I got bitten by the Tuna bug last fall, so I have been reading all I can over the winter. The post about "best tuna tool" had this link - http://afrf.org/tagging/ by one of the replies...
It got me thinking - many post here refer to the tuna 'going down' after a bait stop/casting stop. Then, are many suggestions to bring the fish back up; chum, jig iron, wait, troll more, etc.
The data in the tagging results shows how often tuna are swimming at 25-50 meter depths during the day.
So here's my question for you Oregon experts ( I say that with respect )
Does anyone ever try to use their downriggers to target fish at 80-150 feet? I fish off the west coast of Vancouver Island for salmon and/or halibut at depths up to 220 -240 trolling.
Instead of 6-8mph trolling on the surface with 5-8 lines - How about stacking 2 daisy chains on each downrigger, say 70' and 120' and troll at 2-3 mph ( salmon speed ) plus leave a couple swimbaits or such on the surface? You wouldn't cover much area, but I'm talking about working an area known to have fish that have stopped biting surface gear???
Thoughts anyone...
It got me thinking - many post here refer to the tuna 'going down' after a bait stop/casting stop. Then, are many suggestions to bring the fish back up; chum, jig iron, wait, troll more, etc.
The data in the tagging results shows how often tuna are swimming at 25-50 meter depths during the day.
So here's my question for you Oregon experts ( I say that with respect )
Does anyone ever try to use their downriggers to target fish at 80-150 feet? I fish off the west coast of Vancouver Island for salmon and/or halibut at depths up to 220 -240 trolling.
Instead of 6-8mph trolling on the surface with 5-8 lines - How about stacking 2 daisy chains on each downrigger, say 70' and 120' and troll at 2-3 mph ( salmon speed ) plus leave a couple swimbaits or such on the surface? You wouldn't cover much area, but I'm talking about working an area known to have fish that have stopped biting surface gear???
Thoughts anyone...
