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.