CATCHING HUGE BLUEFIN TUNA Out of San Diego!!! SPEED TROLLING NOMAD MADMACS | Lever Up Sportfishing

In this video the Lever Up heads out in search of some big tuna off the coast of Ensenada. The crew ends up trying out a new trolling method using Nomad Madmacs and it pays off big time. Nick breaks down some of the details regarding their experience and we hope it helps everyone put more fish in the boat!
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[@acme9538]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. It's actually cool to see this footage as a reality check. I've got a Whaler and been fishing here in So Cal my entire life. I'd have no problem being out there offshore . . . but . . I don't own that type of tackle, and I don't have the strength to pull on a fish of that size correctly, and my back is so tore-up that I'd end up just injuring myself. So I'll stay on the shallow end of the pool (the beach) and stay out of your way and live vicariously through you ! Good Stuff and thanks again for sharing, very cool to see.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching and thank you for the kind words! Tight lines!

[@JDuca_JigsEmUp13]

Nice action. That's a lotta good sushi right there. Two things: 1.) With the low gunwales, invest in a quality fighting belt and harness, it'll save your crew the beating. 2.) keep the boat in gear and pick a corner--starboard or port in the stern--and maneuver the boat as needed by bumping the throttle to keep the angler in one spot. This will accomplish a few things--eliminate the up and over and around situations to the bow and over the motor, and it'll also keep your crew safer...In the cockpit, boots on the floor. Again, nice action on the Nomads. Yet to get bit on one up here in the northeast but we'll keep dragging them!

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@2010nvillanueva]

Awesome epic video fishing for blue fin tuna thanks for sharing the tips on the mad macs!

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and subscribing!

[@daves8812]

Nice work! How are you making the connections? Braid to leader? Is the leader then tied directly to the ring on the madmac?

[@STODAKINE]

Once I caught a 100+ lb yellowfin on the return trip to Seaforth. We were passing Point Loma when I hooked up. I’ve been wondering about the high speed troll for a long time now.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

It’s a cool way to fish!

[@sonnyngu]

Nice job boys! We were down in Ensenada doing the same thing and had the same success. Did you notice color played a role for you? Certain days, it'll get bit on certain color.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Unfortunately all we are able to get our hands on are the whacky bright colors. Doesn’t seem to matter much, but each day there definitely seems to be a hot color that gets bit more than others.

[@desert8285]

We trolled those for 2 days and no luck on the RP in June. They were eating all that microbait only. We had use jigs at night to catch em.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

It’s amazing how it seems to change so much day to day. Bluefin will be bluefin! Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing channel. Thanks for watching!

[@mrxiong2567]

You probably weren't on top of the fishes

[@larryjohnson5597]

Great job just wanted to know what size is your Parker??

[@tshark2787]

Awesome video, fun day for sure. Do you guys run long mono top shots. Or just braid to short leader? Thanks

[@AbandonOutdoors]

For these trolling setups we use wind on fluoro leaders attached to braid.

[@arthurcitron9774]

Spot on!👊🏻🇺🇸👊🏻

[@jamesbladen9904]

I would like to see how you tie one of the big lures on.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

In this particular video we were straight tying the madmacs using a San Diego Jam. Great know but we prefer to crimp them straight to the wind on now. Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing channel. We go in depth on the rigging. Thanks for watching!

[@captainmeghanc]

They swim awesome caught a 98 lb yesterday. Switch the hooks to trebles

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Nice! We did start switching the back hooks out to trebles and that works real well!

[@CitySC12B]

@@AbandonOutdoors what size trebles did you guys switch it to?

[@bugdiverhb]

Outstanding video

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Thank you!

[@fishdog1000]

Awesome job and thank you for the rundown with the Madmacs I just picked up a few. I was thinking of rigging them with a 3’ leader to a swivel. But your saying it’s best to tie straight to the line/leader ?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

It does seem like a swivel makes them less effective. We think more so that they don’t run correctly. Just what we have seen so far.

[@martinvizcarra7435]

Swivel are not good at madmacs ,they could be bent at the figth,I lost one that way

[@scottefird598]

sweet vid bro what a day. I got a couple to try up in the monterey area if they show up again this year. You fishing the 200 size?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Yea, that size seemed to work the best for us.

[@FishermansHobby]

Good learning video thank for sharing

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidcaballos1093]

Great video and congrats on the gorgeous fish. You mentioned on the video you fish by Ensenada, what was the process to take your boat in to mexican waters?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Hi there. Thanks for watching! All you need is a Mexican fishing license and an FMM visa if you plan to fish within a certain distance from the coast. Easy process online. Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing channel!

[@brianhanel6897]

it's not new it might be new to yoy but braid made the braid bonito and Marauder long before the mad mack that were also high speed lipless crank baits that also caught big tuna as well as other fast swimming fish

[@AbandonOutdoors]

You are correct. Definitely not a new tactic but it really caught on for guys chasing west coast bluefin this summer. Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing channel. Thanks for watching!

[@niktah223]

Do you have a video where you show how to gut and fill without cutting open the stomach

[@AbandonOutdoors]

We do not but plan to make one over on the Lever Up Sportfishing page!

[@monstermashed6266]

Great video are the lures top water or mid water..

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching! They ride a few feet under the surface.

[@charlesa2547]

I would like to know why your fighting belt does not have a cross pin. It does help hold the rod gimbal in place.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

I’m honestly not sure! We typically don’t use fighting belts but they do seem nice.

[@charlesa2547]

@@AbandonOutdoors Put a cross pin in your belt and try it. Just wear the belt low, near your crotch. Not high like a regular belt. That way you can lean against the railing to help hold the rod in the belt.

[@Wilson02653]

What's your size and number of bluefin your allowed to keep per trip?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

We can keep two per person per day, no size limit.

[@jaychino1621]

Awesome video! Can you tell me what reel and lb test braid you are using?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Reel is a size 50 with 130 spectra to a 130 wind on tied directly to the lure

[@hectorsolivan9507]

Nice video and information. I'm looking for a nice trolling rod, what do you recommend? Also thanks for the details on how to rig the nomads. I'm new in trolling so I keep learning. Thanks.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Hey hector, thanks for watching! This is where it gets tough. Rods are expensive and a guy can only own and bring so many. Like most guys, we started out using the same rail rods we’ve been using for fishing these big tuna on the kite. I like the seeker OSP 4x or a calstar in a similar power. As you saw in the video, we broke the rod butt because these rods aren’t designed to be trolled with. We had Seeker replace the factory butts with Aftco trolling butts. This gives us more of a multi purpose rod for the kite and/or trolling. If you want something specifically for trolling I’d look at a seeker/calstar trolling model in a similar power. Possibly roller guides depending on what you prefer.

[@djchile1]

Is this a charter boat. Would be nice to go after 1🎣

[@AbandonOutdoors]

We are not offering charters at the moment, possibly in the future though!

[@scottthompson6293]

that was the most jerry thing ive ever seen hahaha

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Agreed haha. You have to start somewhere! Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing Channel. We get it dialed in. Thanks for watching!

[@leonardoferlinghetti4933]

Tanssk for shaiwing

[@wahoowahoo6743]

Good job guys. Did you rig your Mad Macs with wired leader or mono?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

We’ve had the most success using 100 or 130lb. Mono or fluoro. Prefer fluoro for the abrasion resistance.

[@nancyn3863]

Hi was wondering if you drive the boat through school or do you kind of swing the lures through the school instead? Also what method were you using to find the schools? Thank you

[@AbandonOutdoors]

We swing the lures through the schools, otherwise the fish will spook. Just using our eyes to spot the schools. Thanks for watching!

[@nancyn3863]

Thank you

[@poseidonam]

What's the actual speed boys? Typically we are 6-7 kt for tuna on the east coast. Two Macs how far back? 12-15 kts? Also when we troll the dtx minow we use 130 with crimps. But we are not trolling them at 15 kts. The bluefin are becoming more common on the south shore of Long Island.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Speed that works for us has been anywhere from 14-20 knots, pretty wild how fast we get bit!

[@poseidonam]

@@AbandonOutdoors so I scooped a 200 in hot pink mackerel, and a 160 in sardine. I saw the tag Cabo guys are switching out the rear hooks. I'm going to switch my hooks to rear treble hooks.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

@@poseidonam nice! That hot pink mackerel in 200 is the juice!

[@AbandonOutdoors]

@@poseidonam also we switched the rear hooks out to trebles too and it worked much better to keep fish pinned.

[@poseidonam]

Any feedback on the 160 size? Also what line is spooled up. We fish 30 50 80 size penn and avets. I think the class fish that could bite these in our area is pretty wide. Could be a 150 lb or 500

[@josesanchez5920]

200mm or 8inches

[@AbandonOutdoors]

200mm

[@cipilliano1728]

Were y’all using the stock hooks that came on the lures?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Yea, this time we were, actually ended up switching the back hook to a treble on later trips and that worked really well.

[@fromthehelm3400]

Did you guys get chewed/break off on the 130 flouro?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Yea, a few times but we loosened the drags even more after and it seemed to be alright.

[@Brian_Davies]

what size visx were you using?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

This was a 50. We tropically run the 50s for the big bluefin. Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing channel. Thanks for watching!

[@jcorrales8]

What knot are you tying for these ?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

In this particular video we were straight tying the madmanc with a San Diego Jam. Great knot but we prefer crimp them straight to the wind on now. Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing channel. Thanks for watching!

[@davevallier8960]

Did you have to put them pretty far back to stay down at that speed?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Yea, 200 to 300 yards typically is how far back we are running them.

[@EdgarSanchez-nd3pq]

How much is it for this boat ?

[@Jason-dg5we]

120k

[@desert8285]

How fast?

[@AbandonOutdoors]

These bites came around 18 knots.

[@fidelhernandez7843]

Thanks to the Mexican water’s viva Mexico cabrones

[@AbandonOutdoors]

We’re very fortunate and thankful to have the opportunity to fish south of the boarder. Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing channel. Thanks for watching!

[@timmytangles5520]

I've got 50 Madmacs for sale lol

[@AbandonOutdoors]

They are worth their weight in gold! Haha. Be sure to check out the rest of our fishing videos on our Lever Up Sportfishing channel. Thanks for watching!

[@secretsquirrel6308]

Gaff over the top and belly gaff ... so wrong. You saw bad gaffs. The reason is because you brought the gaff over, instead of under, the fish. Belly gaff messes the quality of the meat. Its a beautiful, great tasting fish. Gaff it right. Best is to lay the gaff in the water and the fish circle to the gaff. I've fished over 100 tons of various tuna. One can argue but I'm talking the finer points of how to land a fish.

[@AbandonOutdoors]

Thanks for the view

[@ahndeux]

Any gaff that brings the fish home as sushi is a good gaff in my books.

[@blaurence4123]

Dude you pulling through a feeding frenzy and surprised you get hit??? Wtf