The Ultimate Tuna Fishing Experience

Boat & Equipment

“Southern Pride”

The “Southern Pride” is a 14.6m or 48ft Randell fishing vessel, primarily built for the lobster fishing industry that has now been fitted out to accomadate passengers & makes for an awesome recreational fishing platform. It has a canopy that covers 3/4 of the deck with side curtains 3/4 of the way along both sides. Other features include 2 comfortable bunks, an inside dining area, a toilet & comfortable seating outside but undercover.The boat is powered by a V8 Scania diesel engine.

The “Southern Pride” is in 2c survey granted by Marine Saftey Victoria limited to 30nm offshore. This covers the boats safety items such as, inflatable liferafts, lifejackets, firefighting systems, latest EPIRB, flares & many more items to keep you safe.

It also have the latest commercial quality electronics on board such as, Furuno color echo sounder, GPS Plotter, Radar, TMQ autopilot, VHF & HF marine radio’s.

Fishing Gear:

We use different gear for each fishing application & place an emphisis on quality.

Tuna Fishing:

We troll 6 rods at a time, these are

  • 4 x Shimano TLD 50′s with 24kg mono line & Shimano 24kg fully rollered backbone rods
  • 2 x Shimano TLD 30′s with 15kg mono line & Shimano 15kg fully rollered backbone rods

Our lures are varried however we prefer Black Magic skirts with varried heads & colors & Rapala X Rap deep diving minows , River 2 Sea Killer Vibes also get an occasional run.

We also provide a full compliment of black magic gimble belts & harnesses when required.

Shark Fishing:

Rods & reels are varried depending on the species of shark, for game sharks such as Mako’s, Blue & Thresher sharks we use Shimano TLD’s with Shimano Backbone fully rollered rods. We have a range of sizes & depending on the anglers requirements we can use 10kg, 15kg or 24kg set up’s

For Gummy & school sharks the gear is also varried depending on the depth of water & location we are fishing on the day. These can be either Shimano Baitrunners, Diawa Sealine Bull 6000Hi, Okuma Speedstar ses-80, & Penn Spinfisher 850′s. We use 50lb braid in the deeper water & 15kg mono in the shallow water. We also use Shimano T-curve rods & Silstar crystal blue rods.

Bottom & Deep Water Fishing:

For most bottom & deep water fish we use a combination of gear including either Shimano Baitrunners, Diawa Sealine Bull 6000Hi, Okuma Speedstar ses-80, & Penn Spinfisher 850′s. We use 50lb braid in the deep water. We also use Shimano T-curve rods & Silstar crystal blue rods. The braided lines have zero stretch & offer much more sensitivity.