Sculpin
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While we were trolling we noticed the schools or patches of fish were getting larger with more bird activity. With some meat in the boat for my buddy Steve we ended the troll fest and put the troll gear away. We got the bait and jig gear ready again and zoned in on the birds. We tried a few stops with the first one or two resulting in one on each stop with not many sticking around to check us out. The last one was different. We didn't really do anything different except there was two patches of fish and we went right between them. Chucked out the chovies and dropped the gear. Jay hooked up right away.
Jay with one on.
I have a short video of Jay playing this fish and will post it up soon.
Side note: We really got the sounder tuned in to pick up the tuna under the boat.
Aerial shot of the deck. It was really cool to be catching fish with the boat still and no engine noise.
I have a really cool video of Steve playing a fish from take to finish. Photobucket is taking forever to process it. I will post it up when I can.
Bait and jig caught tuna.
We picked up a few on this stop and lost one or two with quite a few fish sticking around for the party. I'd say it lasted around 25 minutes before we couldn't see any more tuna under the boat. Steve kept seeing them come out and check out his jig but just swim by. This stop worked and was definitely a highlight of the trip for all of us. This type of fishing will take a lot of experimenting and trying stuff to fine tune it. That is all part of the fun
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Thanks for the good times Jay. Fishing out of Tofino for these addicting fish is always a blast and it very well could be the tuna fishing capitol of Vancouver Island. The ride in was ultra plush and we were able to cruise nicely home. 16 hour day on the water! After dropping Jay off we had a long drive back to da beach to park my gal and transfer fish etc. We were absolutely exhausted and I was seeing tuna birds flying across the logging road lol. We made it and crashed hard for the night. Jake and I got the Sculpin all cleaned up and headed home this morning.
Now if someone would only set up a live bait operation..............
Till next time.
Cheers,
Sculpin
Jay with one on.
I have a short video of Jay playing this fish and will post it up soon.
Side note: We really got the sounder tuned in to pick up the tuna under the boat.
Aerial shot of the deck. It was really cool to be catching fish with the boat still and no engine noise.
I have a really cool video of Steve playing a fish from take to finish. Photobucket is taking forever to process it. I will post it up when I can.
Bait and jig caught tuna.
We picked up a few on this stop and lost one or two with quite a few fish sticking around for the party. I'd say it lasted around 25 minutes before we couldn't see any more tuna under the boat. Steve kept seeing them come out and check out his jig but just swim by. This stop worked and was definitely a highlight of the trip for all of us. This type of fishing will take a lot of experimenting and trying stuff to fine tune it. That is all part of the fun
. Thanks for the good times Jay. Fishing out of Tofino for these addicting fish is always a blast and it very well could be the tuna fishing capitol of Vancouver Island. The ride in was ultra plush and we were able to cruise nicely home. 16 hour day on the water! After dropping Jay off we had a long drive back to da beach to park my gal and transfer fish etc. We were absolutely exhausted and I was seeing tuna birds flying across the logging road lol. We made it and crashed hard for the night. Jake and I got the Sculpin all cleaned up and headed home this morning.
Now if someone would only set up a live bait operation.............
.Till next time.
Cheers,
Sculpin
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