| When you plan to hunt blue fin tuna, you should | | | | that they can cut the size, if necessary, if the |
| remember that it requires hard work and great | | | | leader gets bitten up by dogfish or any other |
| planning but of course, with hard work and proper | | | | pests. |
| planning, there is nothing you can not achieve. | | | | Those crews using light fluorocarbon of 150 to |
| Even if you are a starter, you can make up for | | | | 180 fluoro use H crimps and not G crimps. When |
| your inexperience through sheer energy and | | | | they use the lower profile H crimp, they must be |
| enthusiasm. You can learn a lesson or two from | | | | careful and must use the appropriate tool for |
| your daily attempts and such lessons may turn | | | | crimping. |
| you into an informed and experienced angler of | | | | Crimps are also used to attach a small wind on |
| blue fin tuna fish. Then you can steer your fishing | | | | swivel. This is the appropriate method to wind the |
| expeditions with bold decisions. | | | | leader all the way on the spool so that |
| Most of the blue fin tuna are hunted using the | | | | fluorocarbon is protected during storage. This |
| methods of chunking or trolling. But they pose | | | | ensures clean decks so that the angler has |
| great challenges to the hunters. You get blue fin | | | | enough space to reel the fish and also harpoon it. |
| tuna off the coast of New England and also | | | | Rubber bands are used for attaching the sinkers |
| Massachusetts. | | | | and balloons. The speed of the water current and |
| Chunking needs that you should anchor on a good | | | | the depth at which you wish to hunt determines |
| spot where abundant blue fin tuna fish are | | | | the sinker weight. |
| available. After anchoring, the crew deploy chunks, | | | | Trolling of blue fin fish is done by the crew from |
| stick baits and also live baits. Live baits are kept | | | | their outriggers at a distance of 3 or 4 knots. |
| suspended on balloons and they are kept at | | | | Experts suggest use of 4 spreader bars, two |
| different depths of the spots. | | | | from the outriggers and the remaining two from |
| The Live Baits mostly used are Gamahastu Live | | | | the flat lines. The blue fin tuna fish are teased and |
| Bait hooks. The hook size must match the size of | | | | caught with the clip set tight so that the outrigger |
| the bait being used. Too large or too small hooks | | | | sets the hook on the fish. |
| will not yield the desired results. | | | | Spreader bars are of various sizes and colors and |
| The leader used by most of the top crews is | | | | fishermen use them according to their experience |
| fluorocaron leader and the weight of the leader | | | | and other factors. If snap swivels are used, rigs |
| varies from 150-lb to 220lb. The fishing light gear | | | | can be swapped easily. The mono is protected at |
| mostly used are 150-180. When the crew start, | | | | where it is connected to the hook and swivel by |
| they start with a long leader of length 15 feet so | | | | thimbles and heavy chafe gear. |