Jigging Bluefin NJ style

[gman]

Wow what another outstanding day. I have to say these sites are great because you can really meet quality people you wouldn’t ordinarily

I have become close with Trav (jig4tuna) on this and many sites over the last months, and yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to fish with him, Jesse and Mike (Parker21) on their boat yesterday. Thank you so much for the invite guys ... Jesse I owe you a beer for all the leadering you did. You are all hardcore fisherman and know how to fish hard. I loved your regulator and all the help was much appreciated during the day. Sincerely thanks again.

In the end we were 4 for 6 landed, I was 3-5 and we had many many many missed bites

[gman]

Ok we set off early in hopes for a jigging some bigger bluefins, we were greeted with absolutely flat water, almost like a bathtub and heavy fog. As we arrived to the grounds expectations were high

Fish 1 - Mike: With the fleet around us, we started marking fish before we even got all our gear ready so everyone drops not even 10 minutes into it from eth bow of the boat I hear zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Mike is tight. He fights his fish to the boat within 10 minutes and it’s a nice cookie cutter 65” tuna. Trav at Gaff, Jesse on leader and me taking pictures we stick lead in first fish. Mike proceeds to gut bleed and gut him so the meat is great. Congrats Mike you fought that fish perfect and took all the stress off us. Great job

[gman]

Slim picking for a while but we manage to pick off 4 gaffer Mahi while the dull lasted. Then it broke open

Fish 2 - Glenn: I drop down and after ripped off the bottom, I get nailed ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ I’m tight. The fish isn’t fighting real hard and I work his ass to the boat within 5 minutes and have leader on reel but he is way to green to even try so I loosen drag and let him run. Well as luck would have it my fluro break right there. Caught fish but lost jig





Fish 3 – Glenn: Drop down again on same drift and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Im on again. Fighting fish he takes off, get him back up to deep color SNAP my F**** fluro carbon leader breaks again about 20 feet out. Im pissed beyond belief now





Fish 4 – Glenn: I get hit again on bottom but fish goes straight up on top and surfaces about 100 yards away looking like a friggin marlin. The whole 10 minute fight he acts really odd but luckily enough Jesse grabs leader. We snap a picture in water and let him swim away







Fish 5 – Glenn: Demon little ******* fish from hell. This tuna was maybe 62” maybe but it was a lunatic of a fish. I got him to the boat fast but then he was having nothing of it. He made me and Jesse work hard boatside. Finally picture in water and release

[gman]

Fish 6 – Glenn: Im not going to go crazy elaborating on this. Im sure Travis will chime in. Ive never seen a stella dumped faster in my life. I hooked up and within seconds was at half spool, then a quarter, then by the time we were chasing my spool was almost empty. I made a rookie googen mistake by trying to stop it with my palms and tightening the drag. We would have eventually caught her but I was panicing so after leaving me almost at brass from all the pressure my leader broke at knot on swivel. Talk about walk of shame reeling in almost 550 yards of braid and leader. Fish was a beast

[gman]

In the end it was a great day on the water with friends plus we landed a lot of fish jigging, All fish were in the 140-165 range. Trav, Jesse and Mike know tuna and were a blast to fish with. Thanks again guys

[Sea Draggin]

Excellent job Glen. Way to leave those fish in water. Thats good conservation, so hopefully our sons will have shots at them.

Between your pics and Kil's, I think I will just go shoot myself and end the pain of not being able to get there.

[Parker21]

Glenn,
I'm glad you had a good time out there with us, the fish did a pretty good job coperating. I sure would have liked to see that fish that made that run on you. I haven't see those 65"er take more than 75-100yds. on us. Great job on the pictures as well!

-Jesse

[Parker21]

Excellent job Glen. Way to leave those fish in water. Thats good conservation, so hopefully our sons will have shots at them.

Between your pics and Kil's, I think I will just go shoot myself and end the pain of not being able to get there.

If were not killing the fish he stays in the water on our boat, i don't think dragging a big fish in the boat is a good idea.

[TBaker]

Great job again, Glenn! Were you guys out of Cape May? I gotta get out there again!

[gman]

Great job again, Glenn! Were you guys out of Cape May? I gotta get out there again!

Thanks Tony and Jim ... We werent in Cape May a little north of there