THINGS THAT USED TO BE

MANY fish species have changed greatly in their distribution in the time I have been fishing. When I was a teenager growing up in Sydney big yellowfin tuna used to be caught regularly close to shore, and places such as the Ovens near Whale Beach regularly produced yellowfin off the rocks. I was a member of the Kur-ring-gai Angling and casting club and at the weekend weigh-ins saw some amazing yellowfin coming from both small boats and off the rocks. I remember Clive Schultz catching a 63kg yellowfin on a trolled 6 inch yellow squid only a mile or two off Palm Beach on an