Love/Hate California

eelgrass · Sep 8, 2019

12 miles west of Eureka.

9-7-19 The tuna really lit it up today. It started off a little slow but once we got located it was pretty much wide open all morning. The gang on the boat did a great job of landing their fish. It can get hectic when the bite is that good. We did not have any "peanuts" and some fish were around 25#. It's not that easy to reel in a tuna of that size. The fish bit on the troll and on live bait. To me fishing live anchovies for big Albacore is the most fun fishing we have around here. We had over 40 fish by just after noon.

264mag · Sep 8, 2019

I heard that it was good in Fort Bragg 15 miles out

RELH · Sep 8, 2019

Eel you make us jealous with that great fishing. That is one way to beat the high price of tuna at the store and fresh is always better.

RELH

eelgrass · Sep 8, 2019

I was going to halibut fish in the bay yesterday but when I got to the boat ramp the line of boats waiting was a block long. I'll go tomorrow to a secret kayak launch site.

Paul_Crawford · Sep 8, 2019

Eel, at 25 pounds are they tuna or albacore? pc

Homer · Sep 8, 2019

an albacore is an albacore....no matter how big...

eelgrass · Sep 8, 2019

All albacore are tuna, but not all tuna are albacore.

Alwayshunting · Sep 8, 2019

Well, now I'm curious. Are you gonna give us an education please uncle eel?

eelgrass · Sep 8, 2019

As far as I know Albacore is just one species of tuna. That's all I know. Todays report:

9-8-19 If you were to create the perfect fishing day, today would be it. The weather was absolutely beautiful with clear skies, calm wind, smooth seas and warm air. The tuna were up and biting in the morning and it was not long before we had a load of longfins on ice. We came in when everyone had all the Albacore they wanted.

Paul_Crawford · Sep 9, 2019

?..Bonita? Mackerel? pc

Gator · Sep 9, 2019

Pictures, no pictures you could be only dreaming of them.

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DeerHunter53 · Sep 10, 2019

Hey Eel what are the boats selling for this year? is it still $2 a pound or higher in Eureka

eelgrass · Sep 10, 2019

>Hey Eel what are the boats
>selling for this year? is
>it still $2 a pound
>or higher in Eureka

I don't know. I'll check if I get down that way.

When I came back to the launch today I met a boat that had been tuna fishing. I told one guy I'll trade a nice halibut for a small tuna. You would have thought I asked if I could have sex with his wife. A simple "no" would have been fine.

I didn't think it was that bad of an offer.

DeerHunter53 · Sep 11, 2019

Some guys take that stuff too personal. I think that is a good trade WTF was his issue?

eelgrass · Sep 11, 2019

I think he was in a bad mood because I was ahead of him at the ramp. The launch facilities here are a joke as only one boat at a time can use it. The thought of a lowly kayaker holding up a fancy $40,000 boat didn't sit very well with him. I try to avoid that ramp but the way the tide was I had no choice but to use that facility.