View Full Version : first tuna of the year


quick decision
07-29-2004, 08:23 AM
Hit a nice school of bluefinn Sunday afternnon. Lots of fun. :D

Van
07-29-2004, 09:44 AM
Did you manage to boat any?

Pics !!!!!!

thefishingfreak
07-29-2004, 11:13 AM
schweet:happy:

we're heading out this weeked to wildkat knoll.
hopefully chase tuna arround on the way out, and on the way back.
mike

sportsman
07-29-2004, 02:34 PM
Where???:eyes:

Vectorfisher
07-29-2004, 03:54 PM
I had heard from commercial guys on the radio that Sunday they had spotted small tune in CCB not too far from GOTCHA I wont tell where they were seen.:D

quick decision
07-29-2004, 05:07 PM
I was somewhere between cape ann and p-town. From reading the posts I was not the only one to get some sushi that day.

Fish On
07-29-2004, 05:12 PM
QD how big? Did you get them trolling or chunk them up?

Nice!

saltyric
07-30-2004, 06:14 AM
I hit one Monday night. A great battle, just under an hour on spinning gear.

Fish On
07-30-2004, 08:03 AM
Nice fish! About 60 lbs? Did you cast to it? I'll bet those drag washers need to be changed....

saltyric
07-30-2004, 08:48 AM
Yeah, I was casting to them. I lost the first one after about 5 minutes (spit the hook). I am not sure of the weight. My scale only goes to 60, and it was much heavier than that. I am guessing 80lb or so, maybe more. I took the reel apart, and surprizingly the drag washers weren't too bad.

Christian
07-30-2004, 09:17 AM
nice fish!:D

KJLane
07-30-2004, 11:20 AM
Awesome fish. How far out were you? I'd like to try my luck with old Penn 750 but my boats kind of small...

Mr. Sandman
07-30-2004, 01:23 PM
nice...thats what I want

quick decision
07-30-2004, 01:44 PM
Nice fish. My camera is &^%$%^ up but mine was the same size.

Fly Rod
07-31-2004, 07:01 AM
:) " NICE TUNA!!! " :happy: :happy:

Should be alot more around this month & September!!!!;) :cool:

kippy
08-03-2004, 07:51 PM
Great fish Ric, must have been a hell of a fight on spinning gear.

Van
08-04-2004, 03:37 PM
Now i know what it feels like, check out my post in stripertalk called "SPOOLED"

http://69.93.108.13/StriperTalk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16917

what a thrill, even better than S_X......
Can't get back out there now cause I'm fishing Lk. Ontario then off to the tropics for a week with the family.
Won't see the boat again till the weekend of the 21st..
Hope there are more around....

quick decision
08-04-2004, 07:14 PM
Hey Van, was that this year?

BEETLE
08-04-2004, 07:16 PM
Looks like it was this AM...