Blue Fin Tuna/Cod - Fishing Report – December 2, 2009

Helen H

Cape Cod, MA

December 2, 2009

We embarked on our first cod fishing trip for this winter season. The fishing conditions were fluctuating all day. The beginning of the trip was very exciting as we were able to reel in double headers at almost every drop. We caught so many golden colored cod, and we kept only keeper sizes which were about 22"-24". Before 10 AM, my cooler was full of cod.

The first hour was eventful, but in the second hour the action had slowed down. At about 10 AM, I changed my 10 oz. stainless jig and cast away. My jig dropped around 100 feet then something hit it hard. The moment I hooked this fish, I knew that it was a huge tuna. After 15 minutes, it was only 30-40 feet underwater. I was able to see a white body circling around. It was a very exciting fight, and it turned out to be a 100 lb. blue fin tuna. Shortly afterwards, I was able to hook another tuna, but it dropped. The stainless jig worked very well during this trip.

I would like to make one note about our stainless jig. We made our stainless jig last March. Last May, in Hampton, NH, I went out on a party boat Al Gauron, and I had two big cod weighing in at 41 lbs and 45 lbs using the stainless jig. Again, during this trip, I was able to hook a good sized blue fin tuna. This proves that jig works extremely well for tuna and cod. I will continue experimenting to see what other fish favor this jig.

Mike

Blue Fin Tuna - Fishing Report – November 5, 2009

Fishing Boat in Green Harbor, MA

Fishing Grounds: In vicinity of Province Town in Cape Cod

Weather: Few clouds, calm waters

We were looking for bird, whale, and any type of fish activity on the waters surface. We saw some activity, but there were too many dogfish in the area. Around 9 AM, Nick hooked one tuna using a Green Metallic Sardine, but it snapped after approximately two minutes.

We moved about 7 to 8 miles to the east, where we found a couple dozen whales and a few birds. This time, Bernardo hooked one tuna using an 8 oz. Green Knife Jig. I saw the fish bounce and shake its head. It was big tuna that swam away taking about 40-50 yards of line before breaking off. To everyone's disappointment, he lost the fish. Then miraculously, I was able to hook one, but after just a short 20 seconds I lost it. For the next ten minutes, I hooked four fish but dropped all of them. I checked my Gamakatsu 4x Strong Hook to find that it was still very sharp.

Up until 10 AM, we already dropped 8-9 fish, but everyone was still determined to return home with a prize. We continually cast our lines hoping to catch something big. After I cast just over a whale, I hooked something immediately. At first, I thought it could be the whale but it shook its head violently. This was a key indicator that it was, in fact, a tuna. I fought with it for nearly one hour. It turned out to be a beautiful 68" fish.

Afterwards, I cast again with my Green Metallic Sardine pointing towards the whale. It went down about 30 feet and I felt something abruptly tug at my jig. I rocked my rod and hooked another tuna. Unfortunately, it turned out to be smaller than we expected, as we were looking for a fish over 73". All of the tuna that we landed were about 68-69", so we kept the first one and released the rest. It was another wonderful trip, and the tuna loved the green colored jigs. The Metallic Sardine was the ticket!

Jigs used:

6 fish by Green Metallic Sardine

5 fish by Partial Glow Metallic Sardine

1 fish by Green Knife Jig

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Mike.

Blue Fin Tuna - Fishing Report – October 21, 2009

Again, we went to Cape Cod at Green Harbor, MA with Captain Jim’s “On Time”. The weather was great, but this kind of weather makes fish lazy sometimes. There was a lot of fish activity early in the morning, but later on it started to calm down. Anyhow we caught one blue fin that weighed about 170 lbs. It was a great trip again. Thanks to Captain Jim.

Mike

Blue Fin Tuna - Fishing Report – October 16, 2009

It was another successful trip in Green Harbor, MA with Capt. Jim's "On Time". We caught one 68” using a live whiting, and another one which was almost the same size, but we let it go. The third one we hooked with a green 7 oz. metallic sardine. After only a few minutes of a tough fight, the leader snapped and we lost it. We returned a little early because there was a storm coming, but the overall condition out at sea was good, and we saw many whales jumping.

Mike

Blue Fin Tuna - Fishing Report – October 11, 2009

Blue Fin Tuna - Fishing Report – September 21, 2009

Once again, we went on a blue fin tuna trip to the same place in Plymouth, MA with Capt. Jim's "On Time". We had 12-15 mph winds out at sea, but the weather was still beautiful. Upon arrival to our first spot, we anchored down with a bunch of other boats. We used live bunker for bait.

I used my rig with a green flash. As I dropped my rig down about 20 feet into the water, a huge tuna jumped right in front of me, and bolted away in a straight line for about 200 yards. After a few seconds, the line snapped. It must have been a huge and tough one.

I tried again using the same equipment. After a few minutes, I hooked another, and at the same time, a second angler hooked one as well. The latter tuna was presumed to weigh only about 120 lbs, so we let it go. Instead, we decided to keep the tuna that I caught, as it weighed 170 lbs. It was a long and cumbersome fight, taking about 1 hour and 40 minutes.

After this successful catch, we moved on to a cod fishing area, where we caught 30 cod (weighing up to 30 lbs), 15 haddock, and a bunch of casks.

We returned a little early after a day of good fishing.

Mike

Blue Fin Tuna - Fishing Report – September 15, 2009

We went out blue fine tuna fishing with Capt. Jim's "On Time" from Plymouth, MA. It was a warm and calm day. We saw a lot of bait, but we didn't see any bird activity. The fish activity near the top of the water was minimal. All of us tried jigging all day. No tuna was hooked, but we did catch 8 good sized striped bass between 20-30 lbs, some dog fish, and big blue fish.

Afterward, we tried using live bunker for bait. This proved to be successful as we were able to catch one big blue fin tuna, using spinning tackle. It was so hard to bring the fish in, and it took about 2 hours. Initially, I thought it was over 300 lbs, but the fish was hooked barely which was why it took so long.

Mike

Blue Fin Tuna - Fishing Report – September 2, 2009

We went jigging & popping looking for giant blue fin tuna at Cape Cod Bay, MA. We heard some reports that there were good fishing here on Monday & Tuesday, but when we were there on Wednesday, sea condition wasn’t good, so not much of tuna activity. Anyhow, we caught 1 blue fin at about 180 lb.

Next trip is on 9/9/2009 anyone like to join us, contact me before too late. Only few spots left.

Mike.

Golden Tile Fish - Fishing Report – May 21, 2009

We went to another golden tile fish trip to same place with Atlantic Star, in Cape May, NJ on May 21. It was very successful trip again that we had about 40 golden tile fish and many were huge. I caught 51lb golden tile and won the pool, while Nino did second with 50 1/4lb golden tile. Dennis was high hook catching 5 golden tile fish. There were about 15 golden tile fishes weighted over 40lb.

We are planning next trip on June 4^th same place.

 

Mike.

Golden Tile Fish Tournament! - Fishing Report – May 13, 2009

Atlantic Star, Wildwood, NJ.

To celebrate our 22^nd anniversary of our store Peace Token Fishing Tackle, we opened golden tile fish tournament. It was one of lifetime experience trip that there was many huge golden tiles we caught. The winner Dwayne Sherard’s tile fish was now pending for tie for world record as 59 lbs and 3.2oz.

We arrived at first fishing ground after about seven hours where some grey tiles live. After short stay we went on and started fishing golden tiles.

To tell result, there were about 4 fishes over 50lbs and 20 fishes over 40 lbs. Dwayne Sherad won the tournament. Dennis Muhlenforth was high hook with 7 tiles.

Mike.