Tuna Fishing On The Cape

[Fly Rod]

Here is an excellent video of a few men tuna fishing recently out of Cape Cod. This tuna weighs about 350-400 lbs. will fetch 6.00 dollars or better per pound.


http://www.youtube.com/embed/DNCuAcim0rc

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Tuna Fishing On The Cape

I notice the title of the vid is Giant Blue Fin Tuna.

That is not a giant nor even a big/large Blue Fin, it's an adolescent Blue Fin and less than half the size of a mature Blue Fin.

People think that Blues that size now are giants because the stocks have been depleted and there are very few if any adults left.

Better get them while you can boys, they'll soon either be a protected species or all gone if they aren't protected.:facepalm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_bluefin_tuna

 

[Fly Rod]

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Take your argument up with NOAA. They are still classified as Giant Bluefin Tuna. You are correct about size, you hardly ever catch them over 700-800 pounds anymore, average nowadays is 400-500 pounds

If you want to get technical what you call a striper in your neck of the country is not a striper, it is a hybrid. Call them what you want but we have stripers.(rockfish)

Have a good day.

 

[sasto]

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Pay no mind, Fly Rod


The Northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna in the Scombridae family. It is variously known as the Atlantic bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna (for individuals exceeding 150 kilograms or around 330 pounds) and formerly as the tunny..

We used to fish for them in the Bahamas, but I never had a decent angler onboard who could land them without wearing out before the fish. We did have a lady who could bring them in. She could outfish guys weighing twice her.

I didn't get to see the whole video yet, but I certainally will......A good production I might add.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[jigngrub]

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If you want to get technical what you call a striper in your neck of the country is not a striper, it is a hybrid. Call them what you want but we have stripers.(rockfish)

Have a good day.

I dunno, this looks like ol' Mr. Linesides, Rockfish, Striper, Saltwater Striped Bass to me.

... and this one looks like Mr. Wiper, White Rock, Hybrid, Salwater Striped Bass/White Bass to me.

Can you tell the difference between the 2 of them?

... and this is how our regs are written:

White Bass, Yellow Bass, Saltwater Striped Bass, and Hybrids or Combinations????? 30
(No more than six of the 30 can exceed 16 inches in total length and no more than six may be saltwater striped bass. See exceptions below for Weiss Reservoir; and further restrictions for Lewis Smith Reservoir and Lake Martin.)

... and this is how we tell them apart (for those that can't immediately spot the differences):

http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/bassstriped/

We have 4 species of Temperate Bass here. Saltwater Striped Bass, White Bass, Wiper (Hybrid), and Yellow Bass... the only one we don't have is the White Perch (Morone americana).

 

[dingbat]

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I dunno, this looks like ol' Mr. Linesides, Rockfish, Striper, Saltwater Striped Bass to me.

Don't know for sure. Ain't ever seen one that small.

 

[jigngrub]

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Don't know for sure. Ain't ever seen one that small.

Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.

 

[dingbat]

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Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.

Why would someone that fishes the Chesapeake Bay where the Rockfish is King, be jealous of an angler in Alabama fishing not so healthy looking transplanted fish?

Seriously, that does not look like an Atlantic Striper. That fish is too green and washed out looking. Our fish are for the most part are much blacker, with iridescent purple accents between the stripes.

 

[jigngrub]

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Seriously, that does not look like an Atlantic Striper. That fish is too green and washed out looking. Our fish are for the most part are much blacker, with iridescent purple accents between the stripes.

Well, first thing is my camera isn't the best in the world nor am I a great photographer (the pic was taken with the self timer mode).

Second, I've noticed through the years that a fishes coloration depends on water clarity and can vary from season to season or from one body of water to another.

Third, that may not be an Atlantic Striper... it may be a Gulf of Mexico strain Striped Bass. The Georgia DNR stocked the Gulf strain in the upper end of the impoundment above the lake I fish. The Gulf strain flourished in that lake (Weiss) and actually started reproducing, which is very rare and only a hand full of lakes in the US have self sustaining stocks of Striped Bass. When Weiss lake floods fry and fingerlings are washed through the flood gates and the Gulf strain has been found as far as 3 impoundments down river.

http://www.stripers247.com/Alabama-Coosa-river-stripers.php

I think what's actually throwing you off is that my fish is a lot fatter for it's size than those scrawny topedos y'all catch on the Chesapeake.

 

[dingbat]

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I think what's actually throwing you off is that my fish is a lot fatter for it's size than those scrawny topedos y'all catch on the Chesapeake.

Your holding it out from your body and the size of it's tail in relation to your hand tells me a lot. Unless your 8 feet tall and have the hands of a child, that fish is at best 29-30" lg. At that size you're looking at a fish in the #10-12 range.

What is your estimate?


Here is one of those skinny torpedos we catch.

 

[Borgey401]

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God, I love fishing in New England. That was such an awesome video. I can't wait to go out next weekend and get some Stripers. By the way dingbat that's a nice striper you got there. We've been getting some killer Bass around Block Island. Can't wait to go