[guzzi]

I've heard of at least 4 people that have hooked up with some bluefin while trolling for rockfish in the past 4 days and only 1 person landing a fish, the other 3 either were spooled or pulled loose for some reason or another. Has anyone tried fishing for them lately or heard of any being caught recently?

 

[CaptBeach]

opcorn: well?????

 

[smellslikefish]

They have been making there way south and are not too far off the beach. Heard of some shattered catches of O.C in mid-Dec.

 

[cortland]

whats o.c is that owls creek?

 

[Rebel]

whats o.c is that owls creek?

Ocean City, MD

 

[jamisjockey]

Out of pure curiosity, since I probably have better odds of hitting the lotto than nailing a BFT, but does one need a special permit for keeping tuna?

 

[CaptBeach]

YES...HMS PERMIT...Highly Migratory Species Permit... go here NMFS Permit Shop

 

[kwb23vb]

all i need is a knife and that fish will be in the cooler. All these permits and 3 mile line junk. We are just out for dinner not like commerical guys taking tons of fish.:thumbup:

 

[hookinfinger]

opcorn:

Dennis)

 

[fshtlkr]

This is going to be interesting...

 

[gooosehunter]

Very Interesting.... oke1:

 

[lyle]

:eek2::watchout6:opcorn:

 

[PlaynHooky]

:scratchchin3: whats a Blue Fin look like?

 

[jamisjockey]

all i need is a knife and that fish will be in the cooler. All these permits and 3 mile line junk. We are just out for dinner not like commerical guys taking tons of fish.:thumbup:

That would make you a poacher.

 

[justkiddin]

I hooked one a few years back and it aired out beside the boat and took off with my brand new 6 arm umbrella with new baits i just rigged- craziest thing I have seen:yes:

 

[smashten]

I think I hooked one off damneck a couple of years ago. Started spooling me, then ran at the boat, then pulled a 50 or 60 lb snap swivel apart. Made me a believer in the D type swivel. I was guessing it was a blue because of some radio chatter a few minutes later where a boat landed one. I was in 30 ft of water!

 

[Finfever21]

I hooked into 1 this past saturday or at least others think i did. We were 2.5 miles off the Ramada trolling for striper i had a 5 rod spread one of the rods had a red/white stretch 25 WWFB i forgot to put the clicker on like a dumb arse and the next thing i knew 330 yards of 50 lbs of braided line was spooled off in a matter of seconds. I tried to stop it and that is why my thumb has a bandage on it and well the extra 150 yards of mono backing never came off cause the guy at BPS spooled it wrong and it criss crossed with the braid.

 

[gotboost]

I saw a tuna on 12/14 at Long Bay Point Tackle that was just caught some where that day..

 

[cbdaddy]

all i need is a knife and that fish will be in the cooler. All these permits and 3 mile line junk. We are just out for dinner not like commerical guys taking tons of fish.:thumbup:

careful with that it could cost you ALOT! The man looks hard this time of year! My 2 cents....

 

[wastoute]

kwb23 just doesn't seem to respect the fact that the commercial fish guys pay a lot of money to congresscritters for the priveledge of taking all those fish! It is like they say, "People in Nebraska got a right to eat fish, too!" </sarcasm>