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Old 03-20-2013, 08:28 AM   #1
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fighting tuna

I am a noob to fishig for tuna. Really, I have no skills. Booking my
first bluefin trip this year. I have only caught 10 tuna in my life
during one trip and they were all 30# class albacore that I caught
on a 1.5 day boat I took off San diego. That size was just the right
size for an introduction, but I am quickly moving on to the potential
of some bigger models.

There are things I am trying to understand about them, and
approaches to fighting them. The below are a couple of videos that
seem like unusually short fights, both seemed horsed. Does it
come down to imposing a lot of force up front and turning their
heads early in the fight? I have heard that fighting a 100# bluefin
on light tackle can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour on
average. The first vid is just baffling even though its not in the
category of light tackle. I would imaging a green tuna
of that size would capsize such a small boat....they get it done in 30
seconds. In the second vid...the guy gets it done under six
minutes....obviously super skilled...but I do not have the eye to
understand why his technique worked. Does the high vantage point help?

Sorry if these are stupid questions....just trying to learn.

275 lbs ...they hook up at 2:06....its in the boat in 30 seconds.
Big Yellowfin Tuna on bamboo - Ascension Island 2010 on Vimeo

130 lbs....."light tackle" under 6 minutes.
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