Tuna fishin 1940's style

[mjcjr1]

Check out this vid, simply unreal!!

http://www.bobdoxsee.com/Videos/TunaFishing1940s.wmv

Mike C.

[POON MAN]

Mike Glad to see you over here @ SFC

Any new family world fishing records ???

[Squidnation]

that was incredible

[mjcjr1]

Mike Glad to see you over here @ SFC

Any new family world fishing records ???

Hey Chris,

Hope all is well...As a matter of fact Melissa got record #2 for IGFA Female Junior on a Thresher this summer with Riptide!

Mike C

[merry marlin]

This is still being done in 2008... Four boats where we moved from in Dakar, Sénégal come get their bait in the bay and head out for a week or two until they're loaded. Two families from the south west of France own and operate the boats. When they're weren't too far from the coast they'd call us to come and get rid of some big ass marlins that chased the fish away from there boats. We were more than HAPPY !!!
Ban the purse seines bring back the Cane Boats....
MM

[SeaBiscuit]

That was real fishing! I own this video and still can't get enough of it. Some times I dream of being one of those men in the racks. I doubt I would last long, but I sure would try!
Thanks for posting this Mike C.
SeaBiscuit

[Patudo]

Very very much still alive as Merry Marlin mentions. In the Eastern Atlantic the boats from Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands still fish this way. There are a few differences, such as the Madeiran crews fish with fairly light bamboos with a handline wrapped around the bamboo (there is a good video of large yellowfin being commercially caught in South Africa this way). It is still very tough labour. Those guys are hard. Would much prefer this style fishing to be carried out instead of industrial longlining or purse seining...

The concentrations of tuna at times attract some huge blue marlin. I've spoken to some guys who used to work on the tuna boats and they have some amazing stories.

One of my favourite boats in Madeira is fitted with an ex-commercial bamboo tuna pole as a center outrigger. It works real well.

[mjcjr1]

What amazes me is the team work displayed when they have 3 or 4 guys on the same fish ! I also like the guys who slap the water with their poles to bring the tuna to their baits.
What puzzles me is how they flip the fish on the deck behind them and are able to have the bait and hook right back in the water. Are the tuna coming unhooked on their own when they hit the deck ...barbless hooks maybe? The narrator talks about squid bait but you don't see them rebaiting the hooks, were they using artificial squid? Just curious if anyone has any insight.

Regards,

Mike C

[hotrodmarlin]

Thats some back breaking work but damn it would be fun!

[tom s]

the hooks for bait fishing are barbless or on the smaller size very small barb to help the bait stay on.The guys slapping the water are fishing a pick or a squid as they are called,a featherjig with almost no turnback on the hook.Have done both.Very hard to do if far off the water.Tom