Tuna Talk

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?

Trolling around blind a lot of the time hence the uneven results sometime
 
Youtube video...a method I would like to try if we rounded up some tuna's next year with a few boats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flweZANDYhs&feature=player_detailpage

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.
 
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.

[flweZANDYhs] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flweZANDYhs&feature=player_detailpage
 
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.
 
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.

Thanks for the link Dogbreath. Interesting stuff. Cool site too.
 
Here is a cool vid some of the Washington fella's put together from this year. 28 Albemarle twin diesel. Wicked tuna catcher of a boat. Great tunes too!

[AampllZpn5w] http://youtu.be/AampllZpn5w

Cheers,
Sculpin
 
Looks like they need Osama's tips on Bleeding those pigs! We had more blood from one fish than they with 10. Really made me tingle inside though...the 4 rod dance, been there! stepping over a half dozen flopping alby's, there too!

Goddamn hell of a time!!

Thanks sculpin! this will get many views from our crew!

FB

....on the boat note, BIG FAN of the Albemarle boats. Probably one of my favorite, along with some of the beautiful Luhrs Mid 20 sportfishers...messy pants!
 
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!
 
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!

Oh I've looked at alot of used ones with twin gasers and diesels. Great boats. The outboard model is fairly new and I did see one on Yachtworld for around 99 g. These things are around 200 g new and this one was only a few years old. Talk about depreciation in the tupperware department. Wow.

The OBX has twin fish holds where as the twin inboard has one centered. The OBX has that incredible storage area under the seating as per the video. That is a wild feature for sure!
 
Here is a cool vid of Tred Barta at the OTC. Some of you may have seen his show "The best and worst of Tred Barta" on satellite. Take the show for what it is.........Take the human being for who he is. This man has raised so much money to get kid's into bill fishing it is amazing. Look into what he has done for sportsfishing before judging him for his antics on the show's you may have seen. I actually like the guy for his drive and not beating around the bush attitude.

Anyway's he suffered a terrible tragedy personally in recent years that left him in a wheel chair. This vid is pretty cool seeing him out there still chasing tuna. His little speech on the radio about two thirds through is cool.

http://vimeo.com/15652486
 
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It sure leans over in a tight higher speed turn though.
 
It sure leans over in a tight higher speed turn though.
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.

Bear in mind too that he's about 6'6" tall so that's why he's a bit jammed into that cuddy.
 
Here is a link to a book I picked up for some winter reading and reference.

http://www.tuna-fishing.org/

Here is a short clip with some great underwater action of a feeding frenzy and some basic tips.

[Ol_db1dyJr8] http://youtu.be/Ol_db1dyJr8
 

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