Antigua Deep Sea Fishing for Big Yellowfin Tuna, August 2011

Out in the deep, hunting for monster yellowfin tuna - 25 miles off Antigua.
Jigging sorted us out with plenty of baby blackfin for livebait and skipjack tuna for cut bait.
The baited outfit delivered several decent yellowfin and blackfin and then an 80lb yellowfin for Big John.
Then Eli rustled up another heavyweight yellowfin on his last drop with John's Van Staal jigging outfit.
One heck of a tussle, 40 minutes ( - and some seriously strained buttocks later!!) - an 70 pounder hit the deck of Blue Rapid - and we decided to head for home.
Great sport, great company, great food for the table - the finest possible way to spend a Sunday.....
Many thanks to all!

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[sprucewood57]

Nice video and oh how I wish I was doing that right now...!

[captainantiguanick]

@sprucewood57

If you liked that video then check out some of the others on my channel.

Even if I say so myself - the latest video I uploaded with more big yellowfin and albacore is even better than this one - enjoy!! Thanks again, Capt Nick

[columbustheslayer]

can i have the specs for the reels and line used for the 2 large fish?

[captainantiguanick]

@columbustheslayer

the "big game" outfit was a Shimano Tiagra 50W reel - with a 500 yard topshot of 80lb monofilament, the rest being 60lb spectra.

This set up we also use for trolling for blue marlin.

The jigging/ spinning outfit is a Van Staal VS275 reel - loaded with 60lb spectra.

Quite a workout - and a lot of sushi!!!

[superbraydon123]

thats a trout (dum ass)