b'THE KID ,JIG AND THE 65KG BLUEFIN14-year-old angler FlynTUNAJack successfully landed an SBT on a jig. Skipper Andrew Grantfrom Pelagic Charters sent in photos of a memorable catch by a young 14-year-old N ew Zealands first angler in late July.southern bluefin tuna on a jig? Perhaps it is or there may be someone else who knows of the achievement regarding targeting SBTs on jigs.A moon lit night at the end of July saw huge amounts of bait and predators showing near the surface in 1200m of bluefin rich water.One of our clients, 14-year-old Flyn Jack decided to drop his jig through the sign, but unfortunately with no result. A decision to move along was made and within just three minutes travel time, there was major predator sign plus loads of bait on the sounder below in the first 80m. We stopped Te Ariki Nui and Flyn (The Kid) dropped his Double Trouble jig. Nothing happened. Then we decided on one more drop, which was met with a solid hook-up. Everyone was hoping for a bluefin, but it wasnt pulling like one. It came up to the boat fairly easily where it was clearly 16FISHING IN GODZONE SEP/OCT 2021'