What Is The Biggest Tuna You Caught On Light Line?

[Bigsurfer]

Went on a 3/4 day a while ago on a wide open dorado bite (123 landed) and had a blast. A few guys hooked up with Bluefin Tuna on 20/25 pound line. Old guy fought his for 2 hours and lost it in a heartbreak. Another landed a 50 pounder (on 25 pound line) after an hour fight...I was very impressed!

Just wondering...what was your biggest Tuna landed on light line and how long did it take?

 

[DannyNoonan]

2 years ago on a 4-day, my wife hooked a nice YFT on her new pink Avet SX (1st gen) on a 25# rod. It sounded, and after 25 min or so of not being able to lift it she tapped out. With lots of palming against the foregrip, I was able to bring it to gaff in about 25 more minutes. Her reel was backed with 50# spectra and a 30# mono topshot. The tuna went 89.6# prior to gill/gut…

My next goal is to land a 4:1

 

[ShadBurke]

93 lb bluefin on 25lb test. Almost 4 hours on a 9ft stick…..

I won’t do that again…..

 

[lowprofile]

115 on 65 and 156 on 80. Not really light.

I did however lose a yellowfin that looked 100ish at gaff on 50lb. That was heartbreaking, only took about 45 mins

 

[hucklongfin]

I got an 85# BFT on 30#.

 

[AndyJ]

I got a 50 lb bluefin on 25 mono and a BG 4500 spinner while on anchor at Colonett.

 

[Luke]

In 2000 on the Amigo someplace behind Cortez Bank spent 3 hours and 45 minutes pulling on an 80# Big Eye on 20# line on a Calstar 800 XL…….was expecting to hook an Albacore but it turned into a Big Eye. While I battle the fish the rest of the group (Dana Wharf Rod and Reel Club) landed 75 Albacore.

 

[CI_SeaWolf]

37lb BFT on 20 lb 8ft rod….40 minutes

 

[jiggermyster]

50# YFT on 12# at Alijos.
50# BFT on 15# somewhere offshore on the way back up.

Bruce (HD on the boards) used to bust out the 4# when Albacore were on the chew. He'd sweet talk 'em all the way to gaff.

 

[Steve K]

All fishermen are liars, but here goes. 73# Bigeye on 30# mono. Hey it was ‘99, didn’t know what fluorocarbon was, didn’t have much technique. Unaware of the rail technique, how long, too long.

 

[woodfish330]

.....in the day... 30 (2 speeded Cal special)... 5 fish between 190# and 268#... all on #50 HI Seas Grand Slam (Mono)...#125 Jinkai Leader. Not one foot of Braided anything. Did it the old fashion way.... Stinger Bucket harness and Smitty Belt. Fastest.... 206# was in 27 minutes.

P.S. When these fish were caught.... the Skipper and Crew "told" anglers not have ANYTHING less than #100 with #200 leader.... in the water.

When I was on my third fish....lol... with that Smaller 30 International... guys caught on.... and we got a bunch of fish to go. Kind of like LUPE you fish what THEY'RE eating.... not what YOU WANT....lol. I made the call.... and it paid off.... for me .... that day.

 

[aguachico]

72# BET on 20# ande - jigmaster 501.

 

[Deadlift500]

38.5lb gilled any gutted bluefin on a spinner with straight 30lb mono, just several minutes.

 

[short-range]

135lb BFT on 35lb blackwater Accurate BX2-500N and calstar 700H after an hour I handed it off to one of the deckhands and he manhandled it in short order this was back in 2013 we were on a plunker bite of 20-30lb fish this was the only one of this size hooked Accurate had to replace a few parts inside the reel after this lol.

 

[Yellowtail Dan]

170lb bluefin in August on 80lb. Not sure that’s light though

 

[makairaa]

18 lb yellowfin on 4 lb. Took a little over an hour.

 

[dapHBCM]

120# on 40# Gold Label.
Fathom 25N Single Speed + PSW760H

~90 minutes of “fun”

 

[C-4 Fishing]

65# BFT on 25#
Took a long time, wayyy tooo long.
I can still hear the ping, ping, ping of my line as I was about 3/4 way done and had to get that damn fish in because that hole in its mouth I just knew was getting bigger and bigger.

Aside from the initial run it was just a 40 foot back and forth for over an hour.

Was doone with fishing for a few minutes after I got that b*tch to gaff.

 

[Cow blue fin]

190lb bluefin on 50lb on a sinker rig.

 

[MYNomad]

225 (taped) YFT on 60 pounds. 4 of us fought it for 4.5 hours in 90 degree heat and 95% humidity (near the Tres Marias out of PV). I thought one of us would have a heart attack.

 

[Cy Bodden]

me 100 lb Bft on 40lb 9ft UC reaper Talica 10 30 mins. Biggest I seen took a newbie with on the Liberty he hooked up on his rental rod with 60lb top shot fathom 40n. 2.5 hours 4 guys rotating 250lb bft.

 

[Jibber805]

52 lb Allie on 20#, back in about ‘87. We were teenagers back then. My buddy Tony has an imprint of blood on his fresh tank top from the captain slapping him on the chest after he made him eat the heart. Good times.

 

[x-man]

70 lb yellowfin on 20 during an albacore stop. On a Little 5 1/2 foot Roddy stick and a Penn 99.

 

[Wrecksford]

I suck at landing bluefin but my brother has landed a few big ones on less than ideal gear. Last year he got a (taped) 160-170 on 40# with a fathom 25N 2 speed. Private boat

 

[SMYLEE]

145lb BF on 25lb mono on a MXJ single speed. Size 1/0 j hook. On the SA80 took 1 hour and 15 minutes