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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'.
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03-13-2009, 07:25 PM
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Thanks for the info guys. If you can think of anything else please post it as I will be checking back here often for a while.
Air: I am planning on a trip to Matt's after I find out what it is that I want. I guess I could pick his brain also, he seems to know a lot and does not try to push one thing over the other, just an honest opinon.
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03-13-2009, 07:38 PM
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A couple more question. Since I will be using Braid line should I use rollers or not. I have heard that the braid can get stuck between the roller and the frame, meaning an instant game over.
Then what about wind on leaders, are thay a good idea? With rollers or not? How do you attach the leaders, loop to loop, swivels, crimps????
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03-14-2009, 06:45 AM
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Just say no....to rollers. Yes braid can and does get stuck between the roller and frame. Rollers are just another point of failure, and not needed for this type fishing. I haven't gotten into windons yet. For chuncking we use 5-8' of flouro for leader. For trolling we use 6-8' of mono, 120# for tuna. We use sampo snaps swivels trolling, and I prefer the small aussie ball bearing swivels on the chunk.
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03-17-2009, 10:26 AM
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Battle for 1 hour? Are you kidding me? I'd have a stroke if it lasted over 20 minutes.
 After 15 I'm looking around to see who I can hand the rod off to 
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03-18-2009, 04:18 AM
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As of now, I welcome the thought of a one hour battle. I may not think so then but for now, BRING IT ON!!!!
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03-18-2009, 09:34 AM
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I was brand new to Tuna last year but I know were they hang out and I have buddys that have all the gear, I am going to put some time into it this fall and see what happens??
But the Sea Ox had its first Tuna pulled on board last fall! http://wellcraftv20.com/community/sh...highlight=tuna
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