Claude Guala doing battle with one of many stubborn rat kings off Hill 60, Port Kembla - April 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Leo Harding looking a bit frazzled after an intense day on the rat kings and bonito where over 70 fish were caught and released by 3 anglers - Pig Island, Port Kembla - April 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Leo Harding with another rat king to add to the tally - Pig Island, Port Kembla - April 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Andrew Wheeler putting the pressure on a kingfish that has decided to slug it out in the depths off Pig Island, Port Kembla - April 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

Claude Guala with a small but powerful opponent on his 8 weight - a rat kingfish from Hill 60, Port Kembla - April 2001

(photo: Andrew Wheeler)

The two Andrews tied up with a double hookup on kingfish off Port Kembla Beach - April 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

Andrew Wheeler giving a rat kingfish some stick off Port Kembla Beach - April 2001 (photo: Andrew Susani)

Phil with an 18kg longtail caught on a chartruese/white clouser (8kg tippet) at Inskip Point Qld

Phil with an 8kg Mac tuna caught at Inskip Point Qld

Barry with Long tail tune caught in Hervey Bay Feb 2010

Another longtail tuna

Feb 2010

Yes, it's another photo of Barry with a long tail tuna Feb2010

A very nice mack tuna caught in Hervey Bay Feb 2010

Leo with a nice 12lb striped tuna caught around the islands off Port Kembla in October 2006.

I was in Vincentia today with my job and I purchased a water proof holder for the mobile phone. I needed it after dropping it in the water when I was at the ramp the other day. Frigate Mackerel March 2005.

Andrew Wheeler with the big prize - a 6kg striped tuna which took 45 minutes to subdue on his 8wt outfit off Hill 60 - October 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

David Wheeler momentarily hooked up to a rocketing striped tuna off the Northern Breakwall at Port Kembla (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Andrew Susani with a nice bonito taken on a white Surf Candy fished through a berley trail off Port Kembla Beach - April 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

A 4kg stripey caught off Port Kembla by Andrew Wheeler - October 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

Claude Guala is all smiles after nailing an elusive stripey from Port Kembla - October 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Andrew Wheeler cradles a couple of kilos of high speed bonito from Pig Island, Port Kembla - April 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

Andrew Wheeler hooked up to a good stripey off Hill 60 - October 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

Leo Harding with a big cheesy grin after snaring a 3kg of elusive striped tuna from a school of fish on a calm day off Five Islands, Port Kembla - Feb 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Leo Harding with another surf candy eating striped tuna from a breaking school of fish off Hill 60, Port Kembla - Feb 2001(photo: Peter Harding)

Chris Harding with a nice bonito on his 8 weight outfit from a school off Port Beach - Jan 2001 (photo: Peter Harding)

Chris Harding enjoys the first burst of speed from a surface running bonito as brother Peter the Boat Driver looks on in amusement, Port Beach - Jan 2001 (photo: Leo Harding)

Andrew Wheeler hooked up (for a little while) to a surface running striped tuna off the Northern Breakwall, Port Kembla - Jan 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

Andrew Wheeler with a Wollongong Harbour bonito from one of the early offshore fly fishing expeditions with Claude Guala - Jan 2000 (photo: Claude Guala)

Chris Harding with an average salmon on his 8 weight outfit from a school off Port beach - Jan 2001 (photo: Peter Harding)

Salmon blitzing whitebait off the rocks at Port Beach - Jan 2002 (photo: Andrew Susani)

Andrew Wheeler hooked up to a better than average salmon off Port Beach - Jan. 2002 (photo: Andrew Susani)

Stephen Chatterton with a solid salmon from Port Beach - Jan 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Leo Harding looks happy with this torpedo shaped salmon that took a surf candy off Port Beach - Jan 2001 (photo: Peter Harding)

Chris Harding brings a nice salmon in for the netting off Port Beach - Jan 2001 (photo: Leo Harding)

Salmon and bonito blitzing big schools of whitebait off Hill 60, Port Kembla - Jan 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Andrew Wheeler with a chunky salmon taken on a Polafibre minnow off Five Islands, Port Kembla - Jan 2001 (photo: Claude Guala)

Claude Guala with a couple of kilo's of mean salmon taken from an erupting school of fish off Hill 60, Port Kembla - Jan 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)

Claude Guala testing the ultimate strength of his 8wt Nautikos on a stubborn salmon off Port Kembla Beach - Jan 2001 (photo: Andrew Wheeler)