First tuna trip

[Hammertime]

All I know is the fish in the pic is a yellowfin.
Caught on a day when most guys came home empty.

10kg or 100kg well done to the angler for pulling off what I certainly didn't get right on the same day. Which in the end makes me jealous.


On the ORI conversion table.

I have done a measurement on over 20 fish and a weigh on a good quality approved scale.
The ORI table is normally 5-10kg heavier or at least that has been my finding.
The down side is good scales are so damn expensive.

 

[Breads]

I have a 100kilo Salter that will go with from now on - don't want doubts when I get my first YF!

 

[will101]

I'm sure most people have carried a few bags of cement over the years. That's 50kgs - and a good benchmark. My other benchmark to estimate smaller weights is the good old papsak (5kg)!!

 

[tkei]

HT, I am with you re the weight. 25 about the right ball park. Caught lots that size but never bigger. A fish is a fish none the less and a great catch when no-one else gets anything.

 

[Breads]

Another pic

 

[will101]

Daai's about 4 or 5 papsakke - an excellent catch!

 

[Breads]

Hehehe - about 4 i'd say!

 

 

[will101]

Remember you must think of the bag "outside the box" when it comes to papsak estimates. I believe that is where the saying comes from... LOL

 

[Hammertime]

You've caught a lot.... of papsaks then he he he

 

[Catch 22]

Eish, remember Mossel Bay, 18 years old, "dont worry be happy" was the name of the papsakke we drank, felt very good....for 20 minutes, after that downhill all the way lol.

I agree with HT, if that fish weighs 25 kg , its 25 kg more than the one I caught.

 

[leonard williams]

hahah will 101 you a legend bra!i wonder how many people have carried a cement bag?