The Science Behind Tuna Fishing

Though Tuna fishing has become one of the mostfound to roam around the tuna fish, you can easily
popular and favorite fishing expeditions, there islocate them. You can adopt the drifting strategy or
definitely a science to the way this is approached. It istrolling strategy to catch them. Drifting is nothing but
a salt water fishing expedition but the efficiency withthrowing large chunks of living bait to attract them and
which it can be carried out can be enhanced iftrolling 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 tunaHowever, 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 areshould learn a few techniques before you venture into
mostly fished, they are Albacore and the yellow finit.
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 waterswhile 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 sporta 'W pattern' for trolling. Multiple lures and presented
because they are huge in size and have got a highand if the lures are splashy, sparkling and shiny, they
speed of movement in water. It added to theirare 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. Theya good catch of tuna fish. Diving birds provide a good
are called yellow fin tuna because they have theseclue to identify the location of these fish. If diving birds
bright yellow fins. The yellow strips run the entire lengthare 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 linestuna is somewhere nearby. If you also see dolphins or
used are a mile long. Since tuna fish is ferocious, it issharks, you can conclude that tuna will be somewhere
better if you have or hire charter boats equipped withclose because, in general, tuna travel along with them
all the required fishing gears. Tuna fishing is undertakenin 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 individualsyou 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 anyou can easily find them. Winter and colder climates
individual, locating the tuna fish is easy. Since theywill make tuna hunt in deeper waters and hence
create a lot of surface disturbances due to theircatching them during such periods will be difficult.
movements and since many dolphins and birds are