Catch of the Week (June 26): We just had to make the epic tuna battle and catch at Montague Island the "Catch of the Week"! The fish caught west of the island went 91.4kg.
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In a catch not heard of for many years, a large southern bluefin tuna was hooked inside of Montague Island on Monday morning.
An epic battle ensued with Bermagui local Dick Brown on board his 36’ Blackwatch game boat Reel Weapon battling the tuna for around five hours.
We just spoke the "gaff man" on Reel Weapon who was Matt Verde, who explained a bit more about the epic battle.
Matt said Dick wanted to take out his son-in-law Jason Madex to try for either a bluefin or kingfish as he not yet caught either of those fish.
With a southerly forecast, Matt suggested they head to Montague Island as there had been some good kingfish caught there the day before.
Heading along the western side, they decided to throw out a small skirted lure with the hope of catching a bonito or big kingifish. Read the rest of the epic battle here including video!
Send us your catch of the day at stan.gorton@fairfaxmedia.com.au
