Kav: howabout a combo of good gear/great boat handler?
Your luck definitely goes way up then...
(fwiw: Tuna WILL burn out drag plates FAST... make sure you clean and lube all your gear before you hit em up or you might see just how fast they can destroy perfectly good gear)
*heads back to re-rigging baby bird/chugger setups*
btw... those work on blues too
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