Every year, excitement buzzes along the NSW South Coast ledges as anglers eagerly anticipate the return of a familiar phenomenon. The question on everyone’s mind is, “Will they come back like they have in years past”?
While there has always been sporadic catches of longtail tuna (Thunnus Tonggol) off the South Coast rocks for many years and still too this day by recreational fishers, the last three years have brought an unprecedented abundance. This influx of longtail tuna has sparked a wave of exhilaration among land-based anglers to catch a land-based “South Coast bluefin”.
The only time I've ever heard of fish like this was during the early 1960s to late 1980s
