Senator 500 Cuddy | First Blood! SOLO Bluefin Tuna Waihau Bay
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Join us for an adventure down to the East Coast of New Zealand in search of the elusive Southern Bluefin Tuna and the first ever fish for our new Senator 500 Cuddy.
As much as I love watching other people reel in big fish, this time it was my turn with not one, but three Southern Bluefin Tuna, and to make it even more interesting, I was fishing solo.
What an incredible few days it was and a great challenge. I am really impressed with the new Senator 500 Cuddy. I can’t recommend the Guardian Chamber system enough as it was solid and stable the entire trip.
What better way to christen the new senator 500 cuddy than with a successful tuna trip to Waihau Bay!
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Cheers!
Gene - Whitiangler, Rule the Sea with Senator Boats, powered by Yamaha Helm Master EX.
Massive thanks to our partners: Senator Boats New Zealand, Yamaha Marine New Zealand, Garmin Marine, Shimano Fishing New Zealand, UDEK by Ultralon New Zealand, Hella Marine New Zealand, Smart Marine, Hi-Tech Plastics, DMW, Mares, SPY Optics New Zealand.
Epic bite just off your wake man! 🎉🎉
Yassss! 🔥🤘 What a haul! The 360 perspective is top notch!
@@SailingOneLife cheers guys!! That 360 is 💥
Huge respect, solo and capturing it all on film, now that takes some skill 😎
Gonna say the same thing: this one video took a lot of effort
@@yakfishfun8441 i had to be rather disciplined as I am a bit of a slacker on the filming part of things at times haha. The Mrs did a cracker job of the editing too. 🔥
@@AucklandFishing cheers mate
Awesome edit 👍
and yep filming and fishing are two different things, it’s not easy and you nailed it
Epic footage bro big props on the editing too. What a trip! 🔥
@@yeah.bouy.fishing cheers bro, I did the filming and the Mrs did the editing. Team work 👊
@@whitiangler9370 how good bro nice work!
Awesome Gene sick video brother 🤙
@@MarkCotton cheers big dawg!!!! 🔥
Thats a bloody fantastic effort mate very calm under pressure. 1st fish was just a bloody beast. Very interested in this boat as next upgrade from 1450. Looking forward to your review.
Cheers
@@LCBBuilders hey appreciate that bro! Review now up!
Epic Geno! Was looking forward to seeing the Day 1 celebrations 😂
@@mcmarshall1000 I love celebrating 😁🥃😅
Looks amazing mate! Keep up the good work.
@@johanmagnusson9033 hey appreciate it bro! 🙏
Beauty.. Well done bro!
@@piukanahafoka1535 cheers brother! 🙏
Bang on barney 👏
That was an unreal video what a trip!
@@callanwayne-bowles9122 def one for the memory banks mate! 🙏🔥
Great video and great way to christen the new boat. I would love to see an in-depth review of the 500 cuddy, I am currently looking at upgrading to the 500 CU or the 540 RC.
@@jasonedwards3025 heya Jason. I will be doing a full walk around review real soon! And always feel free to message me any questions. Cheers - Gene
@@whitiangler9370 Hi Gene, thanks for the response. I am in Aus, so it's difficult to get a hands on look at the smaller Senator boats, I will keep an eye out for your review.
Awesome brother!
@@brendonmitchell6306 cheers man!!! 🙏🔥🫡
Hey mate, awesome video. Any tips for trolling for these tuna ?
Nice one Gene. Good advert for the little boats. What type of riggers you have there? Any mods needed for the rod holders they sit in? All four lines on them or just two?
@@7MrElement hi mate!! They are Kilwell telescopic riggers and go straight in the rod holders. No mods needed. I run just 2 lines off the riggers
Go Gino go!
@@John-fb5ib im goin man!
Amazing, thanks for sharing. Would love to see a bit about your rigs if that’s not sensitive info, if it is no worries. We have a few of these turning up down Kaikoura now so would love to give it a go. Cheers
@@markwatson5984 hi mate! I actually sell the rigs I catch em on, so feel free to PM me on Facebook or Instagram and ill show you! Cheers - Gene
@@whitiangler9370 Fantastic, I follow you on both, will flick you a pm. Cheers
You are one bad ass !!!
@@nicetubtilerefinishing769 why thank you sir!!! 😁🙏😜
how well did the boat handle in the rough stuff? was it a hard ride in comparison to other Ali boats? awesome vid and fish bro!
Hi mate! Boat handled a bit of chop and slop no problems at all. It never got too rough, i picked my weather window well. On the last day it got up around 15 knots on way in. As per all aluminium boats around this size, the ride wasn't 10/10, but for what it was I was more than happy. The solidness and stability of this boat is its key factor. Just being totally honest. The larger Senator I have driven has an exceptional ride... (RH770)
@@whitiangler9370 I appreciate the honesty bro! A lot of guys I talk to who have ali boats are kind of hard core fans of their own respective brands so sometimes they talk up the ride quality 😂 I was thinking of saving up for the Senator 690 but I saw a couple of your tiktok videos on this boat and it caught my eye. So just doing my research atm
@@Half-Casts no problem mate, I like to be a transparent as possible with any product I use. Feel free to contact me if I can help any further. Cheers! Gene
Awesome stuff!! Who did the smoking of your fish?
@@chrisgrant3770 Blinks Smokehouse - Whitianga
Too easy brother!!
@@MrBobdabilda 👊
Nice
@@shannonwilliams1674 cheers man
Have ya got a long deadmans or kill cord on you when you are under power and offshore?
Hi mate, no I don't but I am always very careful around side of boat when alone. I even go number 1's in the livebait tank 😂
What happened to the stabis lol
@@Thefraudlegend time for a change 💥👊
Shot bro
@@andyrobinson596 cheers bro
Have you considered joining the police force for better work stories?
@@CameronPercy-yg6be have you?
@@whitiangler9370 perished the thought plus they want to work against me not with me even if it makes them the criminal