Where you at Wayne ??
Wish you were here. Today was albacore gone mad. We trolled for about 3 minutes at first daylight and got 1 troll fish, then that turned into 5.5 hour bait stop that plugged the boat with 214 albacore !!
NICE!!!!!
That's a lot of catchin' !!
Quote from: Maxed Out on August 17, 2022, 12:29:41 AMWhere you at Wayne ??
Wish you were here. Today was albacore gone mad. We trolled for about 3 minutes at first daylight and got 1 troll fish, then that turned into 5.5 hour bait stop that plugged the boat with 214 albacore !!
Ted!!!
WHAT A MORNING turning into a DAY!!!!!
As far as fishing, last week, Dominick, Linda and I were on Lake Tahoe for some MACK (Mackinaw... or also called Lake Trout) fishing - will be posting that trip tomorrow.
KEEP hauling them over the rail.
Wayne
Catchin is absolutely correct, a whole different level from fishing!
Ronald Jones
Ted, I'm drooling already. Rudy
What kinda NETS were you using . ;D ;D
Quote from: Wompus Cat on August 17, 2022, 02:47:29 AMWhat kinda NETS were you using . ;D ;D
Lol, nice try Henry. I was using one of my custom built Cortez Conversions 99:jigmasters, and it outfishes any net. I kept track and final Talley for me was 28 albacore to the gaff.
Rudy !! You are top on my list once I get some canned in next couple weeks
Wayne !! I have an open seat on the same boat for Aug 29-31. The Captain will fill the spot for me if I don't fill it soon.
Wow awesome trip Ted!!!!! - john
Sounds like a great trip !! Congrats ! John Taylor
Wow Ted, that's a day of fishing!
Quote from: Maxed Out on August 17, 2022, 04:23:33 AM...... I kept track and final Talley for me was 28 albacore to the gaff.
Awesome Ted, question.
Albacore fishing doesnt have limit of fish per day?
I wish I was there !! :'(
Todd
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Quote from: steelfish on August 17, 2022, 05:04:52 PMQuote from: Maxed Out on August 17, 2022, 04:23:33 AM...... I kept track and final Talley for me was 28 albacore to the gaff.
Awesome Ted, question.
Albacore fishing doesnt have limit of fish per day?
ashington has a limit of 25 albacore per day. However, Washington has a wonderful law that says that everyone keeps fishing until everyone is limited. If you are the hot stick, you can catch an awful lot of fish.
The Man
I lied, I thought they had enacted the 25 a day limit, but I just checked and there is no daily limit and no minimum size.
It is truly unbelievable how many albacore are up here.
The Man
Quote from: Ron Jones on August 17, 2022, 05:59:14 PMI lied, I thought they had enacted the 25 a day limit, but I just checked and there is no daily limit and no minimum size.
It is truly unbelievable how many albacore are up here.
The Man
nice ! !
that sounds much better than 5 yt per day up here fo'sure, even if the 25 were the limit sounds excellent
thanks El Hombre
We have a 20 fish limit on albacore here. Never come close but we get some big ones. Washington or Oregon is the place for numbers thats for sure.
Todd
Awesome Ted, question.
Albacore fishing doesnt have limit of fish per day?
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currently there is no limit,but every boat has its limitations on how much it can catch and safely cool and hold. Some boats use commercial salt ice and to properly cool each fish, the formula is around 5lbs of ice per fish. These fish are warm blooded and need to cool from 90° down to 50 in 2 hours and down to 40 in 3 hours to prevent bacteria growth that will make people sick when eaten. This is longstanding commercial standards. RSW is the other option(refrigerated saltwater hold).
6pak boats in Westport are limited just because the amount of ice they carry. A standard good day would be 7to8 tuna per person and boat would be plugged. Most those boats are 28-32 length and those are day trips fishing about 4-5 hours. We fish from first light till last light and sleep on the boat 2 nights. The RSW hold allows it to hold 190-220 albacore. So that's our limit split 10 ways
Thanks for the detailed explanation on caring for the catch Ted! Just thinking about pulling on that many albies makes my arms hurt! But since I am a SoCal Guy we all know that Albacore are just a mythical unicorn snipe fish that doesn't really exist (San Diego fishing joke there).
Anyhow, when the fish are going into the ice or the RSW are they gilled and gutted? Bled? I ask because on the TV show where they commercial catch it appears they bleed them all when they come on board, and that's it. But I know that on the long range boats down here (admittedly, different species, but same basic challenge - cool them down and preserve the quality) the larger fish are usually gilled/gutted/flushed before going down into the RSW, but in the case of Yellowtail or Dorado they usually just get tossed into the kill box and then get tossed into the RSW when there is a break in the action. Of course there is also the fact that on a long ranger it may be 6-18 days before that fish sees the processor - the fact that it is much faster in your fishery may play a part in that as well.
I'm going to have to figure out a way to do one of those overnight trips up there. - john