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[ksong]

Welcome aboard, Tower Tod.
As much as I love tuna jigging, I love king salmon jigging.
I went Langara Island off Queen Charlotte Island, BC 6-7 times and Kodiak Island, AK three times mainly for king salmon fishing, in addition to several other destinations in British Columbia and Alaska. I like mooching or trolling with cut-pug herring, but my favorite is jigging for king salmon.

As far as I know, you guys troll for albocore. But jigging can be very productive as longfins are very responsive to jigs. On the East Coast we catch bigger size albocore than on the West Coast.

I am not surprised you catch bluefin tuna there as bluefin can stay in cooler water. Cold water off Prince Edward Island in northern part of Canada is famous place to catch giant bluefin tuna in summer.

65 lbs albacore which is a trophy fish even here caught on yesterday's trip.

[Gunsmoke]

Ksong,
I notice that you travel a lot to fishing spots. I use a SKB triangle rod case when I travel. It doesn't roll and is very strong. What rod case do you use when you travel? Do you use a pelican case for your reels?

[Tower Todd]

Yes, the Albacore we get here are young fish. I just checked the state record and it is 52 pounds, caught Oct 1, 1997. This would go along with the bigger fish late in the season idea. The Albacore on the W. Coast are young fish, with the larger mature fish remaining in sub tropical areas near Midway Island - Samoa for breeding. Most of the Chicken of Sea that you buy in the cans are these larger tunas from these areas. Our tuna here are usually 1-3 year olds and average around 20 pounds. The biggest we've caught this season was 30 on the button. I've seen a few others caught around 35-36.
What size reels are you fellas going after bigger tunas with? I was thinking of getting some 50's or 70's.
Nice Alby in the Pic KSong.

Tower Todd

[ksong]

Originally Posted by Gunsmoke

Ksong,
I notice that you travel a lot to fishing spots. I use a SKB triangle rod case when I travel. It doesn't roll and is very strong. What rod case do you use when you travel? Do you use a pelican case for your reels?

I am notorious for not taking care of my rods and reels. I use cheap plain Plano rod case and don't use any case for my reels.

Tower Tod,

It depends on how big your targeted tuna are.
But General trend is to use smaller reels for tuna.
If your targeted tuna are smaller than 200 lbs, 30 reels are good enough as we use braided line as main line nowadays. I had a 250 lbs bluefin tuna on Avet 4/02 reel without any problem. I even use 3/0 size reel for any tuna under 100 lbs.