Fine Bluefin Jigging in Stellwagen Bank, MA

[kilsong]

Originally Posted by shoefish

Congrats on some nice fish Kil- it looks like the fish were finally around for your trip up here

Yes, it's been frustrating that tuna didn't cooperate whenever I fish Cape Cod area until this trip. I plan to make another shot, probably the last trip to CCB, on Wed or Thurs depending on weather as I visit Korea from Oct 19 for a week.

[shoefish]

Originally Posted by kilsong

Yes, it's been frustrating that tuna didn't cooperate whenever I fish Cape Cod area until this trip. I plan to make another shot, probably the last trip to CCB, on Wed or Thurs depending on weather as I visit Korea from Oct 19 for a week.

Are you in the New England area still?

[kilsong]

Originally Posted by shoefish

Are you in the New England area still?

No, I am NJ now, but it is only 300 miles away.

[kilsong]

Jesse, here is a video to see how I fought the tuna with Zeebaas reel and 500g Jigging Master Power Spell spinning rod without a fighting belt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i23hxQ8Mh9M

[kilsong]

I went up to Cape Cod again and we encountered one of the finest bft popping today (10 -15).

This is probably the best bft popping I experienced in Cape Cod Bay.
We had constant surface action all morning and I had 2 out of 4 on Shibuki. I lost two bft and two Shibuki because I was lazy to replace old Knots I used last week. :x
We stopped fishing by 11:00 am as we felt enough though birds were working and tuna were popping.
I used Ocean Revolution's prototype popping rod. The rod was quite impressive. Though the rod is pretty light, it looks very strong and well balanced.

The action of Ocean Revolution's popping rod.






80 years old John Lee fighting bft with Ocean Revolution rod.


Shibuki were accounted for all four hook-ups today.

[shoefish]

Congrats Kil! That's a great day for sure!

[kitebuz]

Were you fishing out of a Seavee 340i? If so, we were just leaving Plymouth as it was getting loaded up on the trailer...

Nicely done out there! We were in an act of desperation pushing off at 2:30pm w/ a 6pm sunset. We got about 25 min of topwater action when we arrived, but they dispersed after that, and got hard to find. Still fun seeing the arial displays.

Wish we had been able to push off earlier. Beautiful fish you landed - not a bad two days you put together. Thanks as well for all your technical info/advice in all your posts.

[kilsong]

Originally Posted by kitebuz

Were you fishing out of a Seavee 340i? If so, we were just leaving Plymouth as it was getting loaded up on the trailer...

Nicely done out there! We were in an act of desperation pushing off at 2:30pm w/ a 6pm sunset. We got about 25 min of topwater action when we arrived, but they dispersed after that, and got hard to find. Still fun seeing the arial displays.

Wish we had been able to push off earlier. Beautiful fish you landed - not a bad two days you put together. Thanks as well for all your technical info/advice in all your posts.

Yes, we were in Plymouth. We lef Plymouth at 5:00 am. They are saying bites are throughout day, but I always like to fish early in the morning.