Yellowfin Tuna, pound for pound, are one of the toughest fighters in the ocean. How many fisherman have been bought to their knees, after thinking the first sight of the double, meant the battle was nearly over, only to be found wanting when the battle had only truely just begun. If you want to catch Yellowfin Tuna and I mean big Yellowfin Tuna, then you’ve got to go when its good for them, not good for you. This usually means some serious turbulence in the sea via some serious wind against the prevailing current. Nothing brings the big boys to the surface better, it may be coincidental, but it also stops the boat drifting as fast and allows the burley and baits to go deeper. Love catching Yellowfin, then start loving those winter Southerlies, The rougher the better for them.
Yellowfin Tuna, Striped Tuna, Albacore, Mako Shark, Blue Shark. We’d regularly pick up Yellowfin on lures, but as a rule, they’d only be on average a third of the size of those we’d pick up when cubing(chumming).