Mastering San Diego's Bluefin Tuna: Non-Stop Slow Pitch Jigging Action and BloodyDecks
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- We traveled 2,600 miles for one reason: to try our hand at slow pitch jigging for monster bluefin tuna on the Polaris Supreme in San Diego, California. Reports were grim leading up to the trip. It seemed like the tuna season just hadn’t kicked off, and our timing might have been all wrong. Bluefin tuna are migratory fish, and for the past seven years, they have been showing up off the shore of Mexico and Southern California around April.
We steamed down to Mexico and dropped jigs on the heads of bluefin tuna all day with no luck. Captain Aliyar said he was chasing a school all day and that the fish were there but just not biting. Then night fell, and we had one of the most epic slow pitch jigging experiences of our lives. The JJ team was whacking and stacking triple-digit bluefin both nights of the trip, totaling 106 bluefin for all anglers.
In this video, we talk about all the gear used and how to catch bluefin tuna on slow pitch jigs. We share our travel experience and what we wish we would have done better.
Credits:
Video Production:
[Johnny Jigs TV]
Host:
[Johnny Steadham, Chris Doyle, Willy Biggs]
Director: [Devin Butterfield]
Camera Operator:
[Devin Butterfield]
Editing:
[Devin Butterfield]
Research and Scripting:
[John Steadham, Devin Butterfield]
Thumbnail Design:
[Devin Butterfield]
Location:
[Pompano Beach]
Disclaimer:
[No Angler Was Harmed In Making Of This Video] 
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“I saw a lot of light gear on the boat…that’s going to be a problem!” lol
I've seen 200 lbs bft rip drag on a penn 50 wide for 3 minutes straight. 50+lbs drag just getting smoked. Buckle up with a slow pitch narrow if you get one of those and pray you don't get spooled! 🤣🤣 Fine for rockfish, schooly bft and yellowtail, but not the cows. These fish are exothermic meaning the only way for them to cool off is water over their gills so they haul ass to cool off. If you fight a bft to fatigue, their blood cooks the meat and makes it gross. They hemorrhage out and blood all in the meat. Best to overgear and winch them in if they're in a spicy mood.
I have never seen an underwater video of what those jigs look like in the water
Wonderful video! Glad you guys made it out here.
Devin this video is great you caught all the action and put this video together so we'll man hope you had a blast making this video brotha
Looked like an absolute blast!! Awesome video guys. Those Accurate reels and Johnny Jigs are a deadly combo! 💪🏼🇺🇸
No doubt the Accurates were flawless for us. Thanks Adam
Polaris Supreme an good old legend Tommy Rothery made that boat for what it is today... You guys are truly lucky to fish that boat. 😊
Couldn’t agree more, it truly was a gift to experience such an amazing fishery with an amazing crew!!
Awesome video! I'll add this trip to the bucket list.
This is absolutely a once in a life time trip. I encourage everyone to have this experience at least once in their life !
Thank you for representing the west coast even though you guys are east coast!... Was see the pictures the landings were posting and knew you were gonna post a video! cheers 🥂
Now that we have Butters, everything gets filmed 😂😂 and we get to keep on touching that bottom 🎣
Awesome video of your trip guys! It was great to see my two “Go To” guys Chris Doyle and William Ng in action. Can’t wait to get on a trip with all of you guys one day.
Wow that was awesome. Great job guys😁
Thanks Daniel, hands down…
Trip of a lifetime!
Great video guys, made my day.
It was an amazing trip for all of us. Happy to be able to share the experience. Thank you for watching!
We killed it and had a great bunch of guys ! Rod with red diamond pattern is the newest JJ SJ Railer paired with Accurate 800 N SPJ 2 Sp
Took a minute but when it finally jumped iff it was live!👏🎣Great video,action👍😎🎣
From New York. Was at your shop yesterday. Bought a setup that will be shipped home to New York. Very excited to try it out. Your shop is incredible
Thank you friends for sharing the information, it is very useful,
Nice to see your video,👍
Awesome video guys.
Awesome stuff fellas
Heck ya guys!! What a sick trip! Now that is tuna Fishin haha
Hiya yall that was an amazing trip yall had on the Polaris Supreme, with new owner , has been fantastic fishing yall , congratulations on trip yall 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Around 12:50 when your talking about the stamina to catch the fish. It’s called a rail rod for a reason. That rod should be firmly placed on that boat rail, so you can focus on keeping tension on the tip. That’s what gets the head of the fish turned or else they will spool ya. I rarely ever put that rod up on my hip. The rods just aren’t designed to work that way. Most of the rods have lots of back bone and shut off quick so you will feel every pound of that fish in your back. But if you slap it on the rail your can keep it under your armpit and use that leverage to pump the fish in, or just the normal motion of the boat assuming it’s not glass will give your the leverage to pump.
You guys did good I have had a lot of nights like this this year right place right time HIT’EM OR MISS’EM
Johnny Jigs FTW 🏆 Sick video, sick trip & detailed explanation of the SPJ style for us Westcoaster's 🤙🏼
SLAYYYED 'em
looks amazing!
Thank you!!! Kasey Luck & Co 😉
Solid video from the camera man!!!
These trips wouldn’t be the same without Butters 💪💪
Great Video Guys, my trip is booked for SEPT 2024 on the Ranger 85. Great tips for catching Blue Fin. Where do I sign up for next years Annual Johnny Jigs Blue Fin Fishing Trip??? LOL
Sweet vid fellas
Using light gear for these fish may be fun for you and all but like the captain said , he doesn't have all night to wait for someone to wrestle a fish for time you may not have. It looks like you did all right and had fun and that is what really counts.
The rail is your friend.
Hell yeah! Let’s go!
chumming sardines helps the tuna come to the boat as well as get them to change their appetite from what they were originally eating switching to your chum. this helps private boats get bit on these plunker bites when fish aren’t foaming yet
That boat and crew are the bluefin whisperers.
Love the video!!! I’ll be in San Diego August to see my family and at the same time I’m going for tuna’s fishing trip. What would be the best Jiggin rod for a 2days trip? Did you have your new jigging rail rod out yet? Thanks
That's a million-dollar trip right there!
We’re trying to make this our annual “once in a lifetime trip” from here on out 😂😂
@JohnnyJigsTV how can I get my foot in the door for this annual trip?
love jigging and bottom fishing.. but I use a 14K Stella on an OCEA rod.. i like spinning gear... sweet video, love the AFTCO gloves
😮.....Was that Arnez J the comedian??!! Good stuff!!
That’s family! 👌
Chumming sardines is an effective tool to get the fish interested. Once interested, there should be a bite or two to help bring the school up to or around the boat. Keeping the chum going keeps the fish around (by providing an alternative to "wild" bait). Doesn't work every time, but often enough to do it consistently. It's the technique the SoCal fleet has used for years and works better on yellowfin tuna and albacore (for those who can remember when they were around in SoCal), and yellowtail.
Dude, thanks for that input! That makes sense with the yellowfin and it makes sense to practice chumming live sardines on the bluefin. Those crews are quick to react to the capts directions and execute well
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When the fish are biting it can keep a school on you for hours
Harder to get chum down when the fish are 250-400+ft down
EPIC!!!!💪💪💪
I would love to try these trinity rods. You added fisherman here in California. I would like to try them out on different species.
I knew Captain Alliard when he was a young deckhand out of Dana wharf. He saved my bass rod and reel! My hands were so numb from catching countless bass toward the end of the day. The rod flew out of my hands as I casted, the braid just caught deep in the spool.
Alliard flew off the bait tank with a gaff like the Flash. He gaffed my rod several feet below the surface!
It was an experience that I will never forget. He will always have my respect and gratitude.
Alliard makes magical Sh*t happen! Proof is in this video! Amazing catches guys!
Wow!! What an experience. Alliard is a great guy and a great captain. This was a trip of a lifetime time. Watching the Captain get down and bloody was honestly refreshing. This man does not steer away from the big fish 🐟 when we would lose the bigger tuna schools we’d find the smaller ones and then boom right back in the big boys. The night bite was unreal to say the least.
Ya know.. now that you mention it I heard a story about a rod being gaffed.
Happy to put a face to the story.
Thanks for watching and Jig On!!
@@JohnnyJigsTV Wow! That’s amazing to hear he still remembered that after all these years!
My guess is that happened close to 20 years ago..
Congrats to all of you! The quality and size of all the Bluefin makes for a memory of a lifetime!
BTW love your channel, such great content, it’s a perfect learning tool,🤙
Was this from this year in may? I recall seeing seaforth posting huge numbers on a multi day trip. Must have been this one. Congrats
This trip was just a few weeks ago earlier in the month. Thanks Eric!
Great video! You guys need to come out to Sandy Eggo and go on a 10 day or longer trip for yellowfin. Really: BFT taste the best, but YFT fight more.
Bluefin are bigger lol the 300+ lbers out there are a different animal
The chunking is to see if the school was willing to play. If you chunk and they keep moving you have almost no chance, but if they slow down to grab the bait then you have a chance to drop your jigs or bait down to get them.
Man I need to get more pics of my rockfishing up here in northern Cali, I primarily use Johnny Jigs and can send them to yall. My 400 gram watermelon torpedo absolutely destroyed the canary rockfish during our deep water season
We love to see it and We would love to share them on our socials. Send them over to us on IG for our catch of the week posts 👌
What is the rod that looks like it has red diamond wrap on the foregrip?
I live here in San Diego. This is the top boat in the fleet
Congratulations to all
No Adam???? Well, I'm looking to head back to the Gulf for Yellow fin and black fin with either Tillman or Joe VT in Louisiana.....Late April or early may....I'll save him a seat if he wants to join
Not this trip unfortunately, someone had to man the fort back home. Wish Adam could join us on every trip, same with all the JJ crew. But I can tell you what, this won’t be the last trip we make like this so I’m sure there will be other opportunities for everyone to have this once and a life time experience 💯
Well....come 2025, Adam invited for our Gulf Mexico trip
-Pink shirt….check
-Bad voice….check
-Uncontrollable screaming…check
-At least 4 of every size all glow torpedo in jig bag…check
Looks like I have all I need. I’m ready for the trips guys!!!! 😂
What gear would you recommend for that grade tuna?
What is the reel and rod you were using?
Did younuse bite leaders on your jigs? If so what size line for bite leaders?
You experienced the Pacific Ocean San Diego Bluefin fishing. It's not meant for the weak hearted
My mom just said
"Johnny should find a nice lady named Jinny. So then it could be Johnny's Jigs and Jinny's Jugs"
This is her first time trying whipped cream vodka. She had 2 sips.
🤣🤣🤣
We are an underwater light manufacture from Japan, we really love the content you make around fishing. We would gladly send you a pair of our high quality lights for your boats to experience the quality of it.
What size line and leader did you all use to catch the bluefin tuna?
Probably 100-130 lb braid to 200lb leader... heavy setups because it doesn't matter at night
What Rod combo did you catch your tuna on ?
Great trip. I picked up a few of your jigs last year looking forward to sending them in July. Awesome boat and awesome capt and crew. Simply one of the best!!! }
i think you guys need a jigging master reel and equip with phenix Megalodon. that can take care of fish up to 190lb in 20min or less
does using a spj setup really take 2 hours on big fish like that? hoping that was an exaggeration
For those who might not know what they’re doing maybe. But we were pulling up fish with light tackle in the same amount of time as those opting for the heavy.
Are you able to sell some of this fish to the market off his boat? Just wondering what you guys did with all that meat!?
I believe you would need a special license to sell the fish. We fly back with a majority of the fish, and the rest we pay to have processed and donate it. I believe it gets flash frozen and given to homeless shelters and people in need.
thats awesome, i didn’t know if the charter boat was allowed to sell your catch to cover some of the expense. Yeah you would need your commercial license to sell it. Very cool for you guys to donate it though. I have done the same with deer meat in tennessee.
In CA it's illegal to sell sport caught fish. Need a commercial license. Most boat owners/crews do not get involved with the distribution of the catch once it has been divvied up on the pier and each angler has taken possession of his catch. CA Fish and Game is pretty attentive to all this to ensure as few bad actors as possible.
@@patrickodonogue8823 yeah CA seems like they are very attentive to anything they can screw their people over with haha. You couldn’t pay be enough money in the world to step foot in CA.
My biggest fear! Being yelled at for bringing my slow pitch"light" gear! 😅
We are use to it. It's hard for people to deviate from what they know works, and that is understandable. However, we do this for sport, and to winch a fish in on a heavy rod may be fun for some, we prefer the battle of landing big fish on light gear. With this being said, you still have to do it in a timely manner on a head boat. Keep bringing your SPJ gear and do you!
yea that seems to happen a lot with slow pitch gear lol
it’s called fly-lining a live bait. welcome to tuna town
FLY-LINING!!! I could not remember what it was called it on the West Coast. Thanks, Jim. For us on the Atlantic, we call it flat-lining, and now that I think about it, neither of those names make perfect since 😀 lol...
Railing bait..... very effective
When was this ?
This trip took place May 5th-11th. I believe we left the dock on Wednesday and returned to port that Saturday morning.
They should have put the kite out when it’s that hard to get a daytime bite.
These are 3 to 4 days they’re 5000.bucks out of HMLanding area..They’re not in a local area of San Diego waters within 35 miles this is further They’re out in the Mexican water..
5 grand, 7 day
21:00
Yes throw scoops of bait at um..
Arnez J 👀
our Mexican license was 40$ this year? weird
20 a day depends on the trip
You know Will and I are related he's my brother from another mother
The one fish looked like it had a full buoy in its mouth
My 2 cents. Daytime stick to bait.
Rock cod when the bft are on the chew? Hard pass
As someone that fished commercially, I cringe when I see people gaff like shit and dont kill and bleed fish properly. When you're killing a tuna, respect the fish and excercise proper gaffing technique and kill & bleed the fish properly. Do some research, Im sure youtube is loaded full of Ike Jime vids, and for gaffing. Gaff the fucking head ffs. Also dont slam the fish in the deck and bruise the meat, I understand this is not a commercial boat and you dont have landing matresses but atleast try to glide the fish on to the deck.
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