FISHING ASSOCIATION
Tuna Charter The Fishing Association organised a Tuna Fishing Charter out of Wirrina for Saturday 20 February 2021. It was a cold morning for the middle of summer with 10 members and guests gathering at the Marina St Vincent and boarding Scott Weaver’s vessel, Fish Stalker. There was a small delay in departing as we waited for one of our team but he did not arrive in time and missed out on the fishing. The weather was a little blowy and the water choppy for the long motor to the eastern side of the Pages islands where Scotty said the tuna would be. Soon the birds identified where the fish were schooling and proved Scotty correct yet again.
Present on the charter were Vlad and Daniel Humeniuk, Lindsay Barton, Kevin Keegan, Tom Ryan, David Sharp, Paul Bird, Chris Massey, Romeo Macolino and Phil Newton and it did not take long before the first of many tunas were in the boat with Daniel catching the first of the day and the first for him personally. While we achieved seven tuna ‘hook-ups’, we only managed to get three fish into the boat. Very importantly, Scott and his crew kept us safe and very comfortable in these treacherous waters and our thanks to him and Mick for a good day of fishing. Vlad Humeniuk
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