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I'll be fishing for tuna and marlin out of Curacao tomorrow. Last weeks trip to Cartagena, Columbia got cancelled so I'm dying to catch a fish. I've been following the action back home and am looking forward to making a run for the cigar in the near future. Owen, if you're out there we need to make another tuna run soon. I'll post my results from Curacao tomorrow night...............
Buda
Buda
Good luck!! Hope you get a blue!!!
QUOTE (skinnys-kid @ Sep 11 2006, 05:20 AM)
Good luck!! Hope you get a blue!!!
That's some pretty water to fish! Good luck!
Dave
The charter was overbooked, so my friends and I were forced to spend the day sightseeing and drinking beer. My boat is fixed back home, and I plan to fish a few days towards the end of the month. I sure hope that the action will be good when I get back. Are the marlin still active in Virginia? Anyone with advice on marlin that would like to help me develop a game plan for my next Virginia Beach trip please chime in. I have 50 lb class tackle and lures for tuna and dolphin, but have never encountered a marlin on my boat.
Buda
Buda
The marlin bite has really slowed after Ernesto, but there were several seen yesterday and a few released...whites on all counts. I'm affraid with Florence and now there's another Tropical Storm following her path, that the bills may be gone shortly...hopefully not, but..!!
For whites, troll dink ballyhoo naked. Having TLD 25's or something light work best becasuse more than likely you'll have to drop baits back to them and that's easier on a TLD then a 50...not saying it can't be done. Whites will come close to the boat for baits and are not shy, so pulling the dinks on the flats close to the boat work great because you can see them come into the spread.
For blues, skirted ballyhoo, rigged squid pitch baits, or big lures by themselves or infront of horse ballyhoo or spanish mackeral will do the ticket. They will go after the small baits, too...you just need to hope the baits are on the right gear. Blues like the short rigger position for some reason. They can come into the spread and play with baits or just nail it and run, where whites normally smack the bait first to stun it and then come back for it.
You can also run squid teasers in front of your flat lines along with dredges down under the baits to tease the fish up into your spread. These are just what most guys pull...not saying other stuff doesn't work. I've heard of guys catching white marlin on a green machine behind a Boone bird this year(Felix the Kat
) along with blue marlin on big squid spreader bars early in the season. I think one of the whites caught yesterday was on a spreader bar since most of the charters were running tuna spreads, so it just goes to show anything can work.
Hope this helps and that there are marlin around when you get out there!! Safe trip coming home and have a beer for me while you're down there in Curacao!!
--Don
For whites, troll dink ballyhoo naked. Having TLD 25's or something light work best becasuse more than likely you'll have to drop baits back to them and that's easier on a TLD then a 50...not saying it can't be done. Whites will come close to the boat for baits and are not shy, so pulling the dinks on the flats close to the boat work great because you can see them come into the spread.
For blues, skirted ballyhoo, rigged squid pitch baits, or big lures by themselves or infront of horse ballyhoo or spanish mackeral will do the ticket. They will go after the small baits, too...you just need to hope the baits are on the right gear. Blues like the short rigger position for some reason. They can come into the spread and play with baits or just nail it and run, where whites normally smack the bait first to stun it and then come back for it.
You can also run squid teasers in front of your flat lines along with dredges down under the baits to tease the fish up into your spread. These are just what most guys pull...not saying other stuff doesn't work. I've heard of guys catching white marlin on a green machine behind a Boone bird this year(Felix the Kat
) along with blue marlin on big squid spreader bars early in the season. I think one of the whites caught yesterday was on a spreader bar since most of the charters were running tuna spreads, so it just goes to show anything can work.Hope this helps and that there are marlin around when you get out there!! Safe trip coming home and have a beer for me while you're down there in Curacao!!
--Don
Hopefully the tuna will be here when you get back. I think with the wind they will be showing better soon.
Hope you knock em dead down there.
Good to hear the boat is up.
Eric
Hope you knock em dead down there.
Good to hear the boat is up.
Eric
Buda,
Yeah, I'm ready to go get some more tuna. Looking at going tomorrrow. As far as marlin go, seems like the bite almost came to a stop after all the tournaments and then Ernesto. Had a good summer, got a white marlin and a sail fish, was happy considering it was my first season. If i can get a blue tomorrow it will be a perfect summer. Actually I hope to get some yft's and some dolphin on the flyrod. Will keep you posted. Shawn and I are gonna be ready when you get back, we know you are going to want to get some water under the keel of that boat.
Owen
Yeah, I'm ready to go get some more tuna. Looking at going tomorrrow. As far as marlin go, seems like the bite almost came to a stop after all the tournaments and then Ernesto. Had a good summer, got a white marlin and a sail fish, was happy considering it was my first season. If i can get a blue tomorrow it will be a perfect summer. Actually I hope to get some yft's and some dolphin on the flyrod. Will keep you posted. Shawn and I are gonna be ready when you get back, we know you are going to want to get some water under the keel of that boat.
Owen
QUOTE (FelixtheKat @ Sep 14 2006, 03:57 AM)
Buda,
Yeah, I'm ready to go get some more tuna. Looking at going tomorrrow. As far as marlin go, seems like the bite almost came to a stop after all the tournaments and then Ernesto. Had a good summer, got a white marlin and a sail fish, was happy considering it was my first season. If i can get a blue tomorrow it will be a perfect summer. Actually I hope to get some yft's and some dolphin on the flyrod. Will keep you posted. Shawn and I are gonna be ready when you get back, we know you are going to want to get some water under the keel of that boat.
Owen
Yeah, I'm ready to go get some more tuna. Looking at going tomorrrow. As far as marlin go, seems like the bite almost came to a stop after all the tournaments and then Ernesto. Had a good summer, got a white marlin and a sail fish, was happy considering it was my first season. If i can get a blue tomorrow it will be a perfect summer. Actually I hope to get some yft's and some dolphin on the flyrod. Will keep you posted. Shawn and I are gonna be ready when you get back, we know you are going to want to get some water under the keel of that boat.
Owen
Don, Eric and Owen, thanks for the advice and for keeping me informed. This board is my connection to my favorite pastime and my link to what's really going on offshore. Unfortunately I never got to fish in Curacao or Columbia. I will. however be making a trip offshore next week. Owen, contact Shawn if you're interested in going Friday the 29th.
Good luck out there to all of you.............
Buda
i will try to talk to him but plan on me for fri - weather permitting of course
i hope to go tue - interested?
i hope to go tue - interested?
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