Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 186 (Knife Jigs for Bluefin)
Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!
This week we explore knife jigs for bluefin fishing. Tackle expert, Billy, from Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop, lays out the specifics for using these popular lures for targeting bluefin at depth. He covers it all, anglers…Enjoy!
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Jun 15 (2.5 Day) Offshore
Captain Mike and the boys
Congrats, Jeff!
Good evening,
Very tough fishing here today. We had a few small opportunities on big fish (80-180#) but we only managed to boat a couple. We decided to make a move this afternoon. We relocated and have seen some nice schools of 40lb fish late today. They seem like they’ve gone down at the moment so we’re hoping they pop up here after dark and we get a shot at them.
Captaim Mike and the boys
Jun 13 (2.5 day) Offshore
Hello anglers,
We still see lots of schools of non-biting bluefin out here. We had an opportunity last night and managed to land two fish weighing about 140 pounds. We had a brief window to get these fish to bite, and then we had to call it a trip. There is still a tremendous amount of fish out there, but timing is everything.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Scott’s 140# bluefin caught last night
Jun 12 (2.5 day) Offshore
Hello anglers,
We had some opportunity last night for people who stayed up. There were different size fish, depending on the school we encountered. Some spots had fish up to 140 pounds and fish in the 50-pound class. The standard flat fall and knife lure method, and the depth varied all night. We are hoping for some action in the daytime.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Fifty pound fish out of one stop last night
Jun 11 (2.5 day) Offshore
Hello anglers,
There is no shortage of fish in the area! As soon as we arrived last night, we started seeing great sign of fish. Unfortunately they were the non-biting variety. We did catch three nice fish for our 17 anglers last night out of one stop and hooked a few that got away.
Also there is plenty of fish to see this morning, but not cooperating yet. More later. Here is Tommy and Kyle with their fish last night. They both used knife lures.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Evening report:
Hello anglers,
We have seen a tremendous sign of bluefin tuna today, but they are not biting so far. We’ve had a few opportunities with not much production. The weather is great and we have high hopes for tonight.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Tommy and Kyle with their fish caught on knife lures
Jun 9 (2.5 day) Offshore
Good morning,
We had some good opportunities on the lures last night for 25-60lb bluefin tuna. Opportunities were spread out throughout the night. They only bit for a few minutes, then they were gone. It’s important when were doing this that you are ready to go, because we could stop at any time. Fun action last night!
We’re seeing them this morning but not really catching yet. We’ll see what the afternoon brings.
Capt Mike and the Boyz
Anne and her nighttime prize
Good evening,
We have seen very good sign here throughout the day of mixed-grade fish, anywhere from 25-200lbs. We have struggled to get any to stick to the boat and get any bites until late this afternoon. We stopped on a school of 80-110lbers, broke some off and started getting some bites. We’ve been hooking them on the sinker rig and hooked a few on the fly-lined sardine.
We lost a few and we’ve and landed some good ones. We’re still drifting here and pulling on the last one before we get on the move again.
Captain Mike and the boys
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 185 (Spinning Reel for Topwater Lures)
Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!
Steve Carson of Penn Reels lets us in on his secret weapons for bluefin tuna catching. Give it a try for school-size fish! He also has an interesting angle for those “catch and release” times in your trip. We love to listen to Steve’s tackle ideas!
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Jun 5 (2.5 day) Offshore
Good evening,
We had a bit of a ripper last night on the flat falls. The fish were 20-40lbs and they were biting the lures right under the boat. Very good biting fish!
That tapered off around midnight and we called it a night. We got on some 50-80lb fish this morning though they were uncooperative. We drove around for a while and this afternoon saw good sign of 20-50lb fish. We had one opportunity at them and hooked a dozen or so, and landed about half (light line fishing).
We are seeing it good now and hoping for another hit tonight before we wrap up the trip.
Captain Mike and the boys
