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TUNA.COM · #**131** 03-06-2013, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pennsy Guy

Yea, but it's a + in the ledger, not a -...bait 'n fuel for another tuna search...don't forget Marciano did it last year & they got a fish..the charter guys each got a turn,a shirt and a major memory...they seemed most appreciative for crankin' the handle...
Bill puts too much onus on the charter to "keep it tight" & "they don't know"!!!Didn't look like it to me..seemed like the charter was doing a pretty good job...
Question for Dave(Tuna.Com)...I know it'd take longer to get the fish to the harpoon and it would probably fetch less at the buyer, but wouldn't easing off on the drag help improve the catch/pulled hook ratio? Don't really know what it is, but from the show, it seems pretty bad... Drags set at 50-60#? Bluefin's mouth isn't iron plus the fish's inherent weight generates a lot of preloaded drag, or not?

inquiring minds would like to know

As for catching tuna quick as opposed to not so quick and getting more dollars, I don't buy it. I've had triple headers and caught all 3, fish 1 took 20 minutes, fish 2 took 50 minutes and fish 3 took 12 hours. Fish 1 and 2 made it on the ice while we where fighting number 3. Fish 3 never even made it on the ice and we just left him on the deck for the 15 hour ride home. And guess what.....fish 1 and 2 were junk and 3 yielded us one of our highest prices for the season. This is just one example and the opposite of the above has also happenend. You just get what you get and there's not much you can do about it. Most of the burned fish I have had happens at the side of the boat when they are tied off and "kick" for a long time and then just expire.

As for drag, if you fish a light drag it takes forever and you subject yourself to chaffing them off or just never getting them to the boat because the line just keeps coming off the reel...one foot in and one foot out....no thanks. We use a lot of drag and pull a hook here and there....it just was not in your deck of cards for the day. Too bad, suck it up and start fishing again.

As for the show and some of the drama and editing, we are all fishermen on this board and can see the finest detail. Keep in mind the editors are not fishermen and we are, I know but some of the scenes have nothing to do with being a fishermen....I don't know what to say about that. This show was made for your average Joe in Kansas, the masses, and not for fishermen. If it was for fishermen it would be on ESPN. The ratings tell the story and not the message boards. The last episode grew by a factor of 2, almost twice as many watched this past weekend compared to the episode before and the ratings have been good since day one. Also there has been stiff competition this season on sunday night and the ratings have still done very well.

As for Googans, I was once one too at one point in time and we all were and some may still be. Everyone is entitiled to fish in the ocean, however if you were on my boat and had boats anchor on you every day, all day, all season, you would get a little upset too. Nothing goes further than good judgement and common sense. No one needs to be 5 boat lenghts away from someone. Sure I do it to Kevin and Kevin does it to me. It's all in good fun, however and I'd rather have Kevin next to me instead of someone I don't know. Kevin will get out of the way in a heartbeat and have his anchor hauled up too.

Look at "Wicked Tuna" as an episode of "Desperate Housewives", except they give all the cast a pretty shinny rod and reel and tell them to go and catch tuna. Look at it and laugh or grind your teeth and call that guy an A%$ or don't look at it at all.

Thanks for watching and plenty of big fish to come.

Gotta go and make some turns in the snow with the Pinhead for a couple days.

pulltaug · #**132** 03-06-2013, 11:53 AM

Dave
I love the show and love what you guys do. I actually don't mind the scenes outside of the fishing...the pranks, the fight on the dock, the stories, marciano getting payback from the thresher etc. good stuff and good insight into the lives of guys who catch fish the old fashion way. i guess i am partial because I am a fisherman...I want to see more fish.
I hope the ratings do well and you guys succeed.

as for googans - you are right - Have you ever been to Sandy Hook Bay on a Saturday during Fluke season! I call it the Fiber Glass Forest! You think one guy anchoring too close to you is a problem...try 40 guys chasing party boats and drifting within feet of each other!

Good luck with this storm and looking forward to a new episode!
Tight Lines

jerseyhunter · #**133** 03-06-2013, 05:41 PM

Well said pulltag. And as far as drag is concerned, It's one thing fishing for sport and another for for the $ . You would be a amased of what kind of lines and snoods we used set lining Cod back in the day. Let alone the winch.

Pennsy Guy · #**134** 03-06-2013, 11:30 PM

Dave, thanks for the info...guess the catch ratio is a lot better than what the show would have one believe...that's a relief. I get scared when I've got color--that's when I really want the fish..if it breaks off sight unseen, it's not quite as bad...Looking forward to the rest of the series and your success...

action · #**135** 03-09-2013, 07:56 PM

Why not boats out of green harbor on the show good tuna fisherman old school

SaltLife1980 · #**136** 03-09-2013, 08:40 PM

I was watching a repeat.. How come the Christina folded the tape to make the fish 73inches.. Hmmmmmm.. You can see him fold it over the tail and then show the size

Tunatales01 · #**137** 03-10-2013, 05:45 AM

Why is it tuna.com says they are hooked up to
A mako and they show a blueshark on
The line and they say mako then they show a
Mako jumoing then back to a blueshark on
The line. Very poor editing in this show.
Also why does billy have to run to the cabin
And get on vhf and say hooked up. More worried
About letting people know he is on a fish then trying
To get a fish in the boat. Pinwheel in my opinion is
A captain that is gii g 100 percent effort and is hardcore.
Tuna.com is also o e of the best but pinsheel shows he wants
Fish bad. Great show just horrible editing.

SaltLife1980 · #**138** 03-10-2013, 11:25 PM

Looks like the Pin Wheel is giving Tuna.com a run for their money.. Tyler got a nice fish!

parrotinct · #**139** 03-10-2013, 11:31 PM

Pinwheel was fishing on George's in the bad weather right, there was quite few lights out there on the horizon that looked alot like land. As they pull up anchor to steam home after thier fish, wow did that water lay down quick.

SaltLife1980 · #**140** 03-10-2013, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by parrotinct

Pinwheel was fishing on George's in the bad weather right, there was quite few lights out there on the horizon that looked alot like land. As they pull up anchor to steam home after thier fish, wow did that water lay down quick.

Most likely the lights are all the larger ships fishing that area.. Its a spot that a lot of the commercial guys fish.. but who knows with the editing that goes on.. never know whats really going on