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John Flores

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NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 09, 2011, 09:25:11 AM
Had a small window of weather so Randy,Victor,John,Mr Won, and myself jumped on the Sea Breeze with Capt Ned and mate George out of Oregon Inlet

We started trolling in very rough conditions and after what seemed like forever Capt Ned yelled out the magic words...''FISH AT 120FT''. Randy,John, and i drop down and started jigging... ''BANG''ZZZZZZ i get slammed. This fish ran 250yrds and fought really hard but he was no match for my Temple Reef R13 rod...i had him under control and really put the screw's to him with heavy drag and had him on deck in 18min.

After a few high five's Capt Ned found another pile of fish and all 3 guy's start jigging again...''BANG'' John and i get slammed, John's fish ran like a train and we new he had a big fish...my fish felt smaller and i had him at the baot in under 5min. John fought his fish hard but unfortunatetly a huge Mako Shark bit a big chunk out the tuna right at the boat.

We then moved around for a while when Capt Ned found some more fish, we start jigging and this time Randy got tight on a nice fish...this fish fought hard as well, and gave Randy all he could stand...but he had him along side the boat for a nice release. At this point we were 4 for 4 not bad with these big fish...At the end of the day i was casting a Craft Biat GT Slider and on my second cast i came tight on a monster fish, in all my years of fishing i never felt such a powerfull fish...i could not do anything with this fish and even got strapped in a Fisherman Harness but still could not turn this fish. After about 30min of fighting it pulled the hook...i was so sick, this fish will haunt me forever.

If catching big tuna on jigs and poppers is your thing...get to North Carolina. Fishing should be hot until mid to late
April.

Hope you guy's enjoy the pictures.-









Gear used

Temple Reef R13 Costum rods
Temple Reef BD300
Varivas line
Lamble Bait Hailo King jigs
GT Slider


My 220lb monster, Temple Reef rod Stella 20000...in the boat in 18 minutes!











Last Edit: April 08, 2011, 09:52:26 AM by John Flores

Mark Gwynne

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 09, 2011, 09:29:03 AM
Awesome! A pity about the one that got away!

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 09, 2011, 12:12:07 PM
holy moly,  that is insane,  great work and effort for a very good result.

John Flores

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 09, 2011, 12:59:49 PM
Thanks guy's...yeah i was really sick when i lost that monster, but that will keep me coming back :)

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 09, 2011, 06:53:24 PM
John - As always brother, you are just a BIG FISH MAGNET!!!! Epic my friend... always so psyched when I see a report from you, cause I know its gonna be off the charts.... sick bro, congrats on that 215 monster, and I have no doubt that 300lber you lost will be on deck for you again soon!

Cheers
Nepps
To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth...

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 10, 2011, 08:46:14 AM
John - As always brother, you are just a BIG FISH MAGNET!!!! Epic my friend... always so psyched when I see a report from you, cause I know its gonna be off the charts.... sick bro, congrats on that 215 monster, and I have no doubt that 300lber you lost will be on deck for you again soon!

Cheers
Nepps

Dre,

Thank you so much for the kind words bro!

When you coming to the other side to get some Bluefin pain ;D









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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 10, 2011, 10:26:57 AM

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 10, 2011, 08:16:04 PM
Heres the video of the fight - Temple Reef R13 in action
Last Edit: March 10, 2011, 08:18:53 PM by John Flores

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
March 27, 2011, 01:02:38 PM
Hi John,

Is the BD300 on the last picture (nice rod bend)?

How big was the fish?

John Flores

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
April 03, 2011, 01:16:49 AM
Hi John,

Is the BD300 on the last picture (nice rod bend)?

How big was the fish?






Hi Marcio,

Yes that's the BD300, that fish was easy 300lb+. That rod can cast 80g stickbaits and has the backbone to easly land
300lb tuna's.

Im testing a new BD300SH Custom, a trully monster rod...theres nothing on the market like it.

Thanks Marcio, we have to fish together some day!!











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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
April 05, 2011, 12:11:34 PM
Awesome photos. Great.

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
April 05, 2011, 01:35:57 PM
Mind blowing fishing John

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
April 05, 2011, 02:11:58 PM
Awesome fish and photos! Can i ask what line class varivas you guys are generally using on the thread line outfits?

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
April 06, 2011, 07:20:22 PM
That is nuts ! what is the rod brand?

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Re: NC Monster Tuna Jigging
April 08, 2011, 09:48:51 AM
Thank you for the kind words guy's!!

I used PE8 for this trip, but the other's used PE6.

PE8 is good for my style, i get less line cap. but i use very heavy drag...For those that use less drag than PE6 is better, as you can
get more line cap. on the reel.

The brand of the rod was Temple Reef R13 model.