"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:02:25 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:12:39 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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Eisboch wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

For tuna.
How far offshore do you have to go to fish for Tuna?

I think he's gone fishing.

You go to where the tuna pods are running. It could be 5 miles, 10
miles or
20 miles.
In Cape Cod Bay where we used to go ... we waited until the tuna
migrated up
around the tip of the Cape and into the Bay. We would then chase them
all
over Cape Cod Bay, watching for working birds.

How is the Tuna population in the NE? Can the sport fisherman notice a
change in the number or size of Tuna being caught?

It all depends on what. Giants are few and far between during any
period - they are tough to get up to the surface and you have to troll
deep and long.

If you are just into the game for normal sized tuna, the stocks are
good, but the fish it'self is picky. You can be sitting right on top
of a school with them busting bait on the surface and not make a hit.
Sometimes, right out of nowhere.

Tuna fishing isn't as much of an art as it is luck.

Come to San Diego and take a long range trip. Then you will see it as
more
than luck.

I don't mean to imply that tuna fishing is all luck, but it is an
important part of the recreational process.

Part of the recreational fishing in the San Diego fleet is the capacity to
carry hundreds of scoops of bait, so you can brail out enough bait to keep
the school up and interested while you toss out a fly lined bait. Plus the
use of kites to dance a bait on top of the water a distance from the boat.