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[teamtuna]

32 h & h?
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[keeper]

Originally Posted by teamtuna

32 h & h?
team

yes 32 h&h what boat is yours?

[JD5652]

Keeper-

Welcome aboard!!...Do you still do the GBFT gig off MA?? I live in Danbury, CT and keep my boat at Spicers Marina in Noank during the summer season. I'm trying to learn as much as possible about the GBFT fishery in the NE and North Carolina. Would love to pick your brain about the NE fishery over a couple cold ones sometimes.

[keeper]

Originally Posted by JD5652

Keeper-

Welcome aboard!!...Do you still do the GBFT gig off MA?? I live in Danbury, CT and keep my boat at Spicers Marina in Noank during the summer season. I'm trying to learn as much as possible about the GBFT fishery in the NE and North Carolina. Would love to pick your brain about the NE fishery over a couple cold ones sometimes.

I lived in noank for years. Sure I would like to meet you. And no I don't tuna fish anymore

[JD5652]

Keeper-

Thanks! You have a PM.

[LOWTYD]

Just never thought a thresher would be so aggressive. I've seen lots of fish eaten boatside but mostly by Mako's or Tigers.The video was unreal, you never know whats down there. I think I would have had to wash out my Grundens after that surprise. I had an 18 foot tiger near my 22' triton last year in Orgeon Inlet, before you get to the breakers. Makes you feel kind of small and stay closer to the middle of the boat. Makes you doesnt it. Gotta respect a fish that could devour you in one bite. On a different note, do the fish up north really average out to be much larger than our's. I thought they all come from the same fishery, and migrate south together. Why are more big fish supposedly caught up north? Do some migrate farther east? Just curious.

[JB2C]

Well I'm still tryin to decide on this one. If they come to the boat docile and/or on their side, like is normal, and they're small to average size (say 73-85 or so), then the lip gaff or straight gaff seems to work fine, and you can then swim them to revive them. But on larger fish, I wonder how many have been lost at the boat becasue they came off the gaff, or people had trouble getting a gaff into them? Then the harpoon seems to be the weapon of choice. If you only kill around 20%, that's not bad. But I aim for the gill plate, so probably kill more than that percentage.

There's a new locking lip gaff available that seems to be the stuff. Don't have to worry about them rolling off of that thing. I lost one last season and one again this season when they came up and rolled off a lip gaff. So I'm not much of a fan of them. But the locking gaff with the rope attached would eliminate that problem.

JB

[Turkey Feeder]

Great to have you as a member Keeper, good post you have here.....could you share some other techniques for Giant BFT--like.....leader/hook size.....lure type.....etc. Just interested on what you settled on from the years of fishing up your way.

Jim

[Sea Draggin]

Originally Posted by LOWTYD

Just never thought a thresher would be so aggressive. I've seen lots of fish eaten boatside but mostly by Mako's or Tigers.The video was unreal, you never know whats down there. I think I would have had to wash out my Grundens after that surprise. I had an 18 foot tiger near my 22' triton last year in Orgeon Inlet, before you get to the breakers. Makes you feel kind of small and stay closer to the middle of the boat. Makes you doesnt it. Gotta respect a fish that could devour you in one bite. On a different note, do the fish up north really average out to be much larger than our's. I thought they all come from the same fishery, and migrate south together. Why are more big fish supposedly caught up north? Do some migrate farther east? Just curious.

Out of OI on the temp break....the Hammerheads school up...I can't remember the month now(maybe DJ can help me remember)....but there will be 5000 of them all in a bunch.

Thats the only thing that ever spooked me out there. It right out of natl geo.

[keeper]

Originally Posted by Turkey Feeder

Great to have you as a member Keeper, good post you have here.....could you share some other techniques for Giant BFT--like.....leader/hook size.....lure type.....etc. Just interested on what you settled on from the years of fishing up your way.

Jim

We do a lot of chumming but do troll sometimes. Have always liked Mustad 8/0 or 9/0xxx very strong and will never straiten. The leader we like is Seauar 200# crimps Jinki H.They are small but have never pulled a crimp. The other good thing is they work on the leader as well as the main line. If you use 250 Jinki or comparable dia. Up here it seems the naked swimming hoo has worked the best for us. Using a lure with it never caches as well up here. The 3 years I fished down there only 2 out of 9 fish were caught on lures. Maybe thats because I just have more faith in a naked swimmer!!!