I can't Wait to see some of this action!





Bazz

whats tbbec stand for?

that sounds like fun. wish I could go on all the tuna trips each year.. come on lotto!!!

I found a link to Baja Fish Gear that has the Candybar Surface Irons that Beto caught his 50# Wahoo with on the recent Son One Trip!


http://www.bajafishgear.com/xcart/product.php?productid=497&cat=387&page=1

I've been meaning to ask, why was Beto fishing a wire leader? Had he seen the 'hoo? I was fishing for tuna so had straight mono.

Thanks Bazz. Would you likely have as much success on a tuna with the wire leader? I confess I have never fished surface iron; maybe the leader doesn't hang in the water?

Main reason I ask is I got some Rangers for my next tuna trip in Sept and if Barracuda are a problem (aren't they always?) I would like to rig with wire IF it's not likely to affect YFT bite.

Are you ready for the Tuna Grinder??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsDITmnsCc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGszLcN4zg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nnIGp1dpsE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faq42vvv_qQ

What our catch will look like!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_Rs75-5vI

GET EM! BAZZY!

When is this trip and are there any spots open?

this weekend, blast off friday morning. call TOO for the list.

Any update?

where ya at Bazzy! i know you never sleeep!!

I was wondering the same thing!! I hope its not an indication of a poor trip. Lots of experienced guys on the trip.

Joe

Charlie and Allen were both on this trip. Need a report!!!!

Word is they caught around 30 YFT, biggest was 120 lb range, bunches of BFT, and a bigger escolar (sp?) than the pending record caught last week.
They had a great time, just not as good tuna fishing as Ocho, but a great bunch of guys were on the trip.
Subuki's were the ticket from what I was told.
Sure Gal16 and Bazz will post up and give a report.

NO WAY!!!! a 120#? really? show me the pics! I'm jonesin'!

Got a brief report from Allen; he said they caught some nice tuna during the day chunking. I think we are wasting our time trolling on these trips, and need to be doing the same ol' same ol', night or day, if out for tuna.

As I said before, it works in Venice, it should work here also. They just have something against doing it.

Joe

Even when the trolling is good, you still have 20 guys and 4 trolling positions. One trip out of DD I saw Californian catch a AJ in excess of 100 lbs off Boomvang during the day and a large cuda for chunking saving some blackfin. I agree with mojo and jig the same old same old produces even in daytime.

TBBEC 09 TUNA Report...

The Scat Cat Crew were fantastic again.. they never fail to impress us... a job very well done again Yall.. Hats off you guys are a hoot to fish with!

Many thanks to Willie of Texas Outdoor Organizers for doing all the leg work getting things put together for our trip.

Thanks to Ron Dougherty of Bar Bar Quality Custom Rods for bringing in his family and friends to help crew up the TBBEC. Ron, Greg, Scott & Ron of BPS came down from Indiana and Juan from Miami Fla to fish with us. If you have not checked out Bar Bar rods on Ebay you need to they are priced right, well built and fish even better!

We got to Boudreaux around sundown Friday and got into the Black fin which for what ever reason were immune to what I had tied on which I promise is a first.. the current was fairly strong. I tied on an OTI Jitter bell 14oz purple jig and got hooked up on a good line dumping fish but she pulled the hooks. Then hooked up a black fin which got hit by a toothy critter bye bye fish and jig. Tied on a 10oz Benthos jig in purple glow and got another drag burner that evidently got tail wrapped because of the tail thump on my line which wore out and broke off. Finally got the black fin dialed in and got the hands some chunk fish.

We were marking lots of bigger tuna but they just would not come up from 200ft even after tons of chum.. we jigged on thru the night and in to the rain that arrived early morning. The low sky and rain seemed to turn on the YFT for a while we had a few good fish caught on top waters, swim baits and chunks. I caught a small 30# YFT on a chunk after day break myself and had numerous blowups on soft plastic fliers (Yummies and Frenzy) but failed to get a hookup for more than a few seconds. I had one we est to go over 100# bit my Ballistic flyer 10ft from the boat busted out both eyes and pulled the wooden bead (that secures the main hook in the body) out thru the nose taking drag 3-4 seconds then just came off?? Had both wings eaten off an off brand flyer from numerous blow ups. The wind kept a big bow in the lines making it hard to get a quick hook-set. We did have a 32# Escolar Tuna.. another Scat Cat record fish caught on a jig down real deep.

I slept thru the Saturday trolling session as usual... they got 1 Wahoo and 1 small YFT watching paint dry.

Saturday evening the conditions were more favorable with calmer seas and lighter winds starting off but the current was still fairly strong. After we caught several magnum sized Rainbow Runners in the 6-10# range on chunks... I tied on a 10oz Strike Pro jig with prism tape and got after some chum BFT and kept a few since the YFT were apparently not in my cards. We had 6-7 nice 70-90# YFT caught on chunks.. I free-lined 2 live fliers that got bit off by UFO's ... one had teeth because I got back a hook-less chewed up leader. One Dorado was caught on another live flyer.. fist time I have ever seen so many live fliers on a hook without a YFT to show.. they just did not want to surface for us?

Everyone agreed it was a great trip.. you've got to pay them dues for the better WFO Bite trips and we have been spoiled many times in the past. I left my camera at home so no Pix from me

Bazz

Scat Cat TFF Tuna 7 Tribute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFGecqyv6A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwf_PyFxFNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usZT2svVVyQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olIV9PNAIQo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uDdjmJbSNI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZhyLVUOp8

so we still have no pics?????????