Bluefin on the chew off San Diego: Limit style fishing for Bluefin on the Pacifica out of Seaforth landing. 3 day trip with BFT from 12 to 110 lbs and near limits of yellowtail from 12...

Dogman3259 Loc: San Diego

Limit style fishing for Bluefin on the Pacifica out of Seaforth landing. 3 day trip with BFT from 12 to 110 lbs and near limits of yellowtail from 12 to 27 lbs. my son in law fought a 100+ pounder for 45 minutes and lost him at the gaff. Another 5 seconds and that fish would have been over the rail. He was heartbroken.
All in all a good trip with 12 BFT (pictured) going to be processed. I had all the yellowtail filleted on the boat so no pics. The deckhands gotta make some money.
Be sure you tip them well, they bust their asses day in and day out.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Dogman3259 wrote:

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Great post Dog. Thanke for sharing. Them some nice looking fish also

Djsowards Loc: Roseburg OR

Gordon wrote:

Great post Dog. Thanke for sharing. Them some nice looking fish also

I totally agree with tipping the d/h’s well…I personally tip them 20% of the charter fee. A 12 hour halibut charter may cost me $400 so another $80 goes to the d/h. Just realize that many fisherpeople will not tip well (if at all?) so a nice tip goes a long way to supplement their income.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Djsowards wrote:

I totally agree with tipping the d/h’s well…I personally tip them 20% of the charter fee. A 12 hour halibut charter may cost me $400 so another $80 goes to the d/h. Just realize that many fisherpeople will not tip well (if at all?) so a nice tip goes a long way to supplement their income.

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Great trip

Andy cacciatori Loc: Modesto cal.

Dogman3259 wrote:

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That is a great boat fished on it twice with my son several years a go
Glad you got into them.have a good season

Justmissedit61 Loc: SJC, CA

Agreed. The Pacifica is real nice boat for those 1.5 - 3 day trips. It’s always nice to land some tuna. I‘ve been on some long boat rides in my life where only a handful of tuna are caught for 25 - 30 anglers, so landing a dozen tuna is just awesome.

ziggy dionne

baby fish let then grow up to over 1 to over 2000 lbs like i saw back in 1957 they were bigger than a car and that was gutted and now head boy they were the days

Dogman3259 Loc: San Diego

Maybe on the east coast.

Atlantic tunas are the most common tuna and are found in the Atlantic Ocean. Pacific Bluefin is a rarer species and is found in the Pacific Ocean. Atlantic tuna is larger than Pacific tuna. Pacific tuna is more torpedo-shaped, while Atlantic tuna is more rounded.

Dogman3259 Loc: San Diego

Hey Ziggy
What I catch I eat and there is no incidental take like commercial fishing. They have limits in place for a reason and I abide by them. The BFT weren’t even in the equation off of San Diego 15 years ago so they must be doing something right regulation wise.
Make sure everything you take home and eat is on its deathbed. I will follow the rules and enjoy my time on the water.
✌️out

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Dogman3259 wrote:

Hey Ziggy
What I catch I eat and there is no incidental take like commercial fishing. They have limits in place for a reason and I abide by them. The BFT weren’t even in the equation off of San Diego 15 years ago so they must be doing something right regulation wise.
Make sure everything you take home and eat is on its deathbed. I will follow the rules and enjoy my time on the water.
✌️out

I'd love to get a mess of fish like that to take home.

JimBrennan Loc: Glendora, ca

Atlantic bluefin tuna - Wikipedia

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae. It is variously known as the northern bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna [for individuals exceeding 150 kg ], and formerly as the tunny. Atlantic bluefins are native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.
Wikipedia
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Max Size
13 feet and 2,000 pounds
fisheries.noaa.gov

Andy cacciatori Loc: Modesto cal.

Gordon wrote:

I'd love to get a mess of fish like that to take home.

Gordon
It's a kick when it go's off and your arm's get tried !! Especially the big Yellowtail of 20lbs plus and the big Albacore !!.

Have a great week.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Andy cacciatori wrote:

Gordon
It's a kick when it go's off and your arm's get tried !! Especially the big Yellowtail of 20lbs plus and the big Albacore !!.

Have a great week.

Thanks Andy. I'll have a great week if Lee stays offshore.

Andy cacciatori Loc: Modesto cal.

I'll say say some prayers for you all.
Been talking to Bob on the phone he he talks highly
Of you.
You to go to your greet and meet next year and meet you guys.
And been talking to Butch week what a guy, I think we talked for two hrs.
Have a great week Hope the storm weakens.