arse . A bit of waiting as sounds like mid to late summer they on . @mikee @vietnamcam when do they frequent your bay ?
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