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09-02-2008, 07:49 AM
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9/2 Reports and a New Monster Tuna Video!!!! I've been remiss in my reports as of late. Several reasons have kept me from posting. First I've been super busy and I have not had a ton of time. Second several of the trips I've done have been for TV and or DVD so the outcome in my reports would negate the goal of the sport. We've been doing very well with the big tuna and the new Prototype combos are proving to be VERY solid. We had a 60" class fish to the boat (est. 130# class) in under 20 minutes with the new gear. Another fish in the 140-150# range came to the boat in just a few minutes more. We are still tweeking the setup and trying to find the best drag settings for both fight and end game all well not killing the angler. We have fought fish with this rig with 30# of drag (on a scale), its not fun for a skilled angler and it tires you out faster than you can imagine without a harness. So far 20-22# is the most drag the average angler can hold for a sustained fight. We are still working out the bugs but the combo seems to be a success. We have been using allot of white rubber, but as with the rods and reels we've been experimenting. I had Mike Hogy of Hogy's lures on the boat (You can see that trip on DVD when it comes out this fall) And Mike had some great insight with rigging the rubber for tuna. His stuff flat out works, as you'll see in the DVD!!! Besides awesome catches we have also had EPIC losses. We have broken off several huge fish. Some early on and some after long fights and some right near the boat. The good news is we are finding these fish consistantly and we are getting them to eat. The new gear should help up the landings. With the big wind and seas we have had I got a few minutes to put together an HD video of Shaun "Steady" Ruge and his Monster tuna. I hope you like it! It's a pretty good example of what we have been doing for the last few weeks overall. The Beast - HD Video | ||
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09-02-2008, 09:09 AM
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| Terry, That's one hell of a tuna on spinning gear, Damn. Storm was looking rather nasty too. Love the soundtrack as usual, great tunes for the show, Thanks for sharing it!! | ||
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09-02-2008, 10:28 AM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pt. Judith/Green Harbor/W.Mass
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| Terry, What was the duration of the fight? Very nice!!! I think the appropriate song would have been "when the lightning strikes"
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09-02-2008, 01:36 PM
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| Fight was around 45-50 minutes. Ruge put the screws to it the whole time. | ||
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09-02-2008, 06:01 PM
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| You wouldn't happen to know what sort of rod he was using would you? Custom? Reel is a 950 Penn?
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09-02-2008, 07:34 PM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: shrewsbury ma
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| sweet video!that must have been insane!
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09-02-2008, 07:49 PM
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He used one of my standard tuna charter combos. St Croix 20-40# 7' SW Premier with a 950ssm. | |||
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09-02-2008, 08:04 PM
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| NBS Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Connecticut
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| I only fish St Croix rods and Penn reels (except for flyfishing). After seeing that video, it's pretty evident that they make a darn good product for the price. I imagine that's a heavy action rod Regards -andy
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09-03-2008, 05:12 PM
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| That Rocks! | ||
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09-03-2008, 09:29 PM
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| nice fish great rod action | ||
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