Blue Fin Tuna in the San Juans!

[saanauk]

Well who is going to be the first to catch one locally?

Bluefin Tuna Washes Up On Orcas Island's East Sound -

Orcas Island is known for odd visitors from the wildlife world – a pair of bull elk, a bear – but what apparently washed ashore overnight may take the cake.

nwsportsmanmag.com

 

[kaelc]

Currents could have brought it in? I had a trap go from Victoria to Westport, why not the other way?

 

[Old Blue]

BFT follow the food and have been known to visit cooler water temps but still really cool to see a slightly bigger one up this way rather than a peanut.

The warmer current is definitely picking up. Big schools of Albies that were 120-200 miles off Santa Barbera last week are now from Monterray to Eugene OR. YFT numbers picked up a lot out of San Diego the past 7 days and there's even been a few Dorado caught as well.

The bulk of the SD BFT sport boat fleet are up behind Catalina Island which is somewhat unusual to see such a massive volume up there this early.

 

[TMan]

Back in the day. I think 1998. The San Juan Gillnet test fishery got quit a few, mackerel, Skipjack, Hake and I want to say Albacore. But I'm fuzzy on that. The first 3 species for sure.

 

[wildmanyeah]

Fire up the coal power plants climate change can’t come fast enough

 

[Tighthead]

Back in the day. I think 1998. The San Juan Gillnet test fishery got quit a few, mackerel, Skipjack, Hake and I want to say Albacore. But I'm fuzzy on that. The first 3 species for sure.

There is a distinct and permanent hake population on the inside.

 

[TMan]

There is a distinct and permanent hake population on the inside.

This is true. And that was a good amount of the catch. It was the blue water species that really caught my eye. That year it was not just a few.