9/17/2008 - Fishing Report - Blue Fin Tuna

When: 9/17/2008
Where: Green Harbor, MA
What: Estimated over 140lb. 55" Blue Fin Tuna

Equipments Used
Rod: PSR 102-40C. G.Loomis
Reel: Saltiga 50. Daiwa
Jig: Brown Braid Jig 5 oz.
Line: 80 LB, Deep One Tuna Jigging Line + Tuf Line Plus 80 LB.

On Wednesday, September 17, 2008, we left Green Harbor, MA at 5 AM. The open sea was quiet with some spotted clouds in the sky – the conditions were perfect for tuna jigging. We cruised around and cast at a couple of spots but no luck, and oddly we did not see the usual whale or bird activity in the area.

 

In the early afternoon, we decided to settle at the east side corner of P. Town approximately 5 miles away from harbor. I tried all the jigs I had in my possession, and ended up using a 5 oz. dark brown braided jig and a size 3/0 4X strong Gamakatsu treble hook. I went to the front of the boat and cast the jig. It sank well past 150 feet and then abruptly something, possibly a tuna, came and tugged at the jig while it was sinking. I swung my rod backward hard and hooked the fish. Then, the fish shook its head violently and bolted down towards the sea floor. Judging by the force in which the fish swam away, I knew that it was an extremely large fish. After a couple of more head shakes the continuous strain on my 80lb line had reached its breaking point, making it snap and releasing my catch. In the end, the fish was victorious, breaking my line and taking away one of my favorite jigs, which was probably still stuck in its mouth. 

I didn’t take this as a defeat. Looking through my tackle box I found a jig that I previously caught a 77” blue fin with on another trip, tied it to my line, and cast again. After about 20 minutes of casting my jig almost hit bottom, when, finally I hooked another big one.  It took about 10 painstaking minutes to haul him up to the surface and drag it on board. It ended up being a blue fin tuna weighing an impressive 140lbs and measuring 55”.

Fishing Report - Blue Fin Tuna 7/7/2008

When: 7/7/2008
Where: Green Harbor, MA
What: Estimated over 300lb. 77" Blue Fin Tuna

Equipments Used
Rod: PSR 102-40C. G.Loomis
Reel: Saltiga 50. Daiwa
Jig: Green Metallic Sardine 7 oz.
Line: 80 LB, Deep One Tuna Jigging Line + Tuf Line Plus 80 LB.

At 5:40 AM we left dock, and we were looking for fish. We couldn’t find any until about 3 PM and we almost gave up. With all hope lost, I cast my jig below to about 140 feet. After about 2 minutes of jigging, something big was hooked. I fought over 3 hours with this one. After the first 50 minutes, I was able to bring it up to the surface but it was out of reach of our gaff. Then, it bolted down fast and hard down below about 40 to 50 feet. This continued for the next hour or so. We didn’t have a harpoon which made it so hard. If we had one, we could’ve ended this fight in less than an hour. But, when all is said and done, it is a beautiful fish that was worth every second of the fight.

Tuna Jigging

Hi! My name is Mike Jung. Let me briefly introduce myself before going into tips about catching tuna. I have been fishing and catching tuna over for twenty years, and I care about having more fun than catching bigger tuna. I and my crew are anglers not fishermen, so having fun fishing tuna is the most important element of fishing for us. It is much more fun to catch tuna jigging by bait fishing. Over the last twenty years, I caught roughly 1400 tuna all by jigging.

The Tunas I caught are about one dozen big eye tuna between 180~250 pounds, over 300 blue fin tuna (Many of them weighed over 200 pounds). Most of the tunas were caught fishing on party boats (head boats). I fish in the northeast region and some of boats I’ve been boarding are Helen H in Cape Cod, Super Hawk in Point Lookout Long Island, Big Jamaica in Brielle NJ, and Miss Barnegat Light in Barnegat Light NJ. When I go tuna fishing on one of boats I mentioned, I catch over ten tuna and sometimes over twenty tunas per trip. (Before the regulation went into effect. 3 yellow fin tuna per person.)

Few Things You Should Know For Tuna Jigging

• Tuna jigging is about three to four times more effective than bait fishing.
• Tuna jigging is a lot more fun than bait fishing, because the tuna jigging rod and reel are lighter than standard tuna equipment.
• With the jigging tackle, when a fish is hooked that is less than 100 pounds. It is much easier to handle and quickly bring to gaff.
• Some people may question why use light tackle for tuna. When a tuna hits a jig, I respond as quickly as possible to hook it, and then the tuna cannot escape since it cannot change its direction to elsewhere. After it is hooked, light tackle helps to make it very easy to feel how it is acting.
• Another reason to use light tackle is when a tuna is hooked in its mouth, it is powerless than when hooked into its throat or deeper inside.
• This is I feel why tuna jigging is much more effective and fun!

Importance of Hook and Rig.

Hello, my name is Mike Jung. I have devoted nearly my entire life to fishing. During this long period of time, I have seen many anglers walk into a fishing tackle shop with the wrong mindset. They try to buy the best, the most expensive rods and reels. Although the rod s and reels are crucial components to an angler’s arsenal, they are not the most important. You can have the most powerful weapons in an arsenal, but they are futile unless it is loaded with ammunition. The ammunition is the hook and rig. You have to be spending a good chunk of your budget on the best hook. With the best hook, you will be insured that your prey will quickly and effectively be hooked in the right spot, which is in the mouth. Also you will be insured that your prey, once hooked, will not break free and escape. A powerful weapon with the most powerful ammunition, combined with an excellent marksman will provide one-shot, one kill.

New Fluke - Summer Flounder Rigs Added!

New Custom Hand Tied Fluke (Summer Flounder) Rigs are added.
Quoted from Peacetoken.com "These Fluke Rigs are all custom hand tied with the best quality materials for the best result. We have over 45 years of experience in sport fishing and we spend 80-90 days a year on the Sea. From the experience we have, quality hook is the most important element of fishing equipment in terms of catching more fishes. And the combinations we have are not just any combination, but we have tested long enough to which are more effective."
Mike and his members have been testing these fluke rigs for more than 10 years!

Let The Fluke Season Begins!

Fluke (Summer Flounder) Season for 2008 starts May 15 to Sept 1. Well, the size has increased to 20.5 inch and daily possession limited to 4. Fortunately, the state let us catch the flukes at least.

Info quoted from http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7894.html

Squid Season For 2008 Started!

Squid Season for 2008 has started! About this time of the year is the beginning of Squid Season for the pacific. Once few squids caught, in two to three days, there would be immense schools of squids.
As the season started, until around late May, there would be good amount of squids caught, then the number and size of squid decrease to June. At this point, squids' spawning is done and would see very small squids, then in July, squids starts to move out of the shores.
Although there is one exception, in Provincetown, Massachusetts, you can catch big squids until late Summer and sometimes into Autumn.

Lines up!

Added new fishing lines section!
Added brands are Daiwa, Powerpro and Western Filament TUF Lines.
More to come!

New Squid Jigs Added!

New Products added on Jigs--Squid section. New squid jigs includes Peace Token and YAMASHITA brands!

We have much more to be added, so if any question about products not on the website yet send an e-mail at mike@peacetoken.com

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