| Though Tuna fishing has become one of the most | | | | found to roam around the tuna fish, you can easily |
| popular and favorite fishing expeditions, there is | | | | locate them. You can adopt the drifting strategy or |
| definitely a science to the way this is approached. It is | | | | trolling strategy to catch them. Drifting is nothing but |
| a salt water fishing expedition but the efficiency with | | | | throwing large chunks of living bait to attract them and |
| which it can be carried out can be enhanced if | | | | trolling is adopted by slowly dragging a baited hook in |
| aggressive and innovative techniques are adopted. | | | | the water to attract these fish. |
| Such techniques will make things propitious for tuna | | | | However, the main thing you should remember is that |
| fishing. | | | | tuna fishing is more difficult than we expect. You |
| When you consider the varieties of tuna that are | | | | should learn a few techniques before you venture into |
| mostly fished, they are Albacore and the yellow fin | | | | it. |
| tuna. Yellow fin tuna fishing is economically important. | | | | - Experts advise that you must control your speed |
| The yellow fin tunas live in all the warm sea waters | | | | while you do tuna fishing. The recommended speed |
| throughout the world. | | | | for trolling is 5 to 8 miles per hour. Experts also advise |
| Yellow fin tuna fishing is considered a favorite sport | | | | a 'W pattern' for trolling. Multiple lures and presented |
| because they are huge in size and have got a high | | | | and if the lures are splashy, sparkling and shiny, they |
| speed of movement in water. It added to their | | | | are sure to yield better results. Your aim is to make |
| characteristics, are their tenacity and fighting spirit. | | | | the tuna falsely think that it has got a school of bait |
| People prefer yellow fin tunas for their taste also. | | | | fish. |
| They are attractive with silver color with blackish | | | | - You should take a cue from Mother nature to have |
| backs. These finas have white spotted bellies. They | | | | a good catch of tuna fish. Diving birds provide a good |
| are called yellow fin tuna because they have these | | | | clue to identify the location of these fish. If diving birds |
| bright yellow fins. The yellow strips run the entire length | | | | are seen, it shows that you have schools of bait fish |
| right from their eyes to their tails. | | | | around. The presence of bait fish will show that the |
| People use large seine fishing nets and the fishing lines | | | | tuna is somewhere nearby. If you also see dolphins or |
| used are a mile long. Since tuna fish is ferocious, it is | | | | sharks, you can conclude that tuna will be somewhere |
| better if you have or hire charter boats equipped with | | | | close because, in general, tuna travel along with them |
| all the required fishing gears. Tuna fishing is undertaken | | | | in large schools. |
| as a group but there are some individuals who | | | | - According to seasons also, you can determine how |
| undertake this as an individual sport. These individuals | | | | you can catch tuna. In warmer periods, tuna can be |
| must gather and keep ready items like huge hooks, | | | | found near the surface of water. They are also fond |
| strong lines, steel reels and a sturdy fishing rod. | | | | of low light and hence when there is a low light also, |
| Whether you do tuna fishing as a group or as an | | | | you can easily find them. Winter and colder climates |
| individual, locating the tuna fish is easy. Since they | | | | will make tuna hunt in deeper waters and hence |
| create a lot of surface disturbances due to their | | | | catching them during such periods will be difficult. |
| movements and since many dolphins and birds are | | | | |