swordfishing light used for night tuna fishing

capt tony zara · 07-03-2006, 09:59 AM

anybobdy out there use a swordfishing lite to fish for tuna at nite with any success? I fish for tuna in the gulf near the floater and am thinking of trying my swordy lite . tuna are real shy and might not like the lite?

capt. tony zara

Captain Mike Ellis · 07-03-2006, 11:50 AM

They work Tony, I have used mine the flyers love it. Besides it is nice to see the tuna eat a chunk in the light.
Capt. Mike

capt tony zara · 07-03-2006, 03:28 PM

hey mike,

thanks for the rely, i 'll give you a call the next day or so. we're coming out the 16 of this month for the week. hope we see ya .

capt. tony

Tuna Devil · 07-04-2006, 01:51 PM

We use one up in the North East and it does not seem to scare them. We also fish with the spreader lights on which I think makes a bigger impact. Not to mention the underwater hull lights. But again I do not think the Hydra glow scares them.

Captain Fred Archer · 07-28-2006, 02:26 PM

It works!

We used a big, swimming pool light. We preferred it to the spreaders because there was no surface glare. I'm sure the Hydro Glo would work too.

The light raised bunches of squid and other bait much of the time and they, in turn, attracted a lot of different predator fish, including tunas and Elvis himself.

capt tony zara · 07-30-2006, 10:33 AM

I tried it on my last tuna trip to La. and it worked great. The flyers swin right up to it as do the squid. We had several tuna come up and swollow fyers in the light and that was pretty cool. I need to get a squid rig so we can catch live squid.

capt. tony

Captain Fred Archer · 07-30-2006, 02:35 PM

Cap Tony,

You want to really get your mind blown in the lights at night? Get yourself a small helium tank and blow up a balloon until it just suspends a Carolina Lures Yummy Flying fish above the water. Hook the flyer thru the middle of the back with a BIG hook and float that puppy out to the edge of the light. It's fine if it dips down into the water part of the time and okay if it doesn't.

Now watch it and think, "That Archer guy, he's craz......Holy sheet! Didya see THAT?!! BIG FRIGGIN' TUNA jumped outta the water and missed the flyer! KEERASHH! ZZZZZZZZZZ! JEEZUM, he got it that time! Hook up!"

The San Diego long range boats have been doing a job on big tunas ballooning Yummee's in the middle of the day. Flyers are notorious for being attracted to lights at night and....ah, well, just give it a try to humor a crazy old salt, okay?

(Just be sure to put it on a big rig.)

Boboe · 07-30-2006, 07:15 PM

It's great to see what looks like the result of a refrigerator hitting the water in the vicinity of your bait way back in the penumbra. "Oh shit! HOLY SHIT! ....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! GOT'M ON!!!!"

Captain Fred Archer · 07-30-2006, 09:46 PM

THE SIGHT ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION AND....

BEEG TUNA GONNA HURTCHA!!!!!!!

07-03-2006, 09:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
capt tony zara Grunt Join Date: Jul 2006 Boat: golf fishing and more fishing Occupation: charter captain/investor Posts: 8	swordfishing light used for night tuna fishing anybobdy out there use a swordfishing lite to fish for tuna at nite with any success? I fish for tuna in the gulf near the floater and am thinking of trying my swordy lite . tuna are real shy and might not like the lite? capt. tony zara

07-03-2006, 11:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Captain Mike Ellis Charter Captain Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 143	They work Tony, I have used mine the flyers love it. Besides it is nice to see the tuna eat a chunk in the light. Capt. Mike __________________ Relentless Sportfishing Charters Venice La.

07-28-2006, 02:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Captain Fred Archer Lines In Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Boat: Big game fishing Occupation: Charter Captain, author, outdoor writer Posts: 43	It works! We used a big, swimming pool light. We preferred it to the spreaders because there was no surface glare. I'm sure the Hydro Glo would work too. The light raised bunches of squid and other bait much of the time and they, in turn, attracted a lot of different predator fish, including tunas and Elvis himself. __________________ A swordfish is a swordfish is a swordfish, wherever it swims in the world. They are all brothers in blood and genes. We who hunt them are all brothers too, only in spirit and in our goals. Oh yes, and if cut, we bleed swordfish blood! Purple fever - catch it!

07-30-2006, 02:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
Captain Fred Archer Lines In Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Boat: Big game fishing Occupation: Charter Captain, author, outdoor writer Posts: 43	Cap Tony, You want to really get your mind blown in the lights at night? Get yourself a small helium tank and blow up a balloon until it just suspends a Carolina Lures Yummy Flying fish above the water. Hook the flyer thru the middle of the back with a BIG hook and float that puppy out to the edge of the light. It's fine if it dips down into the water part of the time and okay if it doesn't. Now watch it and think, "That Archer guy, he's craz......Holy sheet! Didya see THAT?!! BIG FRIGGIN' TUNA jumped outta the water and missed the flyer! KEERASHH! ZZZZZZZZZZ! JEEZUM, he got it that time! Hook up!" The San Diego long range boats have been doing a job on big tunas ballooning Yummee's in the middle of the day. Flyers are notorious for being attracted to lights at night and....ah, well, just give it a try to humor a crazy old salt, okay? (Just be sure to put it on a big rig.) __________________ A swordfish is a swordfish is a swordfish, wherever it swims in the world. They are all brothers in blood and genes. We who hunt them are all brothers too, only in spirit and in our goals. Oh yes, and if cut, we bleed swordfish blood! Purple fever - catch it!

07-30-2006, 09:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
Captain Fred Archer Lines In Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Boat: Big game fishing Occupation: Charter Captain, author, outdoor writer Posts: 43	THE SIGHT ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION AND.... BEEG TUNA GONNA HURTCHA!!!!!!! __________________ A swordfish is a swordfish is a swordfish, wherever it swims in the world. They are all brothers in blood and genes. We who hunt them are all brothers too, only in spirit and in our goals. Oh yes, and if cut, we bleed swordfish blood! Purple fever - catch it!

07-03-2006, 03:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
capt tony zara Grunt Join Date: Jul 2006 Boat: golf fishing and more fishing Occupation: charter captain/investor Posts: 8	hey mike, thanks for the rely, i 'll give you a call the next day or so. we're coming out the 16 of this month for the week. hope we see ya . capt. tony

07-04-2006, 01:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tuna Devil Grander Join Date: Nov 2005 Occupation: Pirate Posts: 1,961	We use one up in the North East and it does not seem to scare them. We also fish with the spreader lights on which I think makes a bigger impact. Not to mention the underwater hull lights. But again I do not think the Hydra glow scares them.

07-30-2006, 10:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
capt tony zara Grunt Join Date: Jul 2006 Boat: golf fishing and more fishing Occupation: charter captain/investor Posts: 8	I tried it on my last tuna trip to La. and it worked great. The flyers swin right up to it as do the squid. We had several tuna come up and swollow fyers in the light and that was pretty cool. I need to get a squid rig so we can catch live squid. capt. tony

07-30-2006, 07:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
Boboe Hooked Up Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Occupation: Alaskan Fishing Guide, Gulf of Mexico Offshore Crew Boat Captain Posts: 805	It's great to see what looks like the result of a refrigerator hitting the water in the vicinity of your bait way back in the penumbra. "Oh shit! HOLY SHIT! ....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! GOT'M ON!!!!"

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