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Bluefin Tuna
Bluefin tuna are the ultimate. Run offshore a bit, find the life, throw a popper and KABOOM! A 150lb ball of pure muscle crushes it. Water explodes, like someone drops a grand piano from the sky. For a few seconds there’s confusion, and then it tears off, line ripping off a reel cranked down with 40lbs of drag. There’s some yelling of expletives as captain struggles to get the boat in gear before the entire spool is dumped. Beautiful chaos, as the often long battle ensues.
Yeah man. Bluefin are awesome. Despite the fact that the species was once the poster-child for overfishing, because of good, science-based management, they are indeed becoming abundant again.
Hell no, we don’t troll for’em, AT ALL. We don’t do any of that shit, under any circumstances. We are a jig and pop operation only.
We try and focus almost entirely on topwater stuff. And if that ain’t work’n we drop down jigs. But generally we find’em, because we are pretty much the ONLY operation that’s out there every day the weather allows us to be.
While every year is different, our bluefin season up here is generally from June to early September. We run two offshore center consoles, but both of those boats book pretty quickly. So if you want to get on on this, check out the booking calendar.
Oh, and check out this piece Capt. John McMurray wrote on bluefin. Pretty well explains why everyone here at One More Cast Charters is a tuna junky.
Yellowfin Tuna
Yellowfin tuna, while certainly not as big as bluefin are just as violent. They will destroy a popper! Despite what many think, they are not just a canyon species. We usually find them MUCH closer. We generally fish them in the same way we fish for bluefin. Find the life, then throw poppers and jigs. Once again, we DO NOT troll.
The yellowfin season for us is generally July and August, although it differs quite a bit every year. But when we find them, they usually stick around the same spots for quite a bit.
Mahi Mahi
Mahi are probably the most beautiful fish we catch. Neon greens, yellows and blues. And when stick’em, just about every one jumps two or three times. How do we catch’em? Well, they frequent just about every offshore structure from buoys to cardboard boxes. Yes, we’ve got more than a few secret mahi spots, and no, we’re not gonna tell ya where they are.
The mahi start to show in July, but the best time to catch a lot of large mahi is late August/early September.
Generally we don’t run mahi only trips (although we could be persuaded). We hit’em on the way out and back from the tuna grounds.