Trolling for Albacore Tuna + Bonus Coho Limit
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2021
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The Pacific Northwest's short Albacore Tuna season is one worth taking advantage of. Not available to recreational anglers until recently these tuna now wander to within 30 or 40 miles of our coasts putting them within reach of the recreational fleet. Incredibly strong fighters and choice in edibility its no wonder why anglers venture out into the Pacific in pursuit of these prized fish.
Trolling offers the most effective way to target them but they will readily hits jigs and live bait on most days and dead bait on more aggressive days. In this trip we caught all of our fishing on the troll and put away an early bonus limit of Coho.
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10 days straight!!! You’re a machine lol.
The ultimate irony for one of those tuna was to have the Bee Gees screeching 'Stayin' Alive' in its final moments.
😂😂 that cracked me up to
Great video. The last few years have been slow, but we went out last Wednesday and after six hours of fishing we had nearly 50 fish. We caught a lot on iron and it was some of the best fishing ever
I've heard its been good this year! Sounds like fun!
Nice haul! Lots of good canning ahead.
I was checking out your smoker video and saw this video, awesome! I am a little to the south of you and am itching to get out on a tuna trip.
Looked like a great trip!
Good combo !!!
Cool mix up
Good job guys
Great video. You guys were dialed in! Do these guys do guided trips? I’d love to do a Coho+Tuna trip.
Not a charter but I highly recommend All Rivers and Saltwater charters out of Westport. They will put u on fish
Love your content some day I would love to go fishing with you
I love tuna but yeah, I wouldn't want to be thrust headfirst into hard ice a bunch of times either.
I'm disappointed you weren't trolling in your kayak for tuna.
Me too
That’s what I was expecting! 👍
I was expecting them to have towed his kayak out to sea for him or something xD
Still a really cool experience; thanks for sharing!
Nice fish!!!! What ice chest/blue box is that in the center and where did you get it?
Would your buddies mind sharing the source for the pink clones. Looks like they come rigged and some with daisy chains. I know that some folks are tight lipped, but you guys seem like you'd be willing to share with other tuna fishermen. Beside it's a big ocean and I believe in helping everyone have fun. Thanks, Gary
What rods and reels were you using and what lbs test?
We’re those coho really 30 pounds? I’m genuinely curious. I worked in southeast Alaska on a troller for a couple of summers and the biggest cohos we caught maybe 20 pounds. I have never fished In Washington though. Also great video, appreciate the content.
I was being facetious because these tuna were unusually small
He means no lol...
Is this a charter? Can you list their info?
Not a charter but I highly recommend All Rivers & Saltwater Charters out of Westport.
Interesting meat fishery. When landing a Tuna why gaff hook, leaving a large hole through the fish, instead of netting? Does the gaff kill the Tuna, or stun them, making them safer when onboard? Tuna are really hard fighting fish when sport caught with hook, line and rod. Yet, not one complete fight was shown, only gaff after gaff, which is where the meat fishery comment derives from.
Tuna don't submit like salmon bro. They are strong and fins are sharper. Loose less fish and save money. Just plain and common sense. Good luck in life
Several reasons we gaff instead of net. First, when the tuna bite is wide open and it often can be netting takes too long with tangled hooks and fish. Secondly, gaffing does help subdue tuna as you suggest. The goal is to gaff in the head not the body of the fish so there is little to no wasted meat.
Albacore are hard fighting fish but these fish were a smaller grade than usual and 100% of the catch was troll caught. When hook a fish on the troll we stay on the troll in hopes of doubling or tripling up. As a result those fish have spent more time fighting the boat than fish caught on live bait or jig and are much easier to reel in. When you hook fish on live bait or a jig the fight is more enjoyable but make no mistake a major draw of this fishery for me is stacking meat in the freezers or in the canner.
@@spiltmilt I very much appreciate your description of why gaffing is preferred over netting a line caught Tuna. And that sport caught Tuna fishing is very much a meat fishery (liberal per person limit). Is a Tuna caught and sold on the Chinese market gaffed as well? Or, since that is a high dollar, based on the Tuna's outside appearance and meat sample, are they gaffed as well?
I read the first comment, without looking at the author's name, and immediately thought that this is not Tyler's writing style.........he is more professional than that. I appreciate your reply, and for not assuming that everyone has caught and or handled a Tuna, which I have not.
Is the PNW albacore fishery at risk of disappearing in the near future like our salmon fisheries are?
It's possible. The past few years have been poor fishing. Changing ocean conditions and shifting migration patterns of Albacore Tuna could mean that this fishery disappears.
We just had a 50 fish day last week and they were only 35 miles sw off of the Columbia river
I never heard of tuna in Washington before, is it because of global warming or have they always been there?
There have always been tuna off our coasts but more typically were found in the warmer blue waters 100-120 miles off the coast. Recently with the advent of satellite monitoring and changes in currents those "tuna" waters have come closer to shore and are more readily identifiable by the recreational fleet. That being said more and more southern pelagics such as Opah, Mahi Mahi, and Yellowtail are caught in our waters and a school of White Marlin were even photographed in southern Oregon this year.
About 30 years ago someone snagged a marlin (with a head injury) off the southern Oregon coast. There were no regulations against it, because they didn't expect them to be here.
Carl were have been in the last few years under a rock there’s always been tuna fishing in Washington 😆