New to Tuna fishing

[Airslot]

Turbo,

Give me some more info. Where you fishin...how deep....troll or chunk....anchor or drift?

We've whooped on tuna to 200 on TLD 25's. Sure, 50's are nice, but if you gots one small one out, thats the one getting bit. Penn 114's will work, but I really think I'd rather have the TLD 25's. Also think I'd stick with mono. You can get enough 40# mono on a TLD 25 that line capacity isn't usually a problem unless you chunk from an anchored boat and cant get off the ball quick enough on a BFT over 200. I'm hoping to get back in the game this year. Got rid of all the 50's, but still have enough 30# gear to put out a good spread.

[turbinedoctor]

Thanks guys for the replies and input. I now remember from a while back about Air doing some tuna fishing. How far from here do we need to go and what size fish are we talking about, You mentioned 50 - 200#.

I am leaning towards the TLD 25 or the Ocean Master OML 25. I think the ocean master is made by Shimano because they look the same to me.

As to the rods which do you prefer, Graphite or fibreglass. Is E glass the same as fibre glass?

What kind of rigs do you use?

If you pick your days and have another boat go with you, would you go 30 miles offshore?

I have a million questions????????

[turbinedoctor]

Air I was thinking about a little trolling depending on how far we have to go, Fuel wise, and probably drifting while chuncking.


Did you say you took a 200 # with the TLD, how long did it take and how much drag did you have on it.

[spareparts]

check this site from time to time, there are some good deals on there
http://www.charlestonfishing.com/for...ds.asp?catID=8

[turbinedoctor]

Thanks Spare, they have some nice stuff now but I am still learning what what it is that I want. I did save the site to favorites.

[Blue_Runner]

Our crew is thinking about going after some y-fins too. We have 6 or 8 TLD 25's between us and my buddy has a couple of 2-speed beastmasters which is just like the TLD 25 but with a big cranking handle, same line cap.

I'm thinking a 50 lber would take a while to crank in! But it sure would be a lot of fun.

[cterrebonne]

check out alantani's website on his tld 25 rebuild. once you do that you'll have all the drago you need and then using braid you have all the line cap you need. also to add to your tuna arsenal get a jigging rod with a fin nor 0fs85 and string her up with braid. and then you can cast poppers and jigs.

[Airslot]

I'm partial to the 30-80# rod for a tld 25. Glass is fine. Matt can set you up with a nice rod for short money. With 30# gear you can get most any fish under 125 ish to the boat in under 40 minutes. Once those Bluefins start to get shoulders, you can be ion for a longer battle, but with a little finesse no more than an hour. This is light tackle fishing as far as tuna go. If you can't break his will in an hour, the odds are in the fishes favor. Fortuneatly you will be fishing in relatively shallow water, less than 200'.