[MrBill]

Just got emailed this Pic. Some of my group had fish cleaned at dock while me and others piled them into a truck and went to process at fish cleaning house. Some idot saved some Cudas. I quickly put them in the trash can before getting after the tuna.

 

[North Texas Fiberglass]

LOL,

OMG, I am laughing so hard! That pic brings up great memories from a tuna trup last year!

You should have seen my F350 Dually last year! We had it loaded 1 1/2 foot above the bed rails and it actually squated the truck two inches! It has been one of the few times that that truck has had that much weight in the back of it.

 

[MrBill]

One of my friends was obsessed with tossing a top water all night. The top bite was off, but he did catch two. He also caught 4 cuda's on the tuna hunter. On the way back to port he was taking off the lure to store. It had been crushed at some point during the night. He never even noticed it until he handed it to me. I was sitting in the galley when the photo was taken. Below is the lure. I'm not knocking tuna hunter lures. This is just to show you how powerful a fish can be when he locks down.

 

[Minnow]

This is mine after just one 80# yft, $18.99 bye bye

I think alots of these so call Polybalsa, Techwood and so on are not a suitable material for big fish, JMO

 

[txseadog]

. I'm not knocking tuna hunter lures. This is just to show you how powerful a fish can be when he locks down.

I don't think that's a Tuna Hunter but a Technics Bull GT clone.

 

[Minnow]

I think they are the same manufacture I said that because my tuna hunter also has TECHNIC printed on top of the popper.

 

[xs_tackle]

One of my friends was obsessed with tossing a top water all night. The top bite was off, but he did catch two. He also caught 4 cuda's on the tuna hunter. On the way back to port he was taking off the lure to store. It had been crushed at some point during the night. He never even noticed it until he handed it to me. I was sitting in the galley when the photo was taken. Below is the lure. I'm not knocking tuna hunter lures. This is just to show you how powerful a fish can be when he locks down.
It seems the brand doesn't matter. I have at least 3 YoZuri surface bull GT's and a cheapie knockoff which were broken in about the same way/place over the last year or two.

Hard to make lures that will survive the hit, the fight, and later being smacked against the boat.

Jep

 

[semipro]

Hi Guys
I order calstar 700h spinning rod from jigstop.com,I just talk with him about harness lug he did not know www.reecolors .com,anyway he said he will talk with them and add harness lug also.My question is I will have this new spinning rod and also I have Penn int II 30# rod and 2 9500 penn one with 40# mommoi on other has 80 # sufix ...Can I put the hook on braded line directly,and which line will you recomend it to me to use for plugs?
Please help me.

 

[Minnow]

Semipro , if it's possible try not to tie directly with braided lines, instead tie short piece of mono leader to your braided line then tie to your hook or lure.

 

[txseadog]

Hi Guys
I order calstar 700h spinning rod from jigstop.com,.

Is this a custom rod or factory rod? I didn't realize that Calstar had starting making factory 700h spinners.

 

[semipro]

Txseadog
it is custom 700h,I did not know you are building beatufil Rods,i hope to get your rod after new years if you have time.

 

[Bazztex]

Mr Bill

Congrats on the fine YFT trip and Happy Belated Birthday.. wished we could have got together on Cinco in Oct. I hope we can get out there in May this go round. I think we may try the Lump in Jan just to get a Tuna fix sooner.

The Tuna Hunters are now being constructed of solid Cypress Wood , the broken ones I've seen are made from injected Foam with a Urathane hard outer coating. I have around 6 of the old style hunters but I have some of the solid wood ones I hand made that www.PersuaderLures.com painted for Cinco Tuna as back ups.

One thing a lot of folks struggle with is foul hooked Tuna. When you get one hooked in the body it's very hard to control them .. even one around 80# can be a hand full when foul hooked. It's not always the equipnment that is too light.

I had one around 120# hooked in the eye socket on a chunk bait last year that was a real SOB. I had it on an 80# Calstar GF765H custom roller rod with a Ti 30W LRSA and 80# line.

We had color in 5 minutes then it went spazzoid and took about 350yds straight out on 25# drag. Then when I got'er back in ,it went up and down the boat 5 times over a 30 min period we had color 5 times only to have it take off another 100 yds again.

My hands went to sleep making me afraid I would loose the rod and fish. I handed the rod to Gulf Eagle deckhand Tony to get it in... He started Pumping it up and it took off again for about 50yds.. even he said that is One Tuff Ole' Tuna...LoL

Bazz

 

[Snagged]

MrBill,
Just to let you know Chuck landed a Blue Marlin off that boat this weekend.

 

[atunatado]

Hey Jerry, good to see you at the dock yesterday. The trip was fun and the boat was exactly how you described it. Spot on about the crew, they work hard to get fish in the boat.

Carlos

 

[MrBill]

MrBill,
Just to let you know Chuck landed a Blue Marlin off that boat this weekend.

Good for Chuck. He deserves a blue. They trolled for about an hour with us while we were waiting for the sun to go down. I gather that is when he hooked up. He said he was going for two weekends in a row. How was the tuna bite. The deckhands on the boat are great. One of the guys that was with me, has booked the boat for a private tuan charter. I think he told me that the charter will be the pelican instead of the Gulf Eagle. Looking at the buoy reports, weather was nice out there this weekend off Port A.

How big was the blue? Did they kill it or send it back?

 

[atunatado]

The Blue was hooked around 12:30-1pm. We came inshore to Falcon to fish for AJ's, got the boat limit in about 45minutes, very good average size for all the AJ's, no measuring needed, also a couple of Warsaw's (one was dinner for the boat) and scamps. We headed back out trolling along the way. The trolling lines were put out and then Chris and Tony went down for some much needed sleep, which didnt happen because about 30 minutes after they went inside, all hell broke loose.
Chuck, my buddy Chad, this english man and I were the only ones on deck when the blue hit, it hit the short left first, then hooked on the long left I believe. I think it hit a pakula or a kona head with purple/red skirt. Lure got knocked down5 minutes after we started trolling again. Hot lure!

The blue was released alive and well last seen headed due south.
Tons of pictures were taken, Im sure they will start surfacing soon. My buddy had his digital camera, but he wont be able to get me the pictures for about another week...

Definetely a memorable trip!

 

[Snagged]

Carlos,
Those were some of the LARGEST average AJ's I've seen.
MrBill,
I haven't seen Chuck in a while and the treatment has taken a bunch out of him. He's a darn good fisherman!

 

[atunatado]

Yeah,you are right Jerry, my ajs were personal bests, had to cut the fillets into quarters. I appreciate you picking up my stuff yesterday, glad I could count on you. Carlos

 

[davec]

I had one around 120# hooked in the eye socket on a chunk bait last year that was a real SOB. I had it on an 80# Calstar GF765H custom roller rod with a Ti 30W LRSA and 80# line.

We had color in 5 minutes then it went spazzoid and took about 350yds straight out on 25# drag. Then when I got'er back in ,it went up and down the boat 5 times over a 30 min period we had color 5 times only to have it take off another 100 yds again.

My hands went to sleep making me afraid I would loose the rod and fish. I handed the rod to Gulf Eagle deckhand Tony to get it in... He started Pumping it up and it took off again for about 50yds.. even he said that is One Tuff Ole' Tuna...LoL

Bazz

I think hat was this fish, Bazz...

 

[Bazztex]

Hey Dave C

Yep that was that crazy fish you filmed alright... Thanks Bro!


Hey Ronnie

Them Big Wave pictures of Mr Bill's look like that 48hr we took with Offshore Aventures.. Tuna 2 ..the winter Shark & King Trip...LoL

Bazz