View Full Version : Got my first tuna....


jmonte45
06-23-2008, 05:31 PM
Headed out early this morning for some tuna fishing. Plenty of tuna, but the bite was slow. We landed one of two that hit the spreader bars, somehow the first one got unhooked before we got to the rod, pretty unusual. This one went 51" and 75 lbs, nice to finally land one, now gotta try to get one on spinning gear.

cb2fly
06-23-2008, 05:33 PM
Congrats ........

animal
06-23-2008, 05:52 PM
Awesome.Thanx for the pic.

numbskull
06-23-2008, 06:07 PM
Even nicer eating one. Good job.

Mr. Krinkle
06-23-2008, 06:21 PM
great stuff. Congrats.

niko
06-23-2008, 06:47 PM
nice fish

macojoe
06-23-2008, 06:49 PM
Very nice!!

I am hoping to get my first tuna ever this year??

BassDawg
06-23-2008, 07:21 PM
CONGRATS!
:claps: :claps: :claps:

Nice Tuna, jmonte.

fish4striper
06-23-2008, 07:34 PM
Congrats on your 1st!

hyefisherman2
06-23-2008, 07:51 PM
congrats, nice fish

jmonte45
06-23-2008, 08:13 PM
thanks guys, feels good to get one. Like I said, there were a ton of tuna out there, they were just being stubborn for a while. A lot on top, and the fish-finder was loaded. We stopped for a while and tried to butterfly jig for them as well, ended up with a few bass, but not what we were looking for. Looking forward to doing more tuna fishing this year than ever, just got into it last year. I need them to come in close in order for me to get them on my own boat, but I am sure there will be more chances on my buddies boat when he's not lobstering. Hats off to Matty, "Seafever Charters", you continue to find the fish. :lama:

buckman
06-23-2008, 08:39 PM
Nice, we trolled the area hard for 16 hrs Sat. and only got crashed twice with no hookups, Going to shoot for Thusday.
HOTREELS

keeperreaper
06-24-2008, 09:08 AM
Nice fish.:claps: