A Top Water Tactic: When tuna are beginning to aggressively feed in the waters surface an excellent method to spice up a fishing excursion is to capture the fish at the top of the water. Casting topwater lures at hungry tunas you can bring an immense thrill to fishing.
To achieve this it is necessary to use the ability to cast long distances and a quick retrieval of big lures. Additionally spinning gear that is heavy duty aids in reducing the massive tensions that are experienced by the fish given that most tuna taken at the surface may weigh more than 100 pounds. It’s difficult to ignore witnessing an enormous tuna rising from the surface of the water and rising several feet up in the air.
Co-founder of our company Jonathan recently took an tuna excursion with Capt. Lee from Galveston TX and caught some nice Yellowfin Tunas on topwater in this area.
Chunking: Whenever fishing near pumps oil rigs or drillships anglers typically utilize an “chum line” of chunk baits in order to reel in tuna. This technique is also called “handlining” anglers must take 3-4 feet of line from the reel.
This causes the bait to move along the chunk baits that are free-swimming in the water column. Although it isn’t without practice but it can be an excellent technique the time that tunas feed in the upper levels that is the top of the water column.
trolling Technique Trolling involves dragging fake or dead baits that have been rigged behind the vessel. Contrary to the chunking method the trolling method isn’t utilized in close proximity to oil rigs or pumps. It is however efficient in attracting big tuna.
Live Baiting: If you are dealing with bigger tunas baiting live is an excellent option to try because a lively bouncy bait is sure to entice the tuna. Live baits that are great examples are mullets pogies threadfin herrings hardtails and even small tuna.
Vertical Jigging: Several tuna are located hundreds of feet under the surface and are anchored to the submerged structures beneath. If you’re trying to find a way to catch the fish and quickly sink by jigging vertically it’s the best method of doing it.
Vertical jigging calls for an angler to retrieve quickly their jig and then use the rod to produce an “fluttering” motion. The movements mimic the movement of a baitfish running towards the surface. Although vertical jigging can be an effective method however it’s important to remember that jigging is the most physically demanding of the various fishing methods and calls for massive lead jigs.
Kite Fishing: This kite fishing method works exactly like it sounds with the use of the kite to launch bait from the vessel. Utilizing the kite fishing method has two benefits for those who fish. One of them is even if a boat makes lots of noise it could be attracting tuna as well the kite fishing takes the bait away from the vessel.
Another advantage that kite fishing accomplishes is to takes the fishing line from the water in order that the tuna is unable to see the line. Sometimes it happens that it is possible that the fishing line may submerge the bait in water however it’s extremely difficult to tuna to refuse the chance to eat frozen fish. This method is particularly popular across the west coast of California in locations such as San Diego.
Be aware of your depth sounder Monitoring the depth sounder will aid in attracting more tuna who are less likely to attack at greater depths. For this you need to mark the schools below your boat look for your baits and then feel the weight of the fish on the line prior to setting the hook!
Be a chum with your Chum What tuna will not deny is their Chum. Simply by working on the chum or possibly turning off your engine and then drifting away tuna will get very close to your vessel for an thrilling excitement.
Failing to Catch Your Fish: Tuna are smart. They often take a dive or swim when they approach you. But if you fish the fish slow around three knots and you use an outrigger with a high angle (allowing your bait to sink around 300 yards in front of the boat) it’s possible to fool the tuna out and they’ll break off it from your vessel.
Watch out for the light The lighting will vary based on the time when you make a booking for the tuna fishing charter the lighting and weather can be different. If it is a cloudier or darker morning tuna are more likely to feed more close towards the surface. Also you can adjust to the conditions of the day by changing the hue of the lure to match the light and water conditions.
When you’ve got a tuna How can you maintain it? Tunas are tough- this is why they’re such a great catch. They’re also tough fighters bluefin and yellowfin in particular. After hooking an tuna is essential to ensure that tension is maintained. There’s a possibility of releasing tension if the tuna broke off.
But tuna are smart fish and will often run hard which challenge the best drag systems and cause lines to slide slow however the tuna does not mean to be escaped. Once the tuna is hooked it’ll make large circles under the vessel. To prevent the tuna in place gently lift the tuna then lower.
Tuna Fun Fact: The World Record Tuna
Over the course of forty years of fishing as well as tuna charters the bluefin tuna retained the coveted champion title for the biggest tuna catch. The fish weighed 1 496 pounds. Fraser’s fish is the biggest tuna ever recorded according to the International Game Fish Association and is regarded as being one of most memorable fishing records.
After 10 long hours on the yacht “Lady and Misty” Frasier was able to catch this tuna after it had eaten an trolled mackerel. Frasier was able to break the fishing record on the 29th of October together alongside captain Eric Samson and reeled in the huge tuna fish in the waters of Nova Scotia. In addition to the bluefin’s massive weight the fish only was Frasier about 45 minutes catch the massive fish near enough for the gaff. Are you looking to break the record? Get yourself a thrilling and enjoyable tuna fishing Charter with Captain Experiences to try it by our expert guides.
