tight line
08-19-2012, 10:32 PM
Thought i would share some pics of my annual trip to P.E.I. I went out Giant Bluefin Tuna Fishing with some friends, and had a great day. we had Whales surfacing right near the boat, and the Tuna were very active! we had them coming right to the boat with mackeral Chum, some estimated around 1200lbs. We hooked up on a live mackeral, and the fighting glove got handed to me! the fish took several 2-300m runs, and turned and came right back at us, dove deep, and had my arms burning after 15 min. my Buddy kept turning the Drag up on me and urged me to Horse the fish in a bit. After a 50 min fight we had him at the boat, the gamakatsu Circe hook was perfectly in his lip and came out with ease for a Live Release. Fish was estimated to be 6-700lbs!!!cross that off my Bucket list!!! we hooked a larger one as well and fought him over a hour, on his first run he took 500+meters of line... we ended up loosing him...figured he was 1000-1100lbs...
I also Fished the Tidal River by my Dads house for Sea Run Rainbows and Brookies. I Had some really good mornings getting into several 6-8lb Salty Bows as i call them, i ended up loosing most of the big guys, as i had to use 6lb tippet due to water clarity...these fish pretty much stay in the mouth of the river their whole life eating shrimp and are extremely strong. i had several hooks straightened... I also had a big guy jump 6 times!!! unreal. i landed alot of 3-5lbers (15 one morning). Biologists from UPEI are studying & tagging these fish to see where they go exactly, and i gave them a pretty good show a few mornings as they are fishing and tagging fish every morning as well. a summer i wont forget!!! i appologize about the thumbnails...photobucket is giving me grief...
I also Fished the Tidal River by my Dads house for Sea Run Rainbows and Brookies. I Had some really good mornings getting into several 6-8lb Salty Bows as i call them, i ended up loosing most of the big guys, as i had to use 6lb tippet due to water clarity...these fish pretty much stay in the mouth of the river their whole life eating shrimp and are extremely strong. i had several hooks straightened... I also had a big guy jump 6 times!!! unreal. i landed alot of 3-5lbers (15 one morning). Biologists from UPEI are studying & tagging these fish to see where they go exactly, and i gave them a pretty good show a few mornings as they are fishing and tagging fish every morning as well. a summer i wont forget!!! i appologize about the thumbnails...photobucket is giving me grief...