22 January 2005, 05:02
Charles_HelmNice report and good job, especially on light line.
24 January 2005, 21:24
CDHCall me a wimp, but I consider 20# light for blackfin and prefer 40#...especially since there is usually a yellowfin or two lurking around schools of blackfin! When the big yellowfins hit, I don't care how heavy of line you have, you are in for a long tug-o-war!
Fun trip...enjoy those tuna steaks!
02 February 2005, 08:29
CarnivoreCDH, we had no intentions on getting our butts kicked on that ultralight outfit. That was actually the bait rod. I had a mono leader sitting in the top tray of my box, and when I took the Sabiki off I put the mono on and let a dead cigar minnow drift in the current. We only had one 30# outfit on the boat. Everything else was 60 and 80 lb bottom fishing rigs. No dedicated tuna outfits were brought because no one had caught a blackfin in weeks. They were there, they just didn't want to eat until that day, I guess. In all seriousness, I have lived in or near Destin Fl for close to fifteen years and have been skunked offshore ONE time. The fishing is absolutely incredible. One day when I get my links back up I am going to re post some of the better ones.
Alan