juandesooka
Active Member
I was with Dabell on the tuna trip last week with www.oceansportfishingcharters.com ....unbelievable fishing down there right now. I have done both the fast troll WCVI and the live bait.....not even close, the live bait option is so much more fun. You troll until you get a hit, then quickly get the live bait out, fish until no more bites, then troll some more. We only had 2 bait stops, as the 2nd one lasted more than 8 hours....and not once in that 8 hours would there not be at least one person playing a fish, sometimes up to 5 on at once.
They bit right up and into dark. Once we realized we were heading back that night and not fishing the morning, the deckhands starting chumming with the leftover live bait and it got super crazy....bite in 5 seconds guaranteed. (note to self: bring head lamp next year)
I have also done one trip on All Rivers "express" charter -- 12 hours all-in. Great option for getting out there quick, not having to spend night on the boat, but only problem is if you don't find the tuna quick, you use up valuable fishing time hunting around. That is the nice thing about the multiday trip...you fish dawn to dusk, so a very high probability you'll get into them thick, even if slow for part of the day. For the extra $150, totally worth it just to get this extra time on the water. Especially if you're going to end up staying in a hotel in Westport the night before/after anyway, may as well put the hotel $ into the charter. However, the All Rivers guys are great too....they work hard to get you into the fish. Actually both are great....man o man do tuna deckhands work hard....they move as fast as the tuna.
They bit right up and into dark. Once we realized we were heading back that night and not fishing the morning, the deckhands starting chumming with the leftover live bait and it got super crazy....bite in 5 seconds guaranteed. (note to self: bring head lamp next year)
I have also done one trip on All Rivers "express" charter -- 12 hours all-in. Great option for getting out there quick, not having to spend night on the boat, but only problem is if you don't find the tuna quick, you use up valuable fishing time hunting around. That is the nice thing about the multiday trip...you fish dawn to dusk, so a very high probability you'll get into them thick, even if slow for part of the day. For the extra $150, totally worth it just to get this extra time on the water. Especially if you're going to end up staying in a hotel in Westport the night before/after anyway, may as well put the hotel $ into the charter. However, the All Rivers guys are great too....they work hard to get you into the fish. Actually both are great....man o man do tuna deckhands work hard....they move as fast as the tuna.