And, use sea conditions to your advantage. As a wave lifts the boat, it also lifts the fish, and as the wave passes, the boat falls into the trough and more line can be gained. The short-stroke technique works equally well with the angler fighting the fish standing up and wearing a gimbal belt or seated in the fight chair.
Big fish may require the addition of a kidney or bucket harness, but the technique of leaning back and using leg muscles instead of arm muscles is still the same. The angler uses his leg muscles to slide back on the chair to gain line, then cranks in the line by sliding forward on the seat. On the back slide, the rod is lifted; on the forward slide, the reel is cranked to gain line as the rod tip is lowered. The fish you hooked is focused entirely on escaping, and it will do everything possible to accomplish this.
As it runs, it changes direction. When it dives, the boat must be maneuvered to keep the angler working the fish properly. However, the maneuvering of the boat may cause other problems. Some tuna strike the lure, run straight away from the boat, then angle toward the right or left and eventually try to move ahead of the boat.
The fish can move much faster than most boats can go in reverse, so the best tactic here is to swing the bow toward the fish, get the angler facing forward, and race after the fish. Once the tuna is close to the boat, the more traditional tactic of placing the angler and boat so they are stern to the fish can be used. Whether to run forward or back down is dependent upon how much line has been dumped from the reel on the initial run.
If the fish is relatively close to the boat, backing down works beautifully, but if a lot of line has been lost from the spool, it can pay to follow the fish with the bow forward before water drag causes the line to break.
Many fish conserve their energy by swimming away from the boat with the help of the prevailing current. The typical maneuver is to back down to follow it, but when the fish slows or stops its run, the current and wind will push the boat toward the fish, possibly overrunning it.
The solution here is to have the angler face the side of the cockpit so the boat can be maneuvered alongside the fish. When the fish is close to the boat, on a short line, the captain must be especially careful to be ready to pull away from the fish if it moves to dart under the boat. A variation of this technique uses the boat to corkscrew a fish toward the surface. The angler remains facing the side of the cockpit and the captain continually moves the boat in a controlled circle around the fish to gain the best line angle to constantly apply lifting and to bring the fish toward the surface.
A big fish may remain several fathoms below the boat and pull with tremendous power against the angler. When you do slow to clear the lines, you can also drop a jig to pick up deeper fish that might be following the feeding frenzy to pick up scraps. Live Chumming - Using a dip net, or hand-made device fashioned for this purpose, pick up a half dozen or so small live baits and begin tossing them behind the boat to draw fish to the surface. This tactic can be particularly effective when trolling around rigs, or when marking deeper fish but not hooking up.
Rig for Big Fish - Pick a likely location to start your drift, where you are marking or have regularly marked fish, like down-current of a rig. Size Matters - Make your hooked chunks bigger than your chum. This will make them more attractive to tuna while also reducing hook-ups with smaller, non-target species. On the Nose - When drifting live bait, hook them through the nose. Follow the Line - Temperature, salinity and tide, among other things, create distinct breaks or vertical lines in the water column that are sometimes visible as distinct color changes or weedlines.
Fish often stack up along, or follow these breaks and you should too, trolling just off one side or the other. Low Down - Cast underhand when throwing heavy top-water lures. Then tie that to your pound braid with an FG knot. Brush both sides of each steak lightly with teriyaki sauce then sprinkle them with Cajun seasoning; adjusting amount according to personal preference.
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Back Brands Mossy Oak. Mossy Oak Fishing. Nativ Nurseries. Mossy Oak Properties. However, tuna are partial to whatever they are feeding on and checking the stomach contents of the first yellowfin caught gives an indication of the best size bait to offer. The Boss Hogg , out of Ocean City, MD, is one of the top tuna boats, consistently throwing large catches on the dock day after day when others struggled to put a yellowfin or two in the kill box; this is not a matter of luck.
What does the Boss Hogg and many other charter boats drag in the spread? Josh Ruskey says to keep it simple and not to overthink things. He uses a rod spread, consisting of eight skirted ballyhoo and two spreader bars pulled off the short riggers.
Also two squid daisy chains are used as teasers. I can recall the first yellowfin caught on my boat over 40 years ago. A line went off and everyone went into action. One buddy grabbed the rod with the drag screaming and everyone else began winding in the remaining lines fast as possible. This type of procedure means only one fish will be caught. A hot bite may last for an hour and lucky anglers might put a couple yellowfin in the box catching one at a time. Meanwhile, charter boats at the same bite may end up with eight or more yellowfin.
Those boats are burning a hole in the ocean. When that first rod goes down the other lines do not get reeled in; rather, the boat begins to make a gentle turn in the direction the tuna is running. The crew now has an extremely important task: everyone grabs a line and begins to jerk and jig, putting additional action into the baits.
Yellowfin are a school fish and the extra action often initiates additional bites. Move around the boat if necessary to ensure your line goes straight out toward the fish. A fighting tuna may force you to walk around the boat several times as it tries to escape. Helpful 6 Not Helpful 4. Helpful 5 Not Helpful 3. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. While fighting a tuna can be exciting, it serves another purpose as well. You want this large, powerful fish to be tired when it gets to the boat so you can handle it without getting injured or having it pull you overboard into the water.
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