SOA 3 Day Bluefin Trip, June 19-22, 2023

[CI_Seawolf]

Alan, let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

[MarkT]

I was on the Pacific Voyager for a 2 1/2 day over Memorial Day weekend. Saturday we loaded up on the rockfish at the 60 mile bank fishing at 60-80+ fathoms. Saturday night we only got 2 BFT jigging south of San Clemente Island... both by the same guy! Sunday morning we got 40+ BFT flylining southwest of the Coronado's, maybe a couple on sinker rigs.

[pjstevko]

Yeah it's definitely a tough year so far, I'm wondering why the fishing is so inconsistent this year???

Hopefully the bite turns on and stays on soon!

[Brewcrafter]

I was on the Pacific Voyager for a 2 1/2 day over Memorial Day weekend. Saturday we loaded up on the rockfish at the 60 mile bank fishing at 60-80+ fathoms. Saturday night we only got 2 BFT jigging south of San Clemente Island... both by the same guy! Sunday morning we got 40+ BFT flylining southwest of the Coronado's, maybe a couple on sinker rigs.

So what I am reading between the lines is Mark got two Bluefin jigging     - john

[MarkT]

I was on the Pacific Voyager for a 2 1/2 day over Memorial Day weekend. Saturday we loaded up on the rockfish at the 60 mile bank fishing at 60-80+ fathoms. Saturday night we only got 2 BFT jigging south of San Clemente Island... both by the same guy! Sunday morning we got 40+ BFT flylining southwest of the Coronado's, maybe a couple on sinker rigs.

So what I am reading between the lines is Mark got two Bluefin jigging     - john

Nope... I went 3/5 fly lining. I got chewed off on one and lot the other in a tangle. The guy that got the ones at night (90-110#) was an oral surgeon from Santa Barbara specializing in root canals.

[sciaenops]

Yeah it's definitely a tough year so far, I'm wondering why the fishing is so inconsistent this year???

Hopefully the bite turns on and stays on soon!

Water still pretty cold. Was on a 2-d last w/e & fish stayed deep. Sounds like tuna pens are place to be once again.

[bchen]

Counting down the days!

I've been focusing a lot on vertical/mechanical jigging the last 2 years.  I bought myself something new to experiment with: the Maxel Rage 90.  Will rig it with 80# line on a Jigging Master PE 5-10 rod. (I'm also bringing 40# and 60# speed jigging setups.)

[stoked4fishin]

Nice!
I just bought an Accurate BV2-600NN for jigging.  I need to decide on a rod, leaning towards a Phenix Megalodon MPX-C 608 PE 4-8 250 – 400 g