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 Yellowfin tuna fishing in gulf
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09/04/13 01:58 AM
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MyPartnerstheNetMan
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What is the best time of year and landing/boat to catch big yft out of the gulf? I've heard and seen about 200+llbers on relatively short trips. Having fished San Diego multi day range trips I want to see what it's all about here. Any advise greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chris
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Re: Yellowfin tuna fishing in gulf
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09/04/13 01:27 PM
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completely different from the SD thing. In fact, the YFT are actually a completely different sub-species here.
200# yft's are rare on this side of the gulf.
there are certain times of the year that 150+ lb. tunas can be found with some consistency in the northern gulf near Venice, La & the trips are comparatively short.
The avg fish off Tx are 50-70#, & are typically caught
over or past the continental shelf, which lies roughly
70-90 miles off every Tx. port, making the avg party boat "tuna trip" between 36-80 hrs in duration
oh yeah, welcome neighbor!
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Re: Yellowfin tuna fishing in gulf
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09/04/13 08:55 PM
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Very cool! Thank you for the info! I'll look into landings in Venice area and go from there! Much appreciated.
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