tuna challenge

[Charlton]

right lads there have been verified reports of bonito tuna being caught in salmon nets from Whitby to Amble, and not just the odd one. So if quite a few are being caught by accident, there must be a few out there. So who is going to have a go and catch one.

[easyfish1]

maybe i'll get one on my spoon..........

whats the distance off shore that they've been caught ?

[northeast1]

Cant get down to them for the cod this year Alan or we would all try for them

[codseeker]

will give it a go with me spinning gear soon or will i need a beachcaster and multiplier

[kingcod deano]

what would be the best tatics to catch a one as im up for the challenge

[clarky]

Am heading out on a boat for the first time next week, so when I read the thread about the tuna I thought am gona have a bash for one of those. So for that one day count me in.

[joostan]

what would be the best tatics to catch a one as im up for the challenge

I'm going to trawl with some teasers and have a Norwegian perk at the end when I am travelling between wrecks. You never know.

So probably the next challenge after the most unusual perk will be the best teaser!

[ohpollocks]

will give it a go with me spinning gear soon or will i need a beachcaster and multiplier

Could try a crab line

[northeast1]

The methods used for catching pollack would work a treat, using down riggers when moving between wrecks etc.

I wont be trying for them as too many cod to catch but if i see or get one it will be going in the fish box

[The Jester]

I'm going to use an old violin as a lure, cos they say there's many a good tuna played on an old fiddle......

[lingking]

I'm going to use an old violin as a lure, cos they say there's many a good tuna played on an old fiddle......

jester ya either been too long at sea or not long enough just relax you will return to normal mode eventually

[amblecol]

Two caught at Amble today in the beach nets - Tony from the tackle shop just told me. Got a good Idea where from so might have a troll that way if the water is clear, still think it's a long shot though

[lingking]

if you beleieve owt tony tells you ya worse than mad

there will be tuna traces in the shop sat morn

[Charlton]

Two caught at Amble today in the beach nets - Tony from the tackle shop just told me. Got a good Idea where from so might have a troll that way if the water is clear, still think it's a long shot though

Colin
there should be a good chance as they are truning up all over the place

[sam harris]

Tuna.

Best method is a Kona Head trolled between eight and nine knots. They skip along the surface and the disturbance in the water attracts the tuna.
Kona Heads are lures of different weights, but average is about one pound, they have a "skirt" something like a large (about a foot plus in length)plastic squid around them. I used them in Kenya and found that blue or green seemed to fish best. My best sport out there was with a seventy five pound sailfish on a salmon fly rod using a twenty pound breaking strain tippet. The fly was a two ounce Kona Head and a blue "skirt", the fish took me forty minutes to land , it was photographed,tagged and put back.
I was told that if I took ashore it would be a new Kenya record for that species on that type of tackle, but i insisted that it be put back. It deserved to go back after giving me forty minutes of fabulous sport.