Bruce Brothers Fishing Charters Tuna Report

[Capt. Jamie Bruce]

Hey guys we will be updating you all on the bite up here in North Lake, Prince Edward Island on this thread for the rest of the season. The catch and release season just started with us releasing the first first of the year for P.E.I. last evening. The tuna were everywhere around the commercial herring boats and we pretty much had the pick of the litter! The tuna were feeding all around us for awhile before we decided to try our luck at bringing one of these giants boatside. We had no problem hooking up with a live mackeral downbait. After giving us a great battle the bluefin entered into his tight cirles and came to the surface beside the boat. The fight lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes. We estimated the weight to be 850 to 900 lbs. We took a quick measure in the water and it was approx 96" long. We are subject to circle hooks up here for catch and release and again the hook was in the hinge of the fish...perfect for a healthy release! I'll post some pictures of the fight and fish for your viewing.
Tight lines everyone!!! Capt. Jamie Bruce

[Col. Kurtz]

You guys are animals up there! I can't wait to see some video of those beasties!

[happytuna]

wow nice job love those big ones

[johnnywalker]

Great fish and good looking Sox hat guys

[Capt. Jamie Bruce]

Here's a short video we took of feeding the fish after we released the tuna. Our crew was pretty amazed these fish came so close to us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hQNN87YRBg

[sears720]

Nice work Jamie and Troy! See you guys in September I will make sure to bring some bars up

-Taylor

[fshsltwtr]

sick!!

[Agitated88]

That is freaking awesome!!!

[SteveD]

Do they stay in the area all season and if so, when do they leave

[Capt. Jamie Bruce]

Do they stay in the area all season and if so, when do they leave

Steve,

They have usually come in mid to late July( depending on water temp of course) and stay all through August, Sept and Oct. They will leave in late Oct and migrate back down the coast of Nova Scotia to the U.S and so on. We seem to be their Northern feeding grounds and this is why we get so many large fish up here. A long trek to make I guess.We claim here that when the water temp hits at least 53 they will be arriving and vise versa of course.