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Great video on an important subject often overlooked. Same here, for a lot of us, in Southern California. Have done over a hundred trips from overnight to over 10 trips of 10 days. They said 130# spectra with 100# mono line as the topshot. The answer to your question is yes, it's based on the lightest line, the 100# mono. Most common is 25-33 % of that 100# line. He is at 27% which is right where I like it as well. After 25+ years of fishing I'm amazed how few people come with a scale on fishing trips. I always have somebody ask about the scale and to show them how to set it properly and to borrow it, of course.

we favor the 10-12" squids

They'll be here in full force soon enough!!

Couple more weeks and they'll be allover Jersey!

@@wolfpacktackle you bet!

For tuna fishing, especially bigeyes and giant bluefin split bill ballyhoo with a head is absolutely deadly. Nakeds can be deadly as well at certain times. These heads are also not sea witches

@@jeffwarford4467 the head inhibits the swimming motion which is the whole point of rigging a split bill. Just rig it normally. And it’s close enough to a sea witch without knowing the exact brand. It’s not a chugger head or any of the land lures, anything else with hair is a sea witch.

Everyone has an approach that works best for their application. Here in the NE Tuna fishing (not talking about Marlin) split billing is done with heads the majority of the time. Are you familiar with catching bigeyes and giants? They typically don’t feed close to the boat. These baits are fished typically 100-150 yds back. I run nakeds ALL the time but they have two completely different applications. Ever try fishing a naked when it’s blowing over 15 knots? Like I said, everyone has a way of rigging that works best for them but as a professional captain that does this for a living everyday I can tell you that I catch 100s of tunas every year rigging like this. Here in the NE a split bill rigged Bally with a head wins 9-10 tuna tournaments. Also a sea witch is 1/8-1/2oz these heads are 1-4oz

@@jeffwarford4467 you nailed it with the wanting to use a split bill naked when its blowing. This looks really deadly and I can't wait to try a couple on the longs this year. No matter what you say you will never get a marlin purest to agree with you either LOL. Thanks for the tips!

When we run Ballyhoo, we like to have them on both long riggers

Short corners

Long riggers for tuna fishing

Yes!

@@wolfpacktackle nice

Hoo's I bet

@@briansprock2248 Yellowins - We're based out of New Jersey

Thats mostly a myth, usually only the first bluefin of the season in Japan sells for that much. For the rest like this one, try removing 2 zeros and then cutting it in half 😆

@@wolfpacktackle wow intresting . i think alot of people would give 50k for that fish easily. restraunt would make a fortune off a fish like that. maybe u should just open a restraunt lol

@@Financere425not even close only liek 5k-10k normally

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