Plunker Bluefin Bite Ft.

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So awesome to have our annual 2 day trip back together again! It was almost 2 years since I had seen some of these people, and it was like a family reunion having everyone reunited again.
Big congratulations to the new Captain Max, and a big thank you for keeping us busy and on fish the whole trip!
It has been a real honor watching you go from a young pinhead in training, to operating the boat yourself! Cannot wait for more future trips with you behind the wheel.
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[@BenjieKimFishing]

Ahhhh!!! Dude thanks for the tag and all the stoke, I’ll eventually get to editing this trip. It was an incredible time Ray, thank you so much for inviting me. I hope we can share the rail and many more trips in the future! Super sick edit, I watched every second!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Thanks Benjie! Great times out on the water with you for the weekend! Definitely need to plan many more trips for the future. Lol you’re falling really behind on content man, better get to editing soon! I’ll hopefully be posting up the rest of the footage throughout the next 2 weeks

[@Escatell78]

Keep killing it Ray!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

I’ll try my best, thanks brotha!

[@socalsteve22]

Solid brotha! Love seeing the colabs!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Thanks brotha! We’ve been talking about it for a long time, glad Benjie and I were able to finally line something up!

[@ozkersnchez2368]

Looked like a awesome trip!! Is belly hooking a bait better than nose hooking?

[@Aigotr_ski]

depending on the hook you are using, fish depth, and the fish you are chasing. But in general yes

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Agreed, belly hooked baits do tend to swim better and faster than a nose hooked bait. With that being said, it’s always important to read the bite conditions. Belly hook helps the bait swim down, so if the fish are a little deeper it helps. If the fish are super active and eating really good, nose hook and just get a bait out in the bite zone.

[@rudyperez1938]

Ray what size is that saltiga stardrag you used?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

I use the 35H for my fly line and surface iron fishing. I do have 40 that I use as well if the tuna are a little bit bigger and I need a bit more line capacity!

[@payevhizmoney]

Hey Ray I saw you had a mono top shot on your saltiga 35. What pound mono top shot did you have on? And then you tied some 25# fluoro to that? I seem to hear the question a lot….mono top shot to fluoro or braid to fluoro asked a lot. Thanks!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

So I run about a 80-100yd topshot of 30# mono, and started with a matching 30# fluoro leader. No bites, so I cut my leader and tied on some 25#. I do run braid to mono to fluoro. When it comes to fly line, I always have a topshot of mono. Mono comes off the reel very easily and smoothly, allowing my bait to swim more freely. Braid tends to stick to it self which doesn’t allow it to swim as fast. I will say though, there were 2 friends of mine this trip running light like 30# braid to 25# leader, and they did really well too. So it’s kinda tough to say. Definitely a softer tip rod if you go braid to fluoro to help absorb headshakes.

[@dannyperez7735]

Great video! Quick question, are you able to cast sardines easily on the black Diamond 8’6? Looking into getting one.

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Yes, I have been fishing my black diamond 869 for about 3 years now and I’ve grown to really like it! If you want something with the same amount of back bone, but maybe alittle more tip to make casting a bait alittle easier, maybe even the Phenix Axis 82MH or 82H

[@BadDogRanch]

What was that knot you used to connect your mono to fluoro?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Seaguar Knot! Definitely the strongest connection knot I’ve tried out for a mono to fluoro connection, will be using this knot from here on

[@Blueskies-h3e]

Was that Wilkerson I seen at the beginning of the video?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Not sure who Wilkerson is, so I cannot confirm nor deny unfortunately

[@batray1]

How many yards of mono do you have on that saltiga?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

When I fly line, I usually have about 80 yards of top shot

[@batray1]

@@Dirty.Hookers another question when you get back from a trip how do you wash the long top shot of mono?

[@shanemorgan2200]

🤙🏼

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Yew! Great fishing with you Shane!

[@Nate_Squared]

7:52 what’s that line to line knot?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Seaguar Knot! Definitely the strongest connection knot I’ve tried out for a mono to fluoro connection, will be using this knot from here on

[@Nate_Squared]

@@Dirty.Hookers nice! Thank bro. Gonna check it out.

[@Nate_Squared]

Damn that’s a fast ass knot

[@Dirty.Hookers]

@@Nate_Squared super fast knot, and is the one knot I I truly think has a high 90’s % breaking strength if not 100%

[@Dirty.Hookers]

@@Nate_Squared oh yeah! Super fast, easy, and strong. Definitely my new connection knot from here on