How To: Trolling for Bluefin Tuna with Spreader Bars

hi folks captain Mike Hoggard here from hokey lore company I'm here today with captain at chocolate from get the net charters for fishing a spot called the claw which is about 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard the fish today we think you're eating on Sand Hills so we're going to stay with smaller baits for fishing a seven rod spread plastic spring bluefin spread we have four 40 inch 6 inch bolts with spreader bars on the inside and outside riggers then our flat lines we're going to fish larger soft baits the Hokie harness chicks in sandy I'll color 's we're going to fish the flat lines a little further back than we normally do something flank the inside outrigger spreader bars we're going to be trolling seven dots very calm day today we find a greasy calm days we tend to speed the boat up and fish lures a little further back than we normally do you know it's textbook conditions today great spring tuna fishing day thanks fish on here took about 300 yards of line just stop the boat clear the lines go working on them try and get them in here stay with you so I'm just positioning this boat will Nats on this fish I like the fish off the corner of the boat and some just in and out of gear this is very ergonomic to have the fish at a at a 45 degree angle off the corner here and you know have the controls on the starboard side so I always keep everything on the starboard side here I'm just going to put the star for the port engine in gear that will swing the bow to starboard all right we got color bike all right so this fish came in on the shrimp colored spreader bar is a very natural color again these fish are commuted on sand eels we're going to get this fish super sharp the mc7 Oh floral leader and we have a 92 fingers behind the 684 look at the boat in here there release this fish hey see this car a little discombobulated after that fish that is pretty much by design these bars are made with such light wireframes that when they're trolling the barge of pulses for some reason I always find the board think tough these bars get the fissure they get and use the lightest steel we wrecked you like the spring steel over titanium because it's so soft so fluid with these real baits these real small host and dance and dark and very light yes talget 25 years certainly not be heavy outfit do the trick so we're putting out the 14 inch switch bar in the shrimp color the bar would just cut the last pitch on Bridget put it back out oh we're on now this sweet outfit is from Iman oh now that's real may not look very big but it's got plenty of foods to it it's the talaq at 25 monitor res Raj okay which falls on about 50 pounds really put into it like to fit that easily a 50 pound tuna this rod just flipped it again they're keen in on these big spreader bars with small squids to close out the Martha's Vineyard greasy calm conditions official cooperating plenty of life couldn't ask for a better June day to kick off the tuna seas you

Channel: Hogy Lures

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Keywords: tuna fishing, hogy lures, marthas vineyard fishing, bluefin tuna fishing, bluefin tuna trolling, fortier boats, talica 25, terez rod

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Length: 5min 8sec (308 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 24 2015