Bluefin @ Night

[Tuna Meltdown]

Hey, thanks guys for all the in put. I think the Tuna Meltdown might be doing a few sleep overs on Stellwagon or Wild Cat this coming summer.

[Seaker]

There's some nice places to spend the nite watchin the stars and gettin jiggy wid it...I just freakin love night fishin..Danny get a spare battery and and the light..find the meaning of the universe man that's some wired chit that show up a nite..gotta love it

[trollman]

As far as predawn troll ....that's where you will find me down south I'll never miss the predawn...magic time

if i cannot get there (Crabb's, Stellwagon all corners, wherever) at least 2 hours before dawn, i will not go at all. no better time, catch all you need in 1 hour.

[backman]

how ya going to keep them dawgs away - I suspect your going to raise a lot of 3' sharks - you also have much stronger tides and flow up north and east than in the canyon.

The few times I've chunked eastwards is been dog and blue shark heaven. On the other hand the old BB trick of search, find, deep drop on marks and move on might be more effective when combining a couple baits with a deep jig.

I personally would treat my "what if" preparedness/decision/response tree a lot more seriously spending a full night on the water than a 3 AM steam outwards. 7 hr's till dawn if something happens is a lot different than a problem with 30 minutes to first light. You may think Stellwagon is fine because its "close" to land but a mechanical issue, knife wound, building seas w/ out appropriate preparedness can make for a long time till dawn when you can then start looking for help. Prepare for it as if it were a canyon trip - my2 cents....

[Tuna Meltdown]

how ya going to keep them dawgs away - I suspect your going to raise a lot of 3' sharks - you also have much stronger tides and flow up north and east than in the canyon.

The few times I've chunked eastwards is been dog and blue shark heaven. On the other hand the old BB trick of search, find, deep drop on marks and move on might be more effective when combining a couple baits with a deep jig.

I personally would treat my "what if" preparedness/decision/response tree a lot more seriously spending a full night on the water than a 3 AM steam outwards. 7 hr's till dawn if something happens is a lot different than a problem with 30 minutes to first light. You may think Stellwagon is fine because its "close" to land but a mechanical issue, knife wound, building seas w/ out appropriate preparedness can make for a long time till dawn when you can then start looking for help. Prepare for it as if it were a canyon trip - my2 cents....

I completly agree that the dogs are going to be a problem. Thats why I'm also getting a Commercial Doggyfish permit. If all alse I will load the boat and do my part in thinning out the population a little. I appriciate your concern for safety and of coarse it will be taken seriously. The boat caries more safety equipment than fishing equipment in some cases. Just a perk of having a brother in the Coast Guard.

[fightingcouch]

We have gotten blue fin at night at the horns while doing an over night shark trip. We have also gotten covered with them on the night bite in the canyons. They become very aggressive during the night it defiantly keeps things exciting releasing blue fin at night up to 150pounds. I assume people do not target them mainly at night closer inshore because of the limits. Most people that have boats that are capable of spending the night offshore would probably rather try there luck out in the canyons and load up on yellows at night instead of only being able to keep one BF for the table. Personally i prefer to catch and release, blue fin fishing at night defiantly is a blast and worth doing for sport.

[Tuna Meltdown]

Thanks Blake for your input. Unfortunatly a long run to the canyons for me is out of the question for a while as I will be fishing out of Boston Harbor. Just to make it to the south side of the cape will cost me an arm and a leg in gas. It is definately something I am willing to try this year.

[Skunked Again]

Thanks Blake for your input. Unfortunatly a long run to the canyons for me is out of the question for a while as I will be fishing out of Boston Harbor. Just to make it to the south side of the cape will cost me an arm and a leg in gas. It is definately something I am willing to try this year.

That's why there's SFC members to chip in! I'll bring the food and bean bags..

[dunn6253]

I don't know what kind of boats you guys fish on, but maybe we can post up about a week in advance of an overnighter, to possibly get one or a couple buddy boats to overnight with. Something I would be interested in, would any of you? Share some intel for whats working and whats not, which I wouldn't mind doing. Hows it sound?

[wrap-check]

I remember there was one boat out of Pt Judith in the early 80's that used to fish at Night for Giants alot. He used to do pretty well with it. He used to go out after work, and get set up before nightfall and sometimes hook-up at night (chunking). The guy and my grandfather were friends, we used to stop and talk as we were headed in and he was going out.