TUNA TIME "warning very bloody"

[tunaorlater]

After speaking with some commercial fishermen and learning where the spanish and french "hook and line" tuna fleet were operating .
It was with great excitement and trepidation that i left portmagee on friday morning.Despite the windy weather on wednsday /thurs the swell
had moderated enough to allow me to run the 68 mikes in about 3 hours.
On arrival in the area the conditions were amazing with just a slight swell from the NW.
I quickly went about setting up my spread of lures and set up four rods, the two outside were long and the two centre rods closer in.
and a surface popper in the propwash to add some noise and commotion.
after half an hour of watching the rods it was time for a sambo,and as is always the case guess what happens when you put food in your hand ?
bang the sh*t hits the fan with all four rods going ZZZZZZZZ and off we go.the first fish to hit the deck was this good solid 25lber.

albie 25lb BAI.JPG

Then rob landed what appeared to be its twin brother

rob first BAI.JPG

things get very messy with four slobs hammering away on the deck

torture chamber Bai.JPG

messy or what time for the deckwash

bloody decks bai.JPG

then after a bit of cleaning and lots of hi fives we went back to trolling .
the next fish were single strikes one plump 18lber and a little baby .so with the sun starting to set and mission accomplished we decided to
head for home, in the beautiful calm conditions i managed to maintain an average 25knots

homeward.sai.JPG

what more can I say , a day I will never ever forget
tight lines
mick

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Last edited by tunaorlater on Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:03 am, edited 2 times in total.

oh man this is the stuff i dream of. what a day excellent results. fair play to you for venturing out so far.i take it fresh tuna is on the menu in your house what time do i call over

great result guys . but your boat looks like a scene from "saw" just as well you washed her down before coming back in. try explaining that one to the gards honestly officer,, we were just fishing

Bloody fantastic what a result, well done men

nice tuna

Nicely done men how many knots where you doing when trolling?

fantastic result lads big well done

Bloody Heaven

Wow Did you see any other boats out there or were you all alone? Some info on your boat?

to answer a few questions:

We ventured out solo and didnt see any other boats at the shelf .The boat is an osprey 26. Trolling speed
was 6.5 to perhaps 7.5 knots when we were pushed by the swell, and they taste amazing


mick

Respect...........

great results and lovely fish. i need to get a bigger boat ! !

well done lads its great to see fish like that

Great report well done and some fine fish caught

Wow looks like an amazing day. are there any chances of hooking bluefin where you were fishing? What gear and lures were you using?

Would love to have been on the pier when ye came in. Bet there was some commotion. I tried to bluff a couple of local lads that I caught a tuna in the harbour. Next time u catch one can I borrow?! Well done!

heres a picture of the successful lures
they are zukers ZF tuna feathers.

zukers ZF tuna feathers.JPG

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Fantastic trip 68 miles out thats a fair distance to head with the hope of hooking into tuna well worth the effort in the end.....respect......

Brilliant report there lads the stuff of dreams..

nice going mate, where abouts is portmagee i do see a few reports from there.if u put in the effort u get the rewards,fair play to ya