ADVICE....Tuna line and knot

[AndyS]

No braid on party boat tuna trips .......PLEEEEEEEZE.

[Ol Pedro]

Originally Posted by sportfishingusa

Keep in mind that the longer the fight lasts, the longer the terminal tackle and knots are under stress.. If you tie the knots right, you can fish more then 15lbs of drag on a chunked tuna fish, also remember that if you are chuking with 12 lbs of drag and you hook a real 80-100lb class yellowfin, you are going to be scratching your head wondering why there is nothing happening and why the fish is kicking your ass. lol chunking on a party boat with 15 lbs of drag is a hell of a lot different than a boat trolling with 15 lbs at strike

I'm with you Sportie .There is no finesse with 80 lb. when chunking . I would rather lose a fish early than get it to color just to have it fall off . I like to start around 20 lbs and be able to push it up when the fish stalls/circles . There's no reason you can't go 1/2 the breaking strength on any line . Rail um and keep putting the wood to um ! I also stopped using cutting edge hooks as they continue to cut the hook hole wider as the fight progresses .

[njboarder]

Originally Posted by AndyS

No braid on party boat tuna trips .......PLEEEEEEEZE.

Amen to this.
It seems like more and more people are bringing smaller reels with not enough top shots to PB and causing chaos.
I lost a nice fish when I got tangled with an idiot who only had 6 feet of mono topshot on his chunking rig.

If you really want braid, please have 100-200 yards of mono on top of braid.

[Ol Pedro]

Originally Posted by njboarder

Amen to this.
It seems like more and more people are bringing smaller reels with not enough top shots to PB and causing chaos.
I lost a nice fish when I got tangled with an idiot who only had 6 feet of mono topshot on his chunking rig.

If you really want braid, please have 100-200 yards of mono on top of braid.

NJB , I'm with you . LONNNNG top shots are the way to go . Don't forget Mono is more forgiving . Braid is forever . Like everything else Braid has it's place . If everyone fished Braid then it may be different . Long Range boats have learned to use it . Our fishing is different and we are still tuning it up .

[Pennsy Guy]

I've got 100yds topshot on the 80 and a LOT more on the 50 & even more on the 30---the lighter the drag, the more line Mr. Tuna can(and will) take...and don't forget, when lightening up on leaders with 80# main line, lighten up on the drag...