Mark Davis of BigWater Adventures is an accomplished saltwater fisherman. The first step to successful offshore fishing is catching live bait. If you’re fishing for yellowfin tuna, you need to know what they’re feeding on and how to locate and catch that bait. For bait fish like menhaden/pogies, you’ll need a cast net. For threadfin herring, use a sabiki rig, which is a multi-hook rig. First, learn how to throw a cast net. You’ll want a 12-14 foot, fast-sinking net. Look for schools of fish on top of the water or individual fish flicking on top of the water if the schools are deeper and cast your net there. To successfully catch tuna, know what bait they’re after and then go catch those bait fish.
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Best Way to Rig a Topwater for Tuna F...
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Live Baiting for Tuna
Live baiting is usually the most productive method for catching yellowfin tuna. Some of the most common live baits used when tuna fishing in the gulf are threadfin herring, menhaden/pogies, blue runners/hardtails, and mullet. When choosing a live bait for tuna fishing, you want to “match the hatc...
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Topwater Tuna Fishing Tip
It can take a lot of effort to throw topwater for tuna. One way to save some energy and use less effort is to throw it underhanded or backhanded like in tennis. Mark Davis has had a lot of success topwater fishing for tuna with the underhand throwing method as it takes less arm effort because it ...
