$3000, man that is a nice start to being a grade A tackle HO!

You've got your three basic rigs, now get some line, jigs, poppers and designer hooks.
You'll need your 60 to 200, 200 to 400,and 400 to 600 jig rod.
Your 50# popper.
Your 80# popper.
Your 50# chunk as well as the 80# you have.
You'll need about 50 jigs (that is the average lost to cuda's).
About 12 poppers.
Oh, you'll also need at least 3 hooks.

Got all those covered....except don't have nearly the 50 jigs.

Sometimes the barracudas can be plentiful! I've never needed 50 Jigs, but I always take around 20 to 25. Awfully darn heavy!! But if you run out on the boat, somebody always has some you can borrow or buy!

Tom - DBG

I think on the last trip I lost 2 jigs. The previous 3 trips I lost maybe 3 or 4 on each trip. All depends on if the toothy ones show up hungry.

Joe

Off shore Tuna Jigging tips....


If you drop a Jig straight down on the down current side.. you will feed the Cudas as the jig starts flashing near the surface..

Cast your jig out away from the lights so that your bait enters the boat lights down about 150- 200ft. The Toothy critters are near the top of the water column.

The Cudas will still get a few when they hit the smaller Tuna or when you reel in for another cast.. but casting away from the lights will limit Cut-Offs to a minimum.

I lost Zero Jigs to Cudas last 3 trips at night and only one in the day time when I cast too close to the rig tempting fate.. Fate Won that round.

We did have some Glow in the dark Orange Squid playing tag with our jigs at Boudreaux, strange bite!

Bazz

one rod, and a bag of topwaters... all ya need

HAHA Ronnie, you must have top water dreams every night...

Does anyone ever wire their jigs? Where is the typical bite off in relation to the jig. Within 6 inches of the jig? Or is is like those pesky needlefish bite offs where they actually attack the line?

Hey Mel,

You can wire your jigs, but it will probably decrease your bites. When I get bit off, it's usually right above the solid ring.

I usually don't lose more than a few inches of my short leader.

I tried tiger wire on some jigs one time, and couldn't buy a bite. I cut the wire off, and tied directly to the the leader, and first drop, wham!

Tuna have some of the best eyes for night feeding in the sea. Even your BFT are very adapt with nighttime vision.

Yes, I hear you. The same happens when we use the wire for Wahoo. The bites do drop off significantly.

Mel, When I fished Midnight Lumps out of Venice, LA, I kept using mono without wire to get bites. At the end of trip I lost 15 jigs by wahoo and king mackerel, but here is the reward of 86 lbs wahoo.

That is an awesome Hoo. I've seen pictures of one over 90# but to catch one over 80# is a feat!

nice wahoo kil.

as for the cook and/or sponsor i'm indifferent. just make sure the cook knows he has to cook for me, which means every 2 hours

wow...very nice hooter Ksong...bet that was a fun fight

Actually it was not.
I hooked up the fish while other guy fighting a tuna. I just let the fish run and I didn't fight until we landed the tuna. When I started to fight my fish, the wahoo almost gave up fighting. The next day we got a 92 lbs wahoo on bait.

does wahoo make good sashimi? i have not tried it or seen it anywhere

It makes wonderful sashimi. We had some last year. One day on the Lump in January on a boat w Argo and his friend Bo caught one 95 lber and two right at 70. Only one Yf at 80 but the wahoo sashimi was amazing.

Fred

Kil, that Hoo looks like it's trying to give you a smooch!

UPDATE!!!

It's only 217 days to Seite Tuna!

Thanks Dave..

I feel so much better now

Bazz

aaawwww man! i knew i should not have looked when i saw someone posted something... i am not going to look at this until we are under 100

My Shoulder hurts. God I hope I'm back to 100% by Nov.
I'll make my descision in Sept.
-B

800mg of ibuprofen will fix ya up! does wonders for me and my broke arse foot!