Bluefin still on the chew! Blue fin still on the chew 120 miles South of San Diego!

Dogman3259 Loc: San Diego

Blue fin still on the chew 120 miles South of San Diego!

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Dogman3259 wrote:

Blue fin still on the chew 120 miles South of San Diego!

Nice load there Dogman! I miss doing offshore trips here on the East Coast. Thanks for the picture!

fishinphil

geez looks like poachings the rage in the area. I mean i dont know what the size/limit is there, but really...had to keep all of those small ones too?

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

fishinphil wrote:

geez looks like poachings the rage in the area. I mean i dont know what the size/limit is there, but really...had to keep all of those small ones too?

Looks like a Party Boat to me, and that's the catch from all the paying customers. USCG licenced Captains don't poach.

fishinphil

you can take that statement to the bank then?I wont throw water on someones fire then as im not here to start crap with anyones business practices or beliefs in what they doo...doo

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

fishinphil wrote:

you can take that statement to the bank then?I wont throw water on someones fire then as im not here to start crap with anyones business practices or beliefs in what they doo...doo

I'm just saying,I've been on a few overnight tuna trips,and have seen the same thing on the way back in. Clean out the fish boxes, then start cleaning fish. The mates won't allow any over or undersized fish to even hit the deck. Their livelihood depends on following the regulations and classes of fish that they are licensed to catch. They can be boarded and checked at any time (I experienced one). NO Captain is going to risk everything, to keep an undersized fish.

Dogman3259 Loc: San Diego

Fredfish is spot on! and the limit is 2 bluefin per angler in Mexican waters.
Thanks Fred!

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

Unlike the giant tuna of the North East, The fish in the photo are school tuna and totally legal. Not every one is blessed with opportunity to catch big fish. The smallest fish in the photo may be the biggest fish the angler has ever caught, or for that matter, the only fish the angler has ever caught. Congratulations on a great day of fishing.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

bapabear wrote:

Unlike the giant tuna of the North East, The fish in the photo are school tuna and totally legal. Not every one is blessed with opportunity to catch big fish. The smallest fish in the photo may be the biggest fish the angler has ever caught, or for that matter, the only fish the angler has ever caught. Congratulations on a great day of fishing.

Exactly correct Bapabear, the trips I've been on up here, were overnight Canyon runs. Mostly what we caught were School Bluefins, Albacore, and Yellowfin. Most of the Giant Bluefins are caught farther north,past Cape Cod, and are caught on 6pack type charters, rather than a Head Boat. You really can't hoist a 500-1000lb fish over the rail on a Head Boat. The largest I've seen was a 325lb Allison Yellowfin. It took 6 mates with gaffs to lift that fish into the boat. My best was tiny by comparison, but still the biggest fish I've ever caught, and the hardest fight.

86lb Yellowfin, Fishtails @Block Canyon

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

Definitely on my bucket-list to catch some tuna. Had a friend gift me one from a trip .....ate like a king for a week and still had enough to freeze. Sushi, grilled, smoked some and made the most delicious tuna salad out of the leftovers. Need to go get some myself.... I'm so jealous ! Good on 'ya !

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

FixorFish wrote:

Definitely on my bucket-list to catch some tuna. Had a friend gift me one from a trip .....ate like a king for a week and still had enough to freeze. Sushi, grilled, smoked some and made the most delicious tuna salad out of the leftovers. Need to go get some myself.... I'm so jealous ! Good on 'ya !

Get out there and have a blast Fix, there's nothing like the first 2 or 3 runs of a Tuna. I don't know if my back is still up to it but I'd love to go again.

Kelley King Loc: NC

The bluefin that travel off the NC coast in the winter are pretty large. 100 pound test on a Penn 80 will really test a person. I boated, tegged ,and released a 300 lb plus several years ago in february. It was a while before I could get my breath back right. Everyone should do it once.

Jwid Loc: Lake Killarney, Ironton, MO

Looks like fun for all. Dinner also.

louzam Loc: central Maine, Kennebec Valley

In the mid 80's, yellowfin found their way up to the Rhode Island area waters. Prior to that time, no one had ever heard of them in the area between Montauk Long Island and the waters off of Rhode Island. For a couple of years, fishing late Summer into the fall, we could go out and catch fish between 70 and 100 pounds. Although its been nearly 35 years, I still remember the yellowfin, as pound for pound, the hardest fighting fish you could ever fish for, and I've caught Bluefin, Mako, Tarpon and sailfish. In any event, after a couple of seasons of enjoying the yellowfin fishery, they somehow disappeared. Most believe there was a shift in the gulfstream that first brought them into the area and then another shift that kept them out of the area. Guys still go for giants and albacore in this part of the country.