Catch of the day [Fishing]

[Giles]

These ones:

are made by these guys:

https://www.instagram.com/soxlures/

Never fished them before, but they look good.

This one is made by a guy in UK to my spec. It has caught me my biggest Tuna to date, but it is VERY difficult to fish properly and requires a lot of concentration

[goosehd]

@Giles Quite large with the heft to go with it. I was looking at this company yesterday and was wondering if you fished any of these:

https://malosilures.com/products/tyrant-180p-calypso

Like any fishermen, I’m sure you have your biases to colors, brands, etc., but I always do enjoy seeing what’s out there.

[goosehd]

…and another question: I was assuming that a tuna popping rod would be long (9-10 feet or longer) and after looking see a lot of them at (7-8 feet). What do you use?

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd @Giles I recognize all the words but they make zero sense to me

[Giles]

7’ 3” and 8’ 1”

[goosehd]

@Giles So a lot of action in the tip with a really strong (stout) backbone. I thought with such a large and powerful fish that you would want a longer rod for the battle and that a shorter rod would tire “you” out faster than the “fish”.

Must be a delicate balance of letting the fish run and pulling him back in…

[Giles]

Here's the techie gumph....

https://ripplefisher.com/product/off-shore-game/big-tuna-tuna

[Giles]

@goosehd

I have none of that brand, but this looks good....

https://malosilures.com/collections/talo

[goosehd]

[goosehd]

like this video better:

[Giles]

Fishing bathroom - not my beer

[Tago Mago]

@Giles not your hair wax either, I guess

[Giles]

Fishing so far has been very poor., We are hoping that it is because the tidal coefficient is very low, and we need large currents for the Tuna to hunt and coral the flying fish, but that builds through the week, so fingers crossed....

[Giles]

Today, was very windy with 16 feet waves at times. Decent currents and the fish were on......

Caught a couple,

[Giles]

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[Mizmazzle]

@Giles holy smokes!!

[Giles]

95lbs

[steelworker]

Good on ya Giles what a beauty!