Ok folks,
Its slow season out there so lets have some good debates and discussions. I'm a true west coast boy and I love my Chinook Fishing. Really I would rather catch a 60 pound tyee then a 300 pound tuna. Thats probably because im biast to the North West, and a tuna would be a tropical fish so they just dont do it for me like a West Coast tyee. Don't get me wrong lots of those tropical fish are on my bucket list and I would love to catch them some day. Personally I would rather be on the west coast catching a boat load of chinooks in the 20-40 pound range in a day then down in Hawaii or Mexico catching a few tuna. I would love to get out tuna fishing with some of you Van island guys and see what its all about. I'm looking forward to a response from you boys. You guys talk it up so much? Is it really that much better then chinook fishing.
You guys are West coast canadians......Tyees are where its at. The classic Islander mooching rod combo fighting a nice tyee. How can you beat that? Making the switch to tuna fishing would be like going from Hockey to Basketball?
Anyway id Like to hear the Pros and cons of both? Why tuna is better or worse and vise versa.
Heres my opinion.....doesnt really count because Iv only fished tuna once for my stag in Hawaii.
Everyone sais tuna fight so much better. Well tuna are crazy robot looking fish so im sure they fight hard but I think a Chinook would fight pretty hard if you were trolling at 15 knots while fighting it as well. You use huge gear for tuna. big test,big reels, big rods.
Salmon is light stuff. 25lb line Nice 11 ft rod and a fly reel (mooching reel).
When i went I used massive gear and caught 5 pound tunas. I like the idea of light gear and big fish (tyee).
I like seeing the shore when I'm fishing salmon little weird out in the open like that lol. More to see more to catch chinook fishing
Seems if the Tuna are not there, there not there. at least with salmon fishing you can pick up other species.
Tuna fishing has to be much more expensive.....going out further as well as trollung at high speeds instead of a couple miles an hour at low RPM or better yet Mooching or cut plugging in the current (thats a beautiful thing when the chinooks are thick)
Anyay Id like to get out and do some WCVI tuna fishing, I just want to see what everyones opinion is on the topic.
And dont forget guys I fish outa the Pacific North Coast. you guys have to take that in consideration when you beek the chinook fishing. Its a little more productive up here. Not saying its not productive down there just a little more consistant. You have some great fisheries down there out on the wcvi, hardy and rivers inlet. However.........Just my own opinion again.
Cheers,
Wooly
PS please excuse the spelling and grammer. I didnt use spell check and I'm very un edumacated. lol
Its slow season out there so lets have some good debates and discussions. I'm a true west coast boy and I love my Chinook Fishing. Really I would rather catch a 60 pound tyee then a 300 pound tuna. Thats probably because im biast to the North West, and a tuna would be a tropical fish so they just dont do it for me like a West Coast tyee. Don't get me wrong lots of those tropical fish are on my bucket list and I would love to catch them some day. Personally I would rather be on the west coast catching a boat load of chinooks in the 20-40 pound range in a day then down in Hawaii or Mexico catching a few tuna. I would love to get out tuna fishing with some of you Van island guys and see what its all about. I'm looking forward to a response from you boys. You guys talk it up so much? Is it really that much better then chinook fishing.
You guys are West coast canadians......Tyees are where its at. The classic Islander mooching rod combo fighting a nice tyee. How can you beat that? Making the switch to tuna fishing would be like going from Hockey to Basketball?
Anyway id Like to hear the Pros and cons of both? Why tuna is better or worse and vise versa.
Heres my opinion.....doesnt really count because Iv only fished tuna once for my stag in Hawaii.
Everyone sais tuna fight so much better. Well tuna are crazy robot looking fish so im sure they fight hard but I think a Chinook would fight pretty hard if you were trolling at 15 knots while fighting it as well. You use huge gear for tuna. big test,big reels, big rods.
Salmon is light stuff. 25lb line Nice 11 ft rod and a fly reel (mooching reel).
When i went I used massive gear and caught 5 pound tunas. I like the idea of light gear and big fish (tyee).
I like seeing the shore when I'm fishing salmon little weird out in the open like that lol. More to see more to catch chinook fishing
Seems if the Tuna are not there, there not there. at least with salmon fishing you can pick up other species.
Tuna fishing has to be much more expensive.....going out further as well as trollung at high speeds instead of a couple miles an hour at low RPM or better yet Mooching or cut plugging in the current (thats a beautiful thing when the chinooks are thick)
Anyay Id like to get out and do some WCVI tuna fishing, I just want to see what everyones opinion is on the topic.
And dont forget guys I fish outa the Pacific North Coast. you guys have to take that in consideration when you beek the chinook fishing. Its a little more productive up here. Not saying its not productive down there just a little more consistant. You have some great fisheries down there out on the wcvi, hardy and rivers inlet. However.........Just my own opinion again.
Cheers,
Wooly
PS please excuse the spelling and grammer. I didnt use spell check and I'm very un edumacated. lol