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Offline magnanimous_j

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Tuna Fishing
« on: November 06, 2014, 02:31:46 PM »
Just out of curiosity, it seems like everyone talks about Tuna fishing out of Westport. But does anyone do it further north, as in the Olympic National Forest area? Also, they don’t go into the strait of Juan de fuca, do they?

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Re: Tuna Fishing
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2014, 02:48:45 PM »
Mags I know one of the guys on here I think comegetsome was fishing up north. Don't know about the strait

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Re: Tuna Fishing
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2014, 02:57:59 PM »
Tuna follow the warm ocean currents and will go up north if the currents allow it. I saw one at Neah Bay once, they said they went out 50 miles to fine it.

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Re: Tuna Fishing
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2014, 02:58:35 PM »
Generally, the further north you go up the washington coast, the further west you will have to run to get into tuna water. Albacore tuna prefer warm, blue water and the closest places to find that are Ilwaco and westport, in that order. This is all mainly due to currents which push warm water from the SW up to us. Lapush has some tuna fishermen, but they have no live bait available unless you catch your own so its mostly a troll game there, and generally a further run than out of westport. Neah Bay has tuna fishermen but its much less common there. The tuna definitely do not go into the straights, unless by complete accident or an extreme case of el nino. Humbolt squid have been caught there which are generally in warm water as well... so I guess its not impossible, but certainly unlikely.

Comegetsome charters out of Ilwaco for tuna now, he does Lapush for the halibut/bottomfish fishery.

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Re: Tuna Fishing
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2014, 02:59:38 PM »
No way in the straight. You need blue water. You can reach it from Lapush even Neah but it may be allot farther run.

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Re: Tuna Fishing
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2014, 03:08:08 PM »
Thanks guys. My buddy’s got a 22’ boat in Shilshole bay but no trailer. He seems to think he can take it up the sound and down the strait and hit tuna as soon as we’re in the ocean proper. And I’m trying to convince him that would take forever and cost hundreds in gas.

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Re: Tuna Fishing
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2014, 03:48:00 PM »
Thanks guys. My buddy’s got a 22’ boat in Shilshole bay but no trailer. He seems to think he can take it up the sound and down the strait and hit tuna as soon as we’re in the ocean proper. And I’m trying to convince him that would take forever and cost hundreds in gas.

You'd be correct.

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Re: Tuna Fishing
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2014, 03:57:08 PM »
Thanks guys. My buddy’s got a 22’ boat in Shilshole bay but no trailer. He seems to think he can take it up the sound and down the strait and hit tuna as soon as we’re in the ocean proper. And I’m trying to convince him that would take forever and cost hundreds in gas.

You'd be correct.

I'm assuming he has not tuna fished before, but does read Northwest Sportsman.
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