The last couple of weeks I have been chasing Blue Fin Tuna on days the weather will allow. I’ve teamed up with James P from Cape Carteret and Tim C from North Topsail Beach. We are fishing on James’ boat, the Storm Catcher, a 26’ Sea Hunt. The first couple of times out we didn’t hook-up but yesterday we finally did hook a Blue Fin!
We trolled for about 2 hours when we hooked-up what turned out to be about a 6 foot tuna on a pink & white Blue Water Candy Jag. We fought the fish for over an hour. Somewhere during the fight the line became frayed just above the leader. Then the drag washers gave out on the old Senator 10/0 reel and soon after the line snapped in the middle of the frayed part. We got a good look at him a couple of times, nice fish. What a fight! They are amazing animals, so powerful.
Here are links to the other 5 video clips from the trip:
http://www.tacklemonkey.tv/media/109/1-Tuna_15_Minutes_into_the_Fight/
http://www.tacklemonkey.tv/media/111/3-TA_Sheds_the_Slicker/
http://www.tacklemonkey.tv/media/116/4-See_the_Fray_Before_Big_Run/
http://www.tacklemonkey.tv/media/113/5-See_Fish_55_Mins_in_to_It/
http://www.tacklemonkey.tv/media/114/6-_1hr_into_It_and_Good_Look_at_Fish/
As soon as the weather settles down again, we plan to go out and chase another one. Hopefully we will land one soon.
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