EPIC Day of Yellowfin TUNA Fishing in San Diego

[@jake9705]

What a legendary day on a legendary boat! You did your homework on SoCal ocean fishing before coming out from Georgia and it shows. Great job! The low inertia of spinning outfits allows that sardine to swim more freely than conventional reels but of course it's a tougher fight since you cannot rest the spinning outfit on the rail. Will be keeping an eye on your channel. Be safe 🇺🇲

[@jorgeposadas1192]

I'll be waiting for part 2, I'm glad you had a great day.

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

Thanks Jorge me too! Will have it posted by next weekend for sure.

[@toddbefield1100]

I got one literally about 10 years ago on a day trip...beyond overdue for more yellowfin tuna...well done!

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

@@toddbefield1100 thanks Todd great fishing out there!

[@miketorre16]

nice to see you using the spinning reels on the bluefish, I hate those conventionals, they are so cumbersome and clunky

[@Tony67032]

sure you did showed us westcoast guys, how to do it with the coffee grinder😁, great video and setups aswell

[@Bigboats619]

That’s awesome. Congrats and hope you had fun in San Diego.

[@jtuck682]

Way to go! There was some butt kicking going on,but you were the one doing it 😅 You came all the way from Georgia to show um how to get it done😊

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

Haha yes sir thanks !!

[@terryclark3937]

I live in ga too I've watched your vid about 5 times now so good I'm glad you had a good time smoking them on the penn battle and ugly stick love it

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

Hey thanks Terry, it was definitely an amazing trip !

[@RickOlla]

Capt jack. From lake lanier. That’s my dream to catch a tuna. Stripers are good. Tuna. Is the real deal

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

Hey Rick yes it is, next level…👊

[@arthurcitron9774]

Spot on!👊🏻🇺🇸👊🏻

[@timothymcintosh2932]

Back in 1980's San Diego we caught albacore in large quantities. I have been out of deep sea fishing for a long time. Did they get fished out?

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

@@timothymcintosh2932 Hi I don’t believe they’ve been fished out but it’s more related to weather patterns / water temps / etc. I’m not local but I’ve heard many locals say the same and one day they’ll be back….guess we’ll see

[@timothymcintosh2932]

@@theoriginalcaptjack I bought a 28 foot Boston whaler in 82 brand new. I was 22. That year was in the middle of El Niño and the fishing was off the hook. Albacore fishing was wide open and every thing else.

[@timothymcintosh2932]

@@theoriginalcaptjack I thinking about selling my construction company and buy a 32 ft Boston Whaler keep it at a slip in Florida. Also buy a 41 ft Lindell keep it in the Pacific Northwest. Both with duel 600 hp Mercury Verado's. F work time to go fishing. Im 65 its now or never

[@gregorymillar285]

Great job on the fish. Was it worth the trip. How do you like West Coast fishing

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

Hey thanks Gregory, yes I love fishing out there, so this was actually the warm up - ended up doing a 6 day trip a few days later.

[@slixxster5118]

@@theoriginalcaptjackI was about to comment “all the way from GA for just a full day only?” Glad you guys killed it. How was the 6 day trip?

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

@@slixxster5118 bite was even better on the 6 day and filmed it so will definitely have more content!

[@dfdsurf3804]

👍🍣😁

[@rossginn1171]

It truly is terrible how the west coast has not adapted the spinning reel more into there setups. I think it’s more of a “trend” to not have spinning gear than anything. There’s no reason why the majority of game fish along SoCal 10-60 pound couldn’t be had on spinning gear along with a higher hookup ratio and easier to operate. Excuse the rant Thanks for sharing this,,,,, I love seeing $200 setups out fish dozens of $500 plus outfits, what can I say? Not to mention the importance of fluorocarbon size and hook size on school Tuna. You know something else? I was onboard a 1.5 day last week with a dude from Mobile Alabama, he was using similar gear and like you he was bit a lot. 👍🏻

[@theoriginalcaptjack]

Hey thanks Ross appreciate the comments. Tight lines!

[@nebmalie2138]

It’s more of a cultural thing I feel like, same way our conventional setups could serve well on the east coast in many applications. It’s all personal preference and each has their strengths and weaknesses

[@nebmalie2138]

Also I’m curious as to what you mean by higher hookup ratio?

[@rossginn1171]

@@nebmalie2138 I didn’t emphasize on that,,,, this last weekend I hopped on whatever i could and it was a day trip to the fishing grounds 20 miles west. Literally standing on both sides of me were two guys that couldn’t operate a conventional reel,experiencing fouled reels and basically inexperienced. I think a spinning reel setup is going to get more baits out away from the boat in cases like this and of course a lighter fluorocarbon leader like the gentleman in his video is using. It seems that baits furthest from the boat and or on 20-25# fluorocarbon are getting bit when the bite is TUFF.

[@gregheld2267]

Ross, I agree on the spinning gear but for the fleet boat style of fishing here on the West Coast, there are a couple drawbacks to fishing the ‘Coffee Grinder’. The biggest disadvantage is that with the underslung line, you cant rest the rod on the rail for leverage. Like you said, conventional gear’s not needed for these schoolie-sized YFT, but sometimes these schools have a few bigger model fish mixed in. When that happens, the fun factor tends to go away fast (I been there). That said, with these size fish (perfect fun-sized), the spinner is AWESOME. Great Work Jack! Tight lines!

[@glenchristenson6308]

DON'T EVER FISH THAT BOAT ? NO COFFEE GRINDERS!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡

[@jake9705]

This guy could out-fish you any day of the week, clown 😂