After getting two jigging trips canceled in Cape May, i went tuna popping in Cape Cod. Along with my brother and good friend we fished with Capt. Chip Baker on the Ocean Experince. The day started with light winds and flat sea's, upon arriving at are spot we started to see small pods of huge tunas crashing on the surface, soon after i see a few fish crashing and i casted at them 4 pulls ZZZZZZZZZZZZ fish on. After a very hard fight i landed a 68'' beast my personal best. Unfornately while fighting my tuna there was huge pods of 200-300lbs. crashing all around us and my brother and friend could not cast to them. The rest of the day saw us chasing fish and seeing huge pods of tunas sunning themselves on the surface and would not hit anything we casted at them. I want to thank Capt Chip for a great day and working so hard to put us on fish. Hooked Up Saltiga Dorado Slider 68'' Beast
Congrats John, no one deserves it like you I'm very happy for you as your aren't just a great angler but a great friend. Congrats my friend!!!!!
Congrats on the personal best! Canceled trips are no fun, but it looks like you knocked it out of the park!
Nice tuna. It's always great to be on the water beat a personal best. We all dream about it. Time on the water makes dreams come true. What do you estimate the weight of that 68" bluefin? One more thing. In your picture I thought I saw a snap swivel attached to your lure. After blowing it up I see where you went lure/split ring/swivel. Do you use this setup on most of your swimbaits? Congrats on a fine catch.
Nice tuna. It's always great to be on the water beat a personal best. We all dream about it. Time on the water makes dreams come true. What do you estimate the weight of that 68" bluefin? One more thing. In your picture I thought I saw a snap swivel attached to your lure. After blowing it up I see where you went lure/split ring/swivel. Do you use this setup on most of your swimbaits? Congrats on a fine catch. If I were to guess, that's a 230# Spro barrell swivel and a #8 Owner split ring.
1. deadsea - like the avatar 2. i use the same split to swivel setup. i like it more than split to solid.
Congrats John, no one deserves it like you I'm very happy for you as your aren't just a great angler but a great friend. Congrats my friend!!!!! Glenn, Thank you so much my man, i had a long hard winter that means alot to me.
Nice tuna. It's always great to be on the water beat a personal best. We all dream about it. Time on the water makes dreams come true. What do you estimate the weight of that 68" bluefin? One more thing. In your picture I thought I saw a snap swivel attached to your lure. After blowing it up I see where you went lure/split ring/swivel. Do you use this setup on most of your swimbaits? Congrats on a fine catch. MrBill, Thank you, IMO that fish weigh's around 180-190lb. Yes i use swivel split ring, it works great to reduce line twist.
Great catch. I'm jealous. I guess that setup ha passed to tx as that is the same I use. I like being able to change lures without retying a knot in 100lb. It also prevent line twist that happens in the air/ fish on from getting back in the reel.