Wicked Tuna Sunday March 17th

[pulltaug]

Sandro is BEAST!
That kid knows exactly what he's doing at any given time.
Capt. Dave is lucky to have him.

As for Capt. Ralph - he's a hot head - but he's right!
That mate always seems to be doing the wrong things at the wrong time....
and then he cuts the lines "YOU DON'T CUT MY LINES!"

Feel bad for Marciano - I like him. reminds me of the old school guy...

I am glad those two guys from the Bounty Hunter took the week off LOL

[NJ Dave]

[QUOTE=pulltaug]Sandro is BEAST!
That kid knows exactly what he's doing at any given time.
Capt. Dave is lucky to have him.

Feel bad for Marciano - I like him. reminds me of the old school guy...

Yea Sandro is always on point.

So true, Marciano is old school cool.

Not many like the Pin wheel guys but they are definatley pulling there weight.
He seems like a good new guy. Everyone starts somewhere and a he is off to a good one.

[TUNA.COM]

3rd Wheel is a good guy!

[Ol Pedro]

Dave , not giving anything away but what is your favorite BFT hook ? Do you like circle hooks ?

[TUNA.COM]

Originally Posted by Ol Pedro

Dave , not giving anything away but what is your favorite BFT hook ? Do you like circle hooks ?

I've tried every hook out there from "J" hooks to live bait hooks to circle hooks.

One week when we catch 10 in a row, and thought we found our perfect hook only to throw all the other brands over the side. Next week we pull 5, break 3 and straighten 2. Once again the search for the perfect hook continues.

In my opinion, there is no perfect hook, one is not better than the other from my observation. Every hook has it's good streaks and it's bad streaks. You just don't know what is in your deck of cards when the rod laps over and you can just hope it stays in and does it's job.

With all that said, certain hooks are better for certain baits and that's what we go by now. A live bait will get a live bait hook for the best presentation and a chunk will get a bigger circle hook or "J" hook.

Everyone has their favorite hook, for us we like and dislike them all.

[Tuna Tales]

Again...great show.

Like everyone...especially the hard core Pin Wheel guys...reminds me of 20 years ago when Darren and I would run 20 to 25 miles in my Mako 20 (really did not care about the weather back then)...we just went.

One trip in October (1994 I think?) we had a 125 lb BFT...the Mud Hole...we had three rods out with butterfish baits...40 lb Berkley Big Game line with JT (K Mart) leaders and 6-0 or 7-0 tuna hooks...no flourocarbon back then.

We were sleeping and had all three rods go off...two got off and we fought the one for two hours on a Penn 30 with 40 lb line...got off the ball and then harponed it.

It had a shark bite on its side (about a month old?)...unreal.

The Shannon K was next to us and saw the whole thing.

We boated the BFT and it weighed 125 lbs...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...tuna fishing!!


Joe T.

[SaltLife1980]

3rd wheel... lol