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Title: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 09, 2022, 06:38 AM
Well I've been talking about it and decided to pull the trigger and boy am I grateful that I did. All on spinning gear with a few released as well.

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Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 09, 2022, 06:54 AM
Wow that’s awesome bud.  Good for you..👍👍
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: taxid on Jul 09, 2022, 07:54 AM
Thanks for sharing! I'll bet they really bend the rod and make the drag sing!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: fishinjohn on Jul 09, 2022, 11:34 AM
YOOOOWWWWWWSERS!!!
Nice job mike!!!!!!!
NOOOWWWW...
To get you  on some eyes!!! Lol
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: filetandrelease on Jul 09, 2022, 02:07 PM

  Thats great fishing 👍
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: 200fisher on Jul 09, 2022, 04:50 PM
Awesome!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 09, 2022, 06:13 PM
Real sick Mike.  I made progress on that front too.  Boats in the yard.  Gets wet tomorrow.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: zwiggles on Jul 10, 2022, 07:54 AM
Awesome! Not sure what looks better, the fishing or the food :)
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: Jethro on Jul 11, 2022, 10:51 AM
Sushi! Yummmm
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: Steve H. on Jul 11, 2022, 01:06 PM
What a day!  Great to see your success.  Congrats.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: stripernut on Jul 11, 2022, 10:09 PM
Nice! Hope to be out Wednesday and Thursday ourselves!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 12, 2022, 06:02 AM
Nice! Hope to be out Wednesday and Thursday ourselves!

Good luck!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: westernmas on Jul 12, 2022, 08:06 AM
Great work Mike.  Did I see you landing them on Van Staals or is that some type of tuna gear I'm unfamiliar with?
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 12, 2022, 01:05 PM
Great work Mike.  Did I see you landing them on Van Staals or is that some type of tuna gear I'm unfamiliar with?

I had 1 on a Daiwa bgmq 20000. And the others on Penn torque
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 12, 2022, 03:16 PM
Nice! Hope to be out Wednesday and Thursday ourselves!

I'm slipped up.  I'll be in dmv Thursday and decided I'll actually register the trailer so next week I can tow to the cape if needed.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 13, 2022, 09:43 AM
I'm slipped up.  I'll be in dmv Thursday and decided I'll actually register the trailer so next week I can tow to the cape if needed.

You are too late unless you want giants. Smalls are already moving out and being replaced with much larger fish. I mean, still fun AF and I'd be down to join you lol. If not we can do some sharing towards our way.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 13, 2022, 12:02 PM
You are too late unless you want giants. Smalls are already moving out and being replaced with much larger fish. I mean, still fun AF and I'd be down to join you lol. If not we can do some sharing towards our way.

Have 50w and 80w reels ready to go....going for giants....
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 13, 2022, 12:54 PM
Have 50w and 80w reels ready to go....going for giants....

Lets go. I have a rod gaff and blood in my veins.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 13, 2022, 01:00 PM
Lets go. I have a rod gaff and blood in my veins.

I really want a thresher!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 13, 2022, 02:57 PM
I really want a thresher!

Block island shark tourney is this weekend i believe. Just saying.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 13, 2022, 02:57 PM
Also I know where to get them.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 15, 2022, 09:02 AM
Also I know where to get them.

All coming together.  Need to refresh batteries and we are good to go.  Trying to determine where we'd put a 75 gallon bladder for extra fuel.  Need to get a epirb. 
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: KingPerch on Jul 15, 2022, 06:37 PM
You guys are killing me, in a good way, with all of this salt water talk!!!! 🎣🎣🎣🎣
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: KingPerch on Jul 15, 2022, 06:39 PM
Jon, Charter boat captain Friend of ours said there were threshers in the bay recently. 😎
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 15, 2022, 08:11 PM
You guys are killing me, in a good way, with all of this salt water talk!!!! 🎣🎣🎣🎣

I'm all ready Larry.  Off all week if you and Josh want to try to get funky.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: KingPerch on Jul 16, 2022, 07:18 AM
We appreciate the offer Jon!! However, we have a heavy workload at the moment. We’ll make it happen one day!😎🎣
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 17, 2022, 02:55 AM
Jon, Charter boat captain Friend of ours said there were threshers in the bay recently. 😎

Seen one 2 weeks ago half a mile from shore in RI.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: KingPerch on Jul 17, 2022, 06:56 AM
Seen one 2 weeks ago half a mile from shore in RI.
👍🏻
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 17, 2022, 10:24 AM
We appreciate the offer Jon!! However, we have a heavy workload at the moment. We’ll make it happen one day!😎🎣

Provided I don't screw up on rocks again I'll be in the water until December at the earliest.  November is a good tuna bite!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: KingPerch on Jul 17, 2022, 11:45 AM
Provided I don't screw up on rocks again I'll be in the water until December at the earliest.  November is a good tuna bite!
sounds good!!!😎
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: rmoody79 on Jul 18, 2022, 07:03 PM

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Whacked 5 this week
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 18, 2022, 09:06 PM
Real nice.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 19, 2022, 06:36 AM
Sunday evening we were getting ready to head out for tuna.  Buddy running late I rip to the gas dock before it closes.  Thanks Biden, that's all I will say...we'll my gas cap locks via the two prong tool that's on my key ring.  I said to myself be careful not to drop the keys...well I dropped them.  Learned the previous owners float was not enough to float them.  Gas dock owner let me tie up in a transient slip and I got the pleasure of driving 3 hours round trip to get my spares.  Got back around midnight, got my boat back in the slip climbed in the cuddy and slept.  Departed 5am for Montauk as my first stop.  So foggy it was real fun getting past the ferries and charter boats even with radar.  Gave up around fishers and settled for a few seabass and fluke.  Glad I did as I was able to get back to the slip before the thunderstorms rolled in.  Good news is the boat is running great.  Bad news is it looks too windy to get out there the next few days....
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: rmoody79 on Jul 19, 2022, 07:02 AM
Remind me what you got for a boat now?  This summer has been the best recreational tuna fishing I have seen since 2009, fish have been here since July 1, seem to be hanging around and are being caught from northern Jeffrey’s all the way to the sword and into crab ledge.  Fish have spread out a bit, but now some bigger rec classes have mixed in over the last week.  Catching more 65-70in fish than last couple weeks which were mostly all 45-51in.  Troll bite has been hot between 5-9am after that it really dies off
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 19, 2022, 03:29 PM
2007 proline 23xp.  250 Suzuki, 125 gallon tank, Garmin HD radar.  Still need to grab an eprib and raft.  Have done CIA and tuna ridge.  Was headed to cambria on that last trip.  Never made it.

Sword is so hot all the wicked tuna boys were there saturday.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: rmoody79 on Jul 19, 2022, 04:01 PM
I would not waste your time on the places you mentioned, better fishing in closer off cape.  sword has fish all big ones but a lot of them , crab has fish comm and rec, out of pamet you could hit bank and backside which is fishing better than Chatham.

If south of MV is easier for you, the west half of the dump was holding 50lb yellows
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 19, 2022, 04:05 PM
My trailer is legit and we were thinking of towing to the cape but I'm a smaller boat and it's looking windy.  5'ers are fine, 5 second period blows.  Washing machine. (I'm slipped in Old Saybrook)
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: rmoody79 on Jul 19, 2022, 04:17 PM
Yeah not this weekend just in general, wind pattern sucks right now
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 21, 2022, 08:01 AM
Ya I spent the day in the washing machine yesterday.  Old saybrook to tower to CIA which was too wild.  Then to sw ledge (no one there yesterday afternoon) then to watch hill, tip of fishers and back to the marina.  4.3's most of the day with a 6 second period.  My back hurts.

Did get a pb fluke though:


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Tomorrow's forecast looks similar so I'm going to head out for more fluke.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: Bartman44 on Jul 21, 2022, 08:16 AM
Nice fluke. Congrats on the PB.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: Jethro on Jul 21, 2022, 03:20 PM
Ya I spent the day in the washing machine yesterday.  Old saybrook to tower to CIA which was too wild.  Then to sw ledge (no one there yesterday afternoon) then to watch hill, tip of fishers and back to the marina.  4.3's most of the day with a 6 second period.  My back hurts.

Did get a pb fluke though:


(https://i.postimg.cc/K4Y73QSs/20220720-115222.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/K4Y73QSs)

(https://i.postimg.cc/TKnnv4gh/20220720-115321.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TKnnv4gh)

Tomorrow's forecast looks similar so I'm going to head out for more fluke.

Beats watching the grass grow! Nice fluke. I'm planning on spending Saturday catching some salty fish.

Sunday looks like it might blow again.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: KingPerch on Jul 21, 2022, 05:49 PM
Nicely done guys!! 🎣
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: fishinjohn on Jul 21, 2022, 09:57 PM
Nice job fellas!!!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 23, 2022, 10:17 PM
Got to meet and fish with Z.  Had a blast and got a couple fluke over 22".  I know why SHaRPS likes these things now...


(https://i.postimg.cc/YL3GGd7W/IMG-1204.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/YL3GGd7W)
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 27, 2022, 06:32 AM
Got to meet and fish with Z.  Had a blast and got a couple fluke over 22".  I know why SHaRPS likes these things now...


(https://i.postimg.cc/YL3GGd7W/IMG-1204.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/YL3GGd7W)

Nice work fellas! Yeah its addictive. And there is always by catch.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 27, 2022, 06:52 AM
I'm still learning Mike but the curve is small because of the www.  I found a great late season spot to drift and a real solid tog spot just watching youtube.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 30, 2022, 02:25 AM
I'm still learning Mike but the curve is small because of the www.  I found a great late season spot to drift and a real solid tog spot just watching youtube.

The www is a great place to gather intel but floating in a group of 30 boats is just not my style especially when there is no drift. Tog are sitting ducks with structure. Im heading out now.....
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: lowaccord66 on Jul 30, 2022, 10:53 AM
The www is a great place to gather intel but floating in a group of 30 boats is just not my style especially when there is no drift. Tog are sitting ducks with structure. Im heading out now.....

Mike you should know me better...I cant stand that either.  Im headed out tomorrow evening.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 31, 2022, 07:11 AM
Mike you should know me better...I cant stand that either.  Im headed out tomorrow evening.

And this is how yesterday went.... tried trolling for bluefin from 6-9am. Nothing. Moved on to my numbers away from everyone and the results... 10lb, two 8s, two 6s and the rest under. Solid seabass as well with a few macks for the smoker.

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Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: stripernut on Jul 31, 2022, 07:18 AM
Congrats! Better luck with the tuna next time!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 31, 2022, 07:21 AM
That is an amazing day..👍👍
I’m drooling just thinking about the different meals sitting there…😎
Sure miss the salt water..   :(
Congratulations…
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: stripernut on Jul 31, 2022, 10:14 AM
My son and wife are always trying to get me to move to CO, but I could never be that far from the ocean! Central MA where I live is too far!
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 31, 2022, 12:35 PM
My son and wife are always trying to get me to move to CO, but I could never be that far from the ocean! Central MA where I live is too far!

The ocean is not part of my life. I'm part of the ocean.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: stripernut on Jul 31, 2022, 01:12 PM
Well, put.
Title: Re: Bluefin Tuna beat down
Post by: SalmonAndStriper Stalker on Jul 31, 2022, 01:48 PM
Started my funnyfish search this morning. All I found were small bass and blues. Was still a pleasant boat ride around the Elizabeth Islands. Any day now.