Tuna and kayaks

http://www.fishsniffer.com/cgi-bin/forumsyabb/YaBB.pl?num=1184828131

One of the photos has a couple of kayakers in the harbor area.


Sounds like this might be the year to nail some yak tuna. I know Tani has a setup.

 Does anyone know of a charter boat in the SC or Monterey area that has a swim deck off the back?

-Brian G

The fishing grounds were at least 30 miles from where the yaks were photographed.  Boats have been whacking them for at least 2 weeks now in Monterrey and SC.  Watching from the sideline sucks.

I think that maybe Blue could paddle to the fishing grounds in a day, fish for a day, then paddle back on the 3rd. We could probably get him on the Discovery Channel for a feat like that.

I posted about the kayakers cause it be someone on the board.

-Brian G

At the tail end of the season.  The Ablies come up after the anchoies.  This is when the party boats don't need troll to find fish.  They just meter fish and throw out some bait.  Chucks of bait will bring them up and then you have a blast with 15 to 25 lb. test on a little weight and anchoives.  Swimbaits work well at this time too.  Beware, the fish are big 30 to 50 lbs and a 15 lb. test will have the Capt and Deckheads ready to cut your line.

Ken kickfish

"hit a bonus double only 13 miles off santa cruz coming up the fingers on the slow tack home"

You guys got ur gear ready?

august...... 

Tuna are tough on a yak, but a lot of fun.  Small YFT have taken me an hour to get to the boat on 25# line, you simply can't make that much pressure on a yak to give em a whoopin.  A big tuna would be a handful and take a LONG time...and a LOT of fun.  We chased big tuna on a mothership with Spike one year and it was a hopeless.  The fished moved 10X faster than we could unload.  The spot I saw in PV was another story, and a yak the day we fished would have been lethal.  Couldn't stop thinking about it alllllll day. 

Tuna are tough on a yak, but a lot of fun.

Agreed - it is the vertical nature of the fight. Even the small ones (the only kayak tuna I've caught) are better on heavier line.

Hopefully we'll find out just how lethal the yak can be on YFT (and bluefin?  ) this November at the Cortez.