Tuna Fishing Gear

Tuna make their home in the waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, making them available to fish across almost every coast of Australia. A pelagic species, yellowfin tuna can be found to depths of 250m while southern bluefin tuna reaches around 500m. Generally schooling by size, certain times of year do see them forming large surface schools.

Tuna often conserve the heat they produce when swimming which makes them a highly adaptable and efficient predator, hunting the temperature breaks which makes them ideal targets for lure trolling. Trolling has long been one of the favourite choices for tuna fishing and is often considered one of the best techniques. Most anglers will run a mix of skirted and hard body lures. Skirted lures in your 15-25cm range will get the best bites though you'll want something that has minimal action as they tend to avoid any large prey.