Tuna is a great fish to catch especially in sport fishing or in one of your boating adventures with great buddies. Although it may be challenging to catch tuna, learning some tuna fishing tips and having a little patience will eventually help you in catching more tuna.
Here are some tuna fishing tips you might want to learn.
- Know where to find tuna in a particular season. During summer months, you may find them near the surface as they usually feed on bait fishes near the surface of the water. During colder months or in winter season, you can however find tuna on the deeper parts of the water.
- Keep in mind too that tuna bites better in low lighting, so it is best to go fishing late in the afternoon or early morning, although you can still have fun going fishing at any time of day.
- Trolling is a popular method of tuna fishing where one or more fishing lines with branch lines having baits is drawn at the rear of the boat. Aside from baits, you can also pick a lure that is effective in attracting tuna. Generally, the larger the lure, the larger the fish you can catch, but of course, it does not always follow. Try controlling your speed at 5 to 9 miles per hour when trolling for tuna and get better results.
- Another helpful tuna fishing tips in tuna fishing is to watch out for seabirds taking a dip or diving into the water and be watchful of signs of their presence. These areas may have groups of baitfish that can also attract groups of tuna. Schools of tuna will also create ripples in calm seas and may create dimple water in slightly rough seas, so take note of these little hints of their presence.
- If you are aiming for yellow fin tuna, keep in mind that they prefer warm waters although they can withstand cooler waters as well. If you want to find these types of tuna, go for deep sea fishing as they are often found in deep waters usually a hundred feet below.
- Another way on how to fish for tuna is chumming, where you can attach a chum in the stern of the boat and allow it to spread in the waters to attract baitfishes and tuna fishes itself. One important tip to keep in mind in chumming is not to overfeed the fishes but just to entice them with the chum. Try chumming the next time you go out tuna fishing and you will most likely enjoy a good catch after a day's adventure.
Catching a tuna - whether they are the large types of the small ones can be an exciting an exhilarating experience. Aside from remembering some tuna fishing tips you can use, keep in mind too that the tuna can be a fighter fish and you may need enough strength to control a tuna caught in your fishing line. The tuna can yank your line off the reel and it may take some time to put it on the boat, but when you successfully do, you will eventually feel the excitement of tuna fishing.
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