Best Light Tackle Tuna Destination

[Hardtail Hunter]

Hi
I love tuna fishing anmd was hoping to take a trip to have some awsome tuna fishing. I would like to get them on light tackle and fly gear and I would especially like to catch some on poppers. I was thinking baja or panama. If you could recomend me a good place to go and some light tackle guides.
Thanks
J

[mendy]

I would recommend fishing out of the exotic destinations like Boston and Plymouth starting around the last week of August through the middle of October. Getting them on the fly and light tackle (yes, poppers!) is a very real possibility.



Hi
I love tuna fishing anmd was hoping to take a trip to have some awsome tuna fishing. I would like to get them on light tackle and fly gear and I would especially like to catch some on poppers. I was thinking baja or panama. If you could recomend me a good place to go and some light tackle guides.
Thanks
J

[Hardtail Hunter]

I know the northeast is good but this is for a trip in the offseason ... not the summer time.

[mendy]

Ive heard that the east coast of Africa can't be beat...

[Soundking]

Look at mendy whoring out his business...j/k bro, had to nail ya right back for that pollack death line...

J- I have heard about panama being outstanding. CR is also very good, but the fish are for the most part smaller than the fish off of coiba island. The other option is the gulf of mexico. From what I understand there are large schools of yellowfin eating the crap out of bluerunners around the oil rigs there. I think a lot of guys out of LA do that kind of thing...

[OceanRunner]

If you’re not picky about the type of tuna, you can do this off the keys, in the gulf and around the Bahamas if you don’t want to fly to far. If you are up for a further trip, Panama, CR, Baja is tough to beat.

The questions you need to ask yourself are (a) how far do I want to go, (b) how much do I want to spend, (c) what else do I want to catch?

[albacized]

If you’re not picky about the type of tuna, you can do this off the keys, in the gulf and around the Bahamas if you don’t want to fly to far. If you are up for a further trip, Panama, CR, Baja is tough to beat.

The questions you need to ask yourself are (a) how far do I want to go, (b) how much do I want to spend, (c) what else do I want to catch?


That's true...the blackfin and skippy (as well as false albacore) bite on the various humps off the keys is supposedly very good. I haven't sampled that fishery for myself...but it's most definitely on my 'to do' list. They also fish behind trawler boats when the various tunas feed on the by-catch that falls behind the boat.

[ikan besar]

Los Barriles, Baja. Catch all the yft and skipjack on fly you could possibly want and the charters are very reasonable by U.S. standards. I went with a few friends and the cruisers can comfortably fish 3-4 anglers at a time (10'+ beam on many of them) and only run $400/day. In addition, you can chase roosterfish down the beach and catch those on fly as well.

Alternatively, you could go to the Stuart/Jupiter area of Florida and catch little tunny (locally called bonito, same as what is referred to as false albacore) until your arms fall off. The albie fishing in SE Florida is sort of an open secret: more consistent than the highly publicized areas in NC and nobody messes with what are locally considered "trash fish". Plenty of large fish in the mix too --127-3-