Coastal Charters Sportfishing June Tuna

2011 has been a slow start for the bluefin bite up here, but despite that we managed to get into the fish almost every trip out, and landed some huge fish for the light tackle that we employ. Chasing 250-300 pound tuna on spinning set-ups would have been laughed at a few short years back, but we are proving that it can be done with regularity. Real nice to fight the fish instead of the gear!

Here are some photos of the madness, total tally for the month was 2 recreational fish under the 59" slot limit, another 11 tagged and released in the 59"-72" slot range, and 7 bluefin over 73" from 200-315#, all taken on either spin gear or light conventional jigging gear. We also did battle with 5 other "giants" one of which was a conservatively estimated 400# for 3.5 hours….what a month for light tackle tuna fishing here in southern New England.

Enjoy!