Fishing Boat in Green Harbor, MA
Fishing Grounds: In vicinity of
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
