Hi guys,
I fish for the Albacore every year, they normally begin to arrive the start of August, fish out of barkley concentrating on barkley canyon utilizing surface temp charts, tide flow direction and following the canyon walls which rise from a depth of 1000 meters to 160 meters.If you work the walls properly you will locate a upflow of bait fish caused by tide flow and Look for temp breaks 58 to 60 and deep blue water color and birds than you will find them. Travel from beal is min. 35 miles before set up of troll --- a normal day would be approx 85 miles there and back to beal plus miles spent trolling ( 5 hrs) at 7 to 8 knots. Average tuna 20 to 25 lb range --- have not caught larger. If additional info required drop me a line and i will go to greater depth.
GP
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