Tuna Candy

5 Salt · 12-12-2005, 09:07 PM

What do you think of theses? Begining to research tuna lures, etc....

Mark Mc · 12-12-2005, 09:15 PM

They look very purdy....certain to catch fishermen during the off season. Now go forth and buy 2 of every color

The serious question is....how will they ride in the water. Normally, for high speed trolling, you want a bullet shaped head.

HiouchiMike · 12-12-2005, 09:52 PM

They look really GOOD. Tuna with their excellent eye sight could look in their eyes and see lunch. How long til next season?

5 Salt · 12-12-2005, 09:59 PM

So something more along the lines of Sevenstrand Clone or Zukers Clone/Feather then. Pref Colors might be Zucchini, Mexican Flag, Black/Purple?

tracker · 12-13-2005, 05:07 AM

Those will work just fine! As long as the tuna are close enough

, as long as you have a ride to the grounds

, as long as the tuna are hungry :tongue:, as long as you still have money left for gas after spending too much on gear :grin:, as long as you are good enough at hiding the credit card statement each month

! Good luck! The look just fine!

Metal Manipulator · 12-13-2005, 05:38 AM

Just get them in the water ane they will come (to the boat that is).

DriftR · 12-13-2005, 09:48 AM

One never has enough tuna clones, brooms, candy or whatever. You just never know what they will hit. I remember some years ago we couldn't touch any albies with the standard Zuker Brooms we were using. All the standard go to colors were not producing. I had purchased a couple root beer colored Zuker brooms and forgot about them in the offshore box. I dug around , found them and threw them out behind the Yozuri diving boats. WHAM, WHAM. We got our only hits and keepers that day on Root beer colored Zukers. I never go without a large selection to choose from anymore. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
Those Megabaits look nice. Why not give em a try? I own some also but have yet to get them wet.

5 Salt · 12-13-2005, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Those will work just fine! As long as the tuna are close enough

, as long as you have a ride to the grounds

, as long as the tuna are hungry :tongue:, as long as you still have money left for gas after spending too much on gear :grin:, as long as you are good enough at hiding the credit card statement each month

! Good luck! The look just fine!

Have the ride, the time, I hope the gas money, and best of all, no one to scold me about credit card statements.

I want to put together a solid starters inventory of tuna hardware, gear, and lures. Problem is that I am a big-time sucker for pretty colors. (example - have yet to catch anything on Kwikfish but I must owe 20-30 of darn things). That being said, I want to try and be a bit more discerning in my spending on Tuna fishing.

If I have this straight, I should plan on Clones/Feathers, Plugs, Traps, supporting rigging supplies and hardware. 6" lures as a starting point?

I have a couple of 7ft rods good for trolling that are rigged with Tekota 800's and about 500yrds of 80lb braided (plan to use for halibut and tuna) I have a couple of Accurate reels with 50lb braided looking for a pair of casting rods

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mark Mc · 12-13-2005, 10:43 AM

For the trolling rods, you'll want to tie on mono topshots onto the braided. Even if it's just 50 yards of 40 - 50 lb....CLEAR or clear/blue.

tracker · 12-13-2005, 11:23 AM

Why the top shot? I tie right to my swivel with no top shot! On the other hand when trolling fish traps and hydro mags I like to have mono right to the lure, but the clones and such have 7 or 8 feet of heavy mono already.

anyway that reminds me, get some hydro mags by yo zuri. One trip last year that was just about all they would take. The next trip I could not get them to take one. That was a fish trap show that day. They will swallow those hydro mags clear down. Very cool. You can see it in my videos!

Mark Mc · 12-13-2005, 12:36 PM

Tuna troll with straight spectra long enough and you'll find out.

1) Mono is far less visible to fish
2) Spectra makes horrible tangles
3) Mono is a shock absorber
4) You can make the topshots the exact length you want the line to be out.....tell your crew "let it out to the knot."
5) Mono is cheaper, when you are frequently cutting & re-tying lures.

12-13-2005, 12:53 PM

6) When you break off with mono it doesn't float around and get caught in prop shaft seals.

kamloops · 12-13-2005, 01:00 PM

Hey Keta

Just found your 250' of Spectra. Dont think you want it back though. Can you say new brushs on the generator.

OuterLimits · 12-13-2005, 08:48 PM

Just add water to the tuna candy and they will come alive!

bobross · 12-14-2005, 07:44 AM

What kind of knot do you use to attach the mono to the braided line?

12-14-2005, 08:27 AM

Depends on the line weight. Under 50lb I use a uni to uni, 50lb and over I was using a knotless (loop to loop) until I was shown how to do a worm knot. Over 100lb I would recommend hollow Spectra and splicing it (Chinese finger trap).

You do not need anything over 40lb for albacore trolling and 30lb is better

Billfisher · 12-14-2005, 08:45 AM

Those lure heads look just like some I had that were made of a pearl colored plastic from about the 60's. They caught fish BIG TIME, until a series of unfortunate events amidst a hot bite caused me to lose two in a row! Anyhow, when they're biting on the troll, it'd be hard to go wrong with one of those. -D

8knots · 12-15-2005, 06:04 PM

When I saw Candy I thought of small squid. Fishing So. Cal in the 80's we used a lot of 6/7 inch squid. They were called Candy because all the species loved them. Bet we would do well up here with them and they are hardy live bait. Then there was Candy in 9th grade.

TrinhTD · 12-15-2005, 07:28 PM

8Knots, how do you rig those small squids for the troll?

I've been catching quite a few of them here in the Sound the last few weeks. I was thinking of using them as chum to keep the fish around the boat. Never heard of any one rigged them up for trolling.