Cape Cod Jigging/Popping

[Kil Song]

Bluefin tuna jigging/popping is officially on.
Capt Dom caught one on a jig and one on a stickbait yesterday. Some over 80" giant were caught using bait today.
My official tuna fishing in Cape Cod will start from Tuesday (06-07) and plan to fish at least 15 days in Cape Cod in June.
I plan to test many different popping rods like Black Hole Cape Cod Special, Carpenter, Ripple Fisher, Yamaga, JM GT Monster, Hots Gipang, ect and post pictures of the rod actions.
Stay tuned....

[Kil Song]

actions in 2010

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[Mark Gwynne]

Awesoem stuff Kil!!
By the way everyone here is loving those BH 250 blanks you sent!! They are so powerful and everyone wants one!! Unfortunately the guides will not arrive until near the end of July so no photos of a built rod for a while!!

[Rob Langridge]

Great pictures Kil.
Looks like 2010 was a good year on the Bluefin tuna. I wish you all the luck in 2011.
Go get amongst em Kil i have a feeling you might get a 130kg+ this year.

Cheers Rob 

[Kil Song]

Awesoem stuff Kil!!
By the way everyone here is loving those BH 250 blanks you sent!! They are so powerful and everyone wants one!! Unfortunately the guides will not arrive until near the end of July so no photos of a built rod for a while!!

Hi Mark,
Even though they are 250g, you can abuse them like 400 -500g jigging rods
Every blank we sent was tested with my hands.
As you see in the first two pictures I posted, I caught 230 lb bluefin with prototype 200g Black Hole Cape Cod Special jigging rod.
We plan to carry Fuji guides and rod building components in the near futures.
 

[Kil Song]

Great pictures Kil.
Looks like 2010 was a good year on the Bluefin tuna. I wish you all the luck in 2011.
Go get amongst em Kil i have a feeling you might get a 130kg+ this year.

Cheers Rob 

Hi Rob,
Fishing was great until mid July in 2010,  but they left for offshore ground until the end of Sept when water temp went up.  Every year is different.  We had decent bluefin fishing in Cape Cod in summer in 2009.

After Capt Dom caught bluefin on a jig and on a popper on June 1st, no bluefin was caught on a jig or on a popper, but hot open bites will happen any time.  We got a report two big bluefin were lost today in the same area we got them on popper in early June last year and I plan to fish the area on Tuesday. Bites are usually done by mid morning in early season. So we plan to leave the dock around 4:00 am in the morning.

[Luke Wyrsta]

Some great captures Kil.

Looking forward to catching up  with you in the Cape.

[Kil Song]

Some great captures Kil.

Looking forward to catching up  with you in the Cape.

Hi Luke,
Let me know when you come.
Tsurusaki San of FCL LOBO is coming on June 14 to fish for a week.

[Luke Wyrsta]

Some great captures Kil.

Looking forward to catching up  with you in the Cape.

Hi Luke,
Let me know when you come.
Tsurusaki San of FCL LOBO is coming on June 14 to fish for a week.

Thanks Kil.

Tsurusaki-San has my phone details. FYI: +61414241971

[Samuel Chieng]

Hi Kil,

Question: Is dat a new type FCL Labo 80EXT in pictures 22-24 with K guides?

[Kil Song]

The prototype FCL LABO 80EXT doesn't have k guides.
The rod is extremely light (335g) and is designed for travelers as the joint is right in the middle.
 
Capt DOm landed 79" mini giant on Ron Z lure today.

[Kil Song]

06-06 report

Popping for big bluefin over 100 kg is like a hunt.
We fished off Chatham in the middle of Cape Cod. We left dock around 4:00 am.
We saw whales, birds and lots of bait. It was so promising that we decided to stay there for a while, tuna never showed up. Meanwhile we got a phone that decent tuna popping was going on about 12 miles north of us. When we got there, Capt Dom's boat was fighting. Later Capt Dom told me that they had double hookups. They landed 74" bluefin and lost much  bigger one.
Capt Dom was a hot hand while landing three giant over 73" in two days.
We didn't have luck this time. We had only one decent chance when big tuna erupted not far from our boat. By 10:00 am all action  became dead.

I am going to go up there one more time before Tsurusaki san of FCL LABO comes from Janan next week.

Here is a picture of 79" bluefin caught on a Ron Z on Capt Dom's boat on 06 - 06.
You'll hear lots of Ron Z action for bluefin in Cape Cod. Simply deadly.