What is your favorite Blackfin Tuna lure/Technique??

lobster man · 11-01-2006, 09:40 AM

HI ALL...
There are lots of ways to catch Blackfins....Anyone out there have a favorite lure...or feather or livie/chumming story???
I have a nice place to fish in the Mayan Riviera in Mexico...and the more ammo you guys can give me the more successful my trips will be. I have so far caught them trolling small pink squid, and small red/white feathers.
What have you guys done??

Thanks :

njoimia · 11-01-2006, 11:27 PM

hey man, the way i fish for the yf tunas in the bahamas is with live bait, live bait chumming.... the best way.

Boboe · 11-03-2006, 01:04 AM

Just bump troll live baits of appropriate size on fluorocarbon leaders. Use your downriggers at staggered depths. Usually they'll come to the surface once one or two are hooked up, and you can just fish flat lines for them. Some times they stay up top for 2 hours, other times it's 2 minutes. If they start blowing up around the boat, we throw a few live baits out for chum and leave the boat in neutral. Keep hooking them up until you have no rods left to use. Boat a fish, take it off, get another bait out, hook up, etc. You can really put a hurting on them like that.

lobster man · 11-03-2006, 08:30 AM

great tips fellas...keep them coming...

11-01-2006, 09:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
lobster man Grunt Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Boat: hockey/fishing/music Occupation: seafood business owner Posts: 4	What is your favorite Blackfin Tuna lure/Technique?? HI ALL... There are lots of ways to catch Blackfins....Anyone out there have a favorite lure...or feather or livie/chumming story??? I have a nice place to fish in the Mayan Riviera in Mexico...and the more ammo you guys can give me the more successful my trips will be. I have so far caught them trolling small pink squid, and small red/white feathers. What have you guys done?? Thanks : __________________ if it swims..I will find a way to catch it

11-03-2006, 08:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
lobster man Grunt Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Boat: hockey/fishing/music Occupation: seafood business owner Posts: 4	thanks great tips fellas...keep them coming... __________________ if it swims..I will find a way to catch it

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11-01-2006, 11:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
njoimia Lines In Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Miami Beach Boat: 56' Best Catch: all of them. Occupation: fishing Posts: 98	hey man, the way i fish for the yf tunas in the bahamas is with live bait, live bait chumming.... the best way.

11-03-2006, 01:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
Boboe Hooked Up Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Occupation: Alaskan Fishing Guide, Gulf of Mexico Offshore Crew Boat Captain Posts: 859	Just bump troll live baits of appropriate size on fluorocarbon leaders. Use your downriggers at staggered depths. Usually they'll come to the surface once one or two are hooked up, and you can just fish flat lines for them. Some times they stay up top for 2 hours, other times it's 2 minutes. If they start blowing up around the boat, we throw a few live baits out for chum and leave the boat in neutral. Keep hooking them up until you have no rods left to use. Boat a fish, take it off, get another bait out, hook up, etc. You can really put a hurting on them like that.

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