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For me, it's an albie on 10# test, ultralight rod/reel in the kayak.

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Ling

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Who would have guessed Young Woodchuck .

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Tuna, swordfish, and marlin. Kite fishing is my favorite method...imho there isn't a more exciting way to fish.

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I went tuna fishing once. It was really boring.

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Went Ling Winching a bunch of times . I like Sea Carping better .

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Crappie

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whales

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Anything that's on the line. Gotta love the surprise bites, like the random cownose ray that takes you for a run while you're fluking.

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Hey Pete anyone can catch a ling....but it takes a real man/Fishermen to catch a real fish right?

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White Marlin

Blackfish

Gerry says: Great minds think alike Rich ;)

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You have to catch a Tuna before you can compare . Live Ling are good Tuna bait . I hear that Young Woodchuck was Chumming pretty good offshore one trip .

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False albacore.

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Jigging tuna. I love when they hit the jig and take off like a bullet and the drag is screaming. There is no quit in these fish until there in the boat.Catch a couple on a trip and your gonna be sore the next day :D

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First, I have only caught one yellowfin and that was maybe 8 years ago now so its hard fo me to recall, it was also chunking not jigging. had a few trips get weathered out over the years but i think this year i need to find out what its like to jig for tuna and to hear that drag scream with a fish that size.

That being said, its easy for me. Tog and Albies.

Tog require a certain skill and decision making with when to swing and what the bite feels like that very much intrigues me. but when that thump comes, on a white or green, legs or no legs, half or whole, big or small, crushed or just the claw, there is no telling what the fish is going to be, 12 inches or 12 pounds. But you find out very quick, and when that beast starts bulldoggin ya man thats just the best. something cool just not knowing how big the fish at the other end is going to be, and having lost a PIGGG that stripped a locked down drag like a 38lb striper that i caught, that pull is INSANE. Throw in the way they cook up and BAM, #1.

I love to use light tackle, not unreasonably light tackle but light none the less. I absolutely love to drop down that tsunami split tail on 12lb test and a 2500 size freshwater spinning reel, start whippin that thing back up, feel the tick, set the hook, and listen to that spool zingggggggg at light speed and try to reel fast enough to keep up with the fish while running up and down the rail of a party boat with everyone hooked up. and yes i even do keep one or two to eat. having done this is WHY i need to catch a tuna 10x the size on 3x the tackle.

Throw in some live lining fo trophy stripers and im set. I'll drop crabs as long as i can and mix in the others the rest of the time.

a few fantasies for good measure:
gulf coast rig jiggin
alaska
secluded canada for walleye n pike *again* (not too much to catching the fish but love being 3 hours down a dirt road from the closest town)

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Pretty much whatever fish is bending my rod during the trip. I just like to catch fish I'm not prejudice if they fight well I'll hook it.

If I had to make a list pelagic species are in totally different category to inshore species on fight and wow factor, but there are less days to target them and sometimes you might not have a bite look at yft the last few years up to this past year it was spotty at best.

Had one trip this year where we raised 22 Whites hooked up 15 of the fish that came up hard to compare that to inshore fishing.

Basically what I am saying I will enjoy catching whatever is at the end of my line. Some are more exciting then others, but some are more accessible on a daily basis, and don't need a group to make it feasible with today's fuel cost. some can be done on a day after work while others have to be planned out.

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When I went to the hospital I asked the doctor to save me a sample of the virus that I had. Remind me to put it in your diet soda next time I see you :eek:

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Woodchuck , You need to get a thicker skin . I would never poison you . I used the old drunk sick one once when I was your age . Wait a minute I was Drunk . The Pacific Greenback Mackerel fishing was Wide Open when I finished . Then the Yellowtail started to chew on the Macs and we limited using the Macs for bait . Like you I didn't leave the rail till the decks ran red and I was Sober .

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Catching tuna on topwater lures.

Just do it and you'll see why. :)

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Never did that before Sea Bear. I love topwater fishing and it must be a rush to see a 50 lb tuna come after your popper. Talk about pucker factor :eek:

Something I definately want to experince but with someone else on the pole... Same thing with Giants. I'll hook the fish and gladly hand it off to someone.

A man (old out of shape man) has to know his limitations :D

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hahaha just busting you pete... I waited till we were 20 miles out and heading home so I could feed the ling some flu-vomit lol

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I could not have said it better.:)

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I fancy the relentless pressure from Amberjack.

There is a lot of "don't quit" in those fish.

but they are a more southern fish.

Up here, I really like Bluefish for the pure chaos they create.

Both of these species will hit a jig like it's the only thing they've seen to eat in a week. AJ are just a lot bigger.

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Haha ;)

As far as I'm concerned, 50-125lb tuna are perfect size for catching on "popping tackle". After that, you're either a beastly fisherman (not most people and not myself), a little bit crazy (myself), or you get yourself a "spin strap" so you can get set up in a harness/belt, but I'm usually too stupid/stubborn for that.

Last spring some of the tuna chasing our poppers were 300-400 pounds :eek:
I hooked up twice and both times the fish spit the hook on the initial run.
It was strange how happy I was to lose those fish, but I knew I would have been in big trouble, lol

Maybe this fall you can join me for an inshore BFT casting trip, if for nothing less than experiencing the "thrill of the hunt", and then you can say you've tried it before. :cool:

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Hey Ryan don't mind Pete you know when we first meant the first thing he said to me was a insult :eek: :( ;)

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If I had known better I would have done the same

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I'm all in. Definately something I'd like to experience first hand Seabear.

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I will absolutely keep this in mind Gerry. Keep your weekends free come November. ;)

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My favorites are offshore seabass, flounder and weakfish :mad: