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Milkjug
March 16th, 2009, 10:50 PM
The surf was too nice to pass up and I had a break in my work so I headed out to the beachfront.

Set up a drift to catch some specks. Almost right away I found a school of the coveted JETTY TUNA cruising the surface. I skip the gulp across the top, watching them blow up on it but not hooking up. The school runs into my yak and spooks. After looking for them a while I resume the drift. I see some bait jump, and 2 casts later its TUNA ON. Who's ready for sashimi? :lol:

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No specks hitting so I switched to dead shrimp and pulled in some striped fish. Plenty of undersized drum, a rat red, and a few piggys. Also lost a pompano off my stringer :mad:

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majek_maniac
March 16th, 2009, 11:35 PM
Sweet!!
boom
March 17th, 2009, 05:26 AM
The old Texas sleigh ride! How far did you go?
nokatchin
March 17th, 2009, 06:30 AM
Sounds fun.Congrats
NK
Unclehandy
March 17th, 2009, 09:06 AM
So is Jetty tuna another term for jacks? Hope you dont plan on sashimi jack crevelle! Nice catch though. Jacks are my favorite fish to catch hands down! They explode onto the baits and fight like nothing else!
Muddskipper
March 17th, 2009, 09:47 AM
Please let me know how that Sushi taste .... lol

Man that stringer looks like it broke out of jail with all those stripes, defenitly a convict stringer if I have ever seen one.
WestEndAngler
March 17th, 2009, 11:04 AM
Yes Jacks are more coommonly referred to as Jetty Tuna
Milkjug
March 17th, 2009, 02:15 PM
Man that stringer looks like it broke out of jail with all those stripes

LOL, I've got them draggin the ball 'n chain!

The jack pulled me about 100 yards or so. He changed direction a lot. Since I saw my first school of jacks last summer, I've been wanting to start carrying a hook-less topwater just to watch some repeated violent blow-ups.

The "tuna" is back in the water.
Captain Dave
March 17th, 2009, 08:33 PM
Nice report
007
March 17th, 2009, 09:31 PM
Good job Yan. Those jetty tuna sure are fun.
coachlaw
March 17th, 2009, 10:02 PM
Had one take me several miles once. I was 8 or 9 years old and I brought it in on a Zebco 33 and an Ugly Stik Jr. in a pirogue. Took me a looooong time to paddle back to the camp.
GHSmacker
March 22nd, 2009, 07:54 PM
Very cool

Catching them on a topwater is a blast. Those things will try to kick your butt on that trout tackle. One of the hardest fighting fish that swims.
aqua pimp
March 22nd, 2009, 08:02 PM
GHSmacker definatly knows about those jetty tuna LOL. Remember that one you hooked at the wells LOL. That was great!!!!!

AQUA PIMP
GHSmacker
March 22nd, 2009, 08:40 PM
GHSmacker definatly knows about those jetty tuna LOL. Remember that one you hooked at the wells LOL. That was great!!!!!

AQUA PIMP

haha

I almost forgot about that fish. I remember i caught that big black drum at the jetties, and i was still ready to battle more big fish. I don't think i ever turned the handle during that fight...it was pretty much one sided. Still fun though.