Thursday, September 27, 2012

Bluefin Tuna Fishing on Monday, September 24th, 2012



Location: Bass River in Cape Cod, MA

We left the dock at 5 AM, and we started fishing at approx. 7:30 AM. The first area was filled with large whales, meaning that bait was plentiful. We set up our outriggers and began trolling. Approximately 2 hours into trolling, we hooked on to a fish which we fought for about 20 mins. It turned out to be a small 55 pounder. We spent some more time trolling, and I was able to hook up another bluefin using a metallic sardine. It was larger than the first one and measured about 62 inches. The tuna bite stopped after the second fish but we still saw a ton of tuna on the fishfinder. Overall, we had a great time and everyone aboard would gladly do it all again.

This is the first fish that we hooked. Its stomach was filled with fresh herring!
Another shot of the first fish  
This is the second fish that I hooked up on a metallic sardine.
Shot #2 of the second fish
This is me while reeling in the second fish.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

That was an amazing picture. In all of my time fishing in Alaska I have never seen anything like that!