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2025 Newport/Depoe bay official Tuna thread

70K views 562 replies 102 participants last post by  morganclayton84  
And as important is that as used by the fleet, 44.37 and 124.58 are in degrees.minutes, and NOT decimal degrees.

Many mapping sites use decimal degrees where 124.58 would literally be 124.58 degrees. Where 0.58 degrees = 0.58 x 60 minutes = 35 minutes, or 124deg 35min. The difference in distance between 124.58 degrees and 124deg 58min is around 10 miles so pretty important to make sure everyone is using the same system.
PW so what we thought was degrees and decimal minutes was actually not?

The initial 37/58 is the language we speak in Newport knowing/thinking its as my screen shot of degrees and decimal minutes format.

As Jonbd mentioned it he actually changed the meaning by adding a decimal point, making it now read (in text) as 44.38 over 124.58 degrees....

(Lucky he is from Kansas) 😁 (joking)
This is how we learn!

Yikes! Makes sense now!
But definitely could easily put some one off if not paying close attention.
 

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Fished Fri, Sat, Sunday from the 20N up to 40N and as close as the 124.50W to as far as the 125.15W. We killed 80+ and 1 BFT. Fridays fishing was scratchy at best with a better afternoon bite, lots of singles. Saturdays bite was much better, bite was pretty much all day. Sunday was a scratchy morning bite and better afternoon bite. Warm water was moving fast throughout the day. We’d see 60° water at the 124.50 in the morning and up to 66° by the afternoon. Few fish on jigs but mostly all on the troll. Pink/white clones on the rods and plain cedar plugs on the handlines. Cedar plugs on the handlines were very productive. What a great grade of fish this season!


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Great job Brennan and great report!
 
I've been in Newport for a few days. Still here now. I heard that a few folks from South Beach were going for tuna today. The southerly is really howling now. It will be an arse kicking ride from up north, unless you have a battle ship.
Yesterday (Tuesday) was no joke offshore compared to near shore.
I may have missed something some where, but sure didnt see the results we got out there near the 125 line from any forcast I seen. When we got back to the pig it was a peacefull feeling from the previous couple 3 hours to get back to there from the west.
 
I’ll text you tomorrow. Maybe a fresh albacore loin will slake your pain for now? šŸ˜‰


The only bumped up forecast that I saw was for cape Falcon to Foulweather on the NOAA Marine forecast. It had gusting to 15-20 on there for the afternoon as of 3 o’clock Tuesday morning. Very sneaky.
A good reminder that a forcast is only that. I would say it was fairly early am when it came in. And I sure hadn't noticed the big change. We discussed weather all the time and how it could always come early or later on a low preasure front when it is moving in our direction. Looks like we seen it come early this time!

Also a great reminder going out in a small boat versus enough boat and how things can change on a dime.
 
Good point, Randy. I often get surprised when I'm out trolling downhill for a while and then take a new heading into the wind and find chop has built a couple feet. My starting point is often a position that will put me running down hill on the way home like many others.
This is really what kind of happened to alot of us out along the 125 line. We were trolling north twords and past the corners when it was changing. When we decided fishing was better where we started next to the pig we started heading east and south and within 30 minutes found our selves crawling to make headway at or below troll speed. Safe, but not fun
 
My other trick is to focus on fishing and not pay a lot of attention to what's going on around us. Especially if the bite is on. Then, realize that we are the last boat in sight because everyone else ran in to avoid the afternoon blow. Slog time.
I have been known to do that trick as well!

We left halibut hill one time around 6 or 7 pm while halibut fishing not another boat insight. We decided to head in. Took off for the barn and didnt go a half mile and the motor on my cousins boat (a newer Yamaha saltwater series) throws a rod and parts fly out of the side of the case. Needless to say we had a long ride in on the kicker and crossed the Tillamook bar around 10:30 and docked at around 11 pm. That was a long day. The coastguard monitored us all the way in!
 
Back in the days we had the shotgun starts for halibut I came back on the south wind. We all went out in some horrible conditions looking for our fish. The ride out was OK but the ride in gave me some time to exercise some muscles that are not usually used. I have finally learned that the south wind is nothing to play with. It can be weird how the ocean can be so nice inshore and you get out towards the RP and all heck breaks loose. I do not hesitate to turn around and head in. Any of my crew argues with me about staying out they get a little write up in my black book(I'm the Captain,haha). I always have that little song playing in my head as I fight my way in ' I'm working my way back to you'.
I remember them shotgun starts for halibut as well! They were fun as heck at the time, but im liking the 7 day a week stuff now do to crowding issues. Never remember not having a good time thats for sure!
 
Ya, same as it showed that tuesday when those 4' wind waves made it a slow rough ride back. I hope those dont materialize today and those who are out there have a awesome day catching tuna.
I was out the day it was bad offshore and came in to a lake from the pile on in. An unbelievable difference. Like a different time zone difference.. I concur!