TUNA, NORTHERN BLUEFIN

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TUNA, NORTHERN BLUEFIN

Scientific Name: 
Thunnus tonggol
Fish Group: 
Tuna
Salt/Fresh: 
Salt
Also Known As: 
Longtail Tuna; TUNA, NORTHERN BLUEFIN
Rating: 
Countries: 
Australia
Description: 
Medium sized member of the Tuna family, great fun to catch and not bad on the table
How To Identify: 
Medium sized Tuna with a taping type tail section - hence its common name - longtail. The back can be dark blue or black, belly and lower sides are a silvery-white. Common around the 10kg mark however can grow as large as nearly 40kgs
How To Catch: 
A popular species (an very exciting) to catch from rock ledges and estuary mouths by land based fisherman using a good berly trail and live baits. Longtails like other Tunas respond well to a good consistent berly trail. They will also readily take fast trolled lures such as skirts, feathers, minnows and metal slugs. A great way to chase is to find a school feeding on baitfish and cast small metal slugs to - matching the slug size to the size of the baitfish.
Where Found: 
Found in coastal water and offshore islands around Australia, usually found around bait schools from about Victoria around the north of Australia to lower WA.

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