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Cape Cod Jigging/Popping
Kil Song:
06-20
It was tough to get up at 3:00 am after two fishing trips yesterday. :)
Weather was gorgeous and sea was flat calm.
3 - 4 miles before you arrived at our destination, we saw a few tuna pushing on the surface.
Dallen from Singapore threw his first cast and got tight !!
After watching a few minutes, I realized he is not an ordinary fisherman. Even he never caught big tuna before, he made all the right moves while fighting. Judging from the way the rod bent, I knew it was not big bluefin we used to catch here. Nontheless, he fought beautifully and he could release a respectable 120 - 130 lbs. It was only 5:20 am in the morning. The lure was again FCL CSP 150g sinking model.
Dallen did it again, but this time it was a nice striped bass.
It didn't take long before we found a few tuna on the surface.
This time tuna took FCL CSP180 sinking lure on 8' Black Hole Cape Cod Special Graphite with Stella 18000 filled with Jerry Brown 80 lbs/130 lbs Fluoro carbon connected with Mid knot.
Dallen had a hit at the same time, but it pulled the hook.
Khoo from Singapore also never fought bluefin before. He used Braid Power Play full harness with Braids Harness strap. I could tell he was fighting pretty comfortable with the setup though it was her first ever encounter with over 100 kg tuna.
It didn't take long he could adjust using the harness and he landed 74" tuna within 55 minutes. I rarely saw anyone could land 200 plus lbs tuna with long popping rod alone for the first time. Definitely fighting with harness lug help fisherman tremendously.
It was only 6:30 am when we landed the fish.
We saw lots of whales and bird actions, but couldn't find any tuna on the surface, but there were lots of marks in deep. I felt it was time to jig.
By 9:00 am, Khoo finally hooked up a nice bluefin on LABO SL jig. We knew it was a big tuna as it took lots of line and we had to chase it.
Khoo let Dallen fight, but it pulled the hooks afer Dallen fought for a while.
The rod was Mogi Special of Valley Hill. I checked the rod and it was great to work jigs as tip is pretty fexible, but I would rate the rod upto 80 lbs.
We decided to go back to the dock by 10:30 am as action died down and Singapore guys wanted to taste different fish inshore.
Kil Song:
06-21
They found no tuna on the surface, but Capt Jim saw huge school of tuna on screen and ask them to drop jigs. All three had instant bites. One reel got almost spooled even on 30 lb drag and had to use thumb to break the line before it got spooled completely.
They couldn't chase the fish because three tuna ran in different directions.
Amazing thing was the 77" (270 - 280 lbs) was caught on Evergreen's Poseidon jigging rod which has line rating upto PE4 filled with 65 lb Tuf line.
The 71" tuna which was released was caught on Valley Hill's Mogi Special.
All three tuna were hooked on FCL LABO jigs.
Kil Song:
06 - 22
Darren got nice tuna on FCL CSP-S180S early in the morning, but lost it because
Decoy hook got opened.
It was pretty slow day. We could find one very small area where birds are and we decided to wait there until anything happens.
In deed we saw bird working nearby. Everyone cast and Capt Jimmy dropped FCL LABO jig on Evergreen Poseidon PE4 rod when he saw some tuna marks on screen. Darren hooked up again at the same time when Jimmy hooked up on a jig. We decided to chase Darren's fish as it took line so fast. Unfortunately jig line got broken by prop. I met so popping fishermen in Cape Cod and Darren is a rare breed. He always right move. He fought the 79" for himself for one and half hours though he never caught bigger tuna 100 lbs tuna before.
The FCL popping rod's action was great for the whole fight. It is extremely light, but it never got overpowered by the tuna.
Jimmy gave me the jigging rod with tuna no to chase Darren's fish.
I took pictures while holding the rod one hand and camera on the other hand.
When tuna was close to the boat, Darren took off harness.
Darren put one hook on top of the lure and tuna took the hook.
Jimmy hoisting 79" tuna.
tuna was full of sand eel
Matt Kilpatrick:
Kil,
I love this thread ... great work and beautiful fish. What drag pressure was being used when the decoy hook opened up? Have you experienced this problem before? I have Decoys on a lot of my lures.
Cheers,
Matt
Kil Song:
I got emails from overseas fishermen who show interest in fishing bluefin in Cape Cod.
This year is very strange. I thought it get better, but it's been pretty quiet ( they had good bites yesterday though). This is the prime time usually, but we have to see how it develops.
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