Finished Business
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What an awesome write up seadna! Must have been quite the sight at the dock. Keep up the good work guys, sounds like a few are really are gettin the job done!
2012 TUNA trips
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blackfinmac
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Great reports guys... such a treat read a few reports after the daily activities/duty's are complete.
looking forward to this Saturday, hoping the stars will align, if they don't going anyways!
looking forward to this Saturday, hoping the stars will align, if they don't going anyways!
Birdsnest
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Thanks for the cedar plugs. I did try a red and white one for half a day sunday but no takes.
My three days went like this. Saturday morning, at the dock at 4 am start running out to the grounds. Get past the light and in the wet fog and 17kn SE wind decided to bail on that. Went back to the dock and slept in the boat for a couple of hours and did some bucktailing for cohos which was slow. NOTE TO SELF: Listen to the lighthouse weather before going. Lost myself a few hours of sleep on that one. Live and learn.
Sunday: Get out, lines in @7 am. No green water but temp is good and in the first half hour saw 4 schools of tuna jumping. Drove through them but only one nick in a Xrap blue mac. Fish jumping everywhere but no biting. My buddy in the other boat finds bitting fish and we narrow it down to the blue brush zuker. Get 9 fish one at time for 6 hours fishing. The water was green and not very clear. Pretty much fished the same squar kilometer for 4 hours and got all our fish. Lost an hour to a real bad weed infestation just after we both landed a couple of fish. Very frusterating. Could not keep the lines free of grass. Find clean water and start catching again.
Monday: Lines in at 730. First fish on after an hour. Lots of fish jumping. Fish chasing bait. Bait jumping along side our gear as if they though our lure where their school. Saw lots of stuff I had not seen before. No bites from jumping fish. An hour goes by, the fish stop jumping and start biting. Every time I see the tuna jumping they do not seem to bite. Hmmmm???
Fished the same area again and stuck to one squar km for most of the day. Again, no blue water but the water was much clearer today so I think that is very important. Some good bird watching today as well. If the fish are not bitting there is alwasy something else to watch that fascinates. Found a place in my system for a couple of exraps. We have been fishing them tight to the boat just under the propwash with the rods in holder pointed back and down to the water. this way those rods are righ out of the way. Fun stuff.
Also today were getting them on the green head blue skirt zuker but mostly the blue brush. Some of the fish we hooked up today were very very hot and ran very hard and long. all the fish were from 18 to 30 lbs. Sory no tuna **** to accompany report.
My three days went like this. Saturday morning, at the dock at 4 am start running out to the grounds. Get past the light and in the wet fog and 17kn SE wind decided to bail on that. Went back to the dock and slept in the boat for a couple of hours and did some bucktailing for cohos which was slow. NOTE TO SELF: Listen to the lighthouse weather before going. Lost myself a few hours of sleep on that one. Live and learn.
Sunday: Get out, lines in @7 am. No green water but temp is good and in the first half hour saw 4 schools of tuna jumping. Drove through them but only one nick in a Xrap blue mac. Fish jumping everywhere but no biting. My buddy in the other boat finds bitting fish and we narrow it down to the blue brush zuker. Get 9 fish one at time for 6 hours fishing. The water was green and not very clear. Pretty much fished the same squar kilometer for 4 hours and got all our fish. Lost an hour to a real bad weed infestation just after we both landed a couple of fish. Very frusterating. Could not keep the lines free of grass. Find clean water and start catching again.
Monday: Lines in at 730. First fish on after an hour. Lots of fish jumping. Fish chasing bait. Bait jumping along side our gear as if they though our lure where their school. Saw lots of stuff I had not seen before. No bites from jumping fish. An hour goes by, the fish stop jumping and start biting. Every time I see the tuna jumping they do not seem to bite. Hmmmm???
Fished the same area again and stuck to one squar km for most of the day. Again, no blue water but the water was much clearer today so I think that is very important. Some good bird watching today as well. If the fish are not bitting there is alwasy something else to watch that fascinates. Found a place in my system for a couple of exraps. We have been fishing them tight to the boat just under the propwash with the rods in holder pointed back and down to the water. this way those rods are righ out of the way. Fun stuff.
Also today were getting them on the green head blue skirt zuker but mostly the blue brush. Some of the fish we hooked up today were very very hot and ran very hard and long. all the fish were from 18 to 30 lbs. Sory no tuna **** to accompany report.
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lorneparker1
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holy fack i love you guys!
Lipripper
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harper44
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Did you try casting jigs or swimbaits at the jumper schools? seems to be that schools of jumpers won't take on the troll but will be hot on some tossed gear.
Cheers,
every time I have seen jumpers in calm water we manage to get them on the swim baits. Cast them into the school of tuna and just let them sink for like 10 seconds and start a slow retrieve. The take is amazing! Also you could try knife jigs or trolling 2-4oz swim baits at salmon speed like 2mph.
blackfinmac
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Birdsnest,
Great report.
were you guys fishing the Barkley canyon or Juan de fuca?
we are headed out on the blackfin Sat morning for the Tuna grounds, is anyone else planning on heading out?
Boat name "Ten forward" and will be monitoring ch 68
Great report.
were you guys fishing the Barkley canyon or Juan de fuca?
we are headed out on the blackfin Sat morning for the Tuna grounds, is anyone else planning on heading out?
Boat name "Ten forward" and will be monitoring ch 68
I'm planning on heading out either Sat. AM or Sunday AM weather and swell dependent. Will have a little guy (9yo) on board and won't get to Neah until about 10AM on Sat. So, if the swells look better on Sunday, we'll fish salmon on Sat. and get an early start on Sunday AM. Otherwise, we'll do an all day Sat trip and return late in the evening on Sat with a long nap on Sunday.
Birdsnest
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Clayoquot canyon. The ammo dump.
blackfinmac
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Great, From tofino what is your heading? and is the ammo dump marked on the GPS or is that what you guys call the place?
harper44
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Try buzzbombs or mooching jigs if you need the distance. Wholesale sports and others sell powerbait swimbaits also.
Dogbreath
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Large model Deadly Dick-casts a mile and is deadly on all Tuna but be sure to upgrade rings & hooks.
Cast out/let sink for a count of five and reel in @ a medium pace (no jigging).
If that doesn't work let it sink for a count of ten and burn it back.
Finished Business
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maybe the large Mack Deep would do er too...
Casting
Our neighbors to the south are using any achovy/herring/minnow like casting lure like we would use for salmon . Freespooling on the "slide". Also just casting at jumping fish and also casting/freespooling down 100 to 200ft, with a very FAST jerky retrieve back to the boat. Size and color to match the hatch.
Stingzilda, perkins, b-bomb to match the hatch should work. Popular down south are P Lines and shimano butterfly jigs.
Rigged with heavy single hooks and no snap swivel. Lighter line than trolling, 20/30lb test.
Our neighbors to the south are using any achovy/herring/minnow like casting lure like we would use for salmon . Freespooling on the "slide". Also just casting at jumping fish and also casting/freespooling down 100 to 200ft, with a very FAST jerky retrieve back to the boat. Size and color to match the hatch.
Stingzilda, perkins, b-bomb to match the hatch should work. Popular down south are P Lines and shimano butterfly jigs.
Rigged with heavy single hooks and no snap swivel. Lighter line than trolling, 20/30lb test.
http://vimeo.com/48049602
Here's a great video clip that shows the casting to schools, chumming a few baitfish. Watch the water around the boat as a number of albacore boil within 10ft of the hull.
Here's a great video clip that shows the casting to schools, chumming a few baitfish. Watch the water around the boat as a number of albacore boil within 10ft of the hull.
Finished Business
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has anyone tried casting poppers? Top water lure with a concave face that 'pops' along the surface of the water..... http://www.fishingtackleshop.com.au/products/Halco-Roosta-Popper-Fishing-Lure-105-model.html
I've seen videos of poeple using them and it looks like it could be a pretty exciting way to hook up.
I've seen videos of poeple using them and it looks like it could be a pretty exciting way to hook up.
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