I have no experience fishing tuna of the WCVI, but I did research tuna fishing quiet a bit before going on a sailing trip in Mexico last winter. Many of the tips I picked up have already been mentioned but I may have some other stuff to share... Many people recommended building attractants yourself, such as dragging a piece of chain behind the boat, a clear plastic bottle full of tin foil and anything that will rattle. The water pump was also recommended.
Here is a bit of a weird one, if you do try stopping to the boat to cast/jig for them I was told that a way to keep them at the boat is to use egg shells. Save a bunch of egg shells and mash them up... then once you've found some fish throw all the egg shells in the water and they will reflect a bit of light, stay suspended in the water and hopefully interest the tuna enough to keep them near the suspended pile of shells.
I'm not sure if any of this is useful, but I figured it would add to the 'tuna talk'.
While off of Van Isle, have you guys ever seen the boiling tuna involved in a surface feeding frenzy?? Or are you guys driving around blind 99 percent of the time?
if someone could post this directly on the thread with no link...pretty nifty way of doing it, but im not too savvy with computers. Email, ****, and now sportfishingbc...learning.
For those who were wondering about the water spraying technique Click Here for a very informative thread.
Like all things to do with fishing there's more to it than it seems @ first glance but it's not rocket science either.
....on the boat note, BIG FAN of the Albemarle boats. Probably one of my favorite,
The east coast has some on the used market for a fair price. Comparable to other used fisher's out there. Just a purpose built fish hunter. Quite a few are equipped with diesel motors which is very appealing. One of the few on my list for (hopefully) next years shopping!
This is a pipe dream boat of mine if I were to go tupperware. Maybe in 5 or 6 years a used one would be more affordable ha ha.
http://www.sportfishingmag.com/brightcove_playlists/video/24906158001
Yes it does but that's Dean Travis Clarke-he does hands-on reviews of all kinds of boats and isn't afraid to put the boat through it's paces.It sure leans over in a tight higher speed turn though.
Is it cause that guy is so tall that boat has no free board? Looks unsafe.
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Is it cause that guy is so tall that boat has no free board? Looks unsafe.
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