Albacore Tuna Fishing Newport Oregon

FISH ON!!!   A 30 pound Albacore has taken your jig and your line is screaming out of your reel.

Now you have a fight on your hands!  Albacore are the king of  fighting fish.   One of the most powerful sport fish you could ever imagine.  They have more stamina than most other fish and will fight clear to the fish box!

Albacore fishing has got to be the most exciting of all the fisheries.  When the fish are coming on, the action will be the experience of a life time and one you will never forget!

But how do you catch em!?  Patience and attention to detail.

The best method is with a pole trolling a jig at speeds of 6 to 9 knots.  Everyone has a line in the water they’re responsible for.  I like this the best because you can use a lighter line and you can play the fish and really feel its power.  When we get a hook up, we continue the troll for multiple hook ups, then we go  to a slower troll speed so the fish can be fought in.   All the other fishermen who do not have a fish on will continue to fish and move out of the way of those fighting fish.  After the fish are boated, we continue the troll and go back over the spot for more.  So everyone has to be paying attention and be able to move your gear and help out.

When we are in fish, it’s a whole boat show!

The other method we use is trolling with hand lines.   You can get the fish in the boat quicker and you don’t have to slow the boat but for the most part is not as exciting.  If the bite goes crazy, we can switch to hand lines to increase our catch numbers.  Many fishermen who have experienced the awesome fight on a pole, (and after they’re pooped out)also like to use hand lines.

The Albacore we catch range in size from small at 9-12 pound [school fish,] to large weighing from 30 to 40 pounds,[cold water fish.]  the larger Albacore tend to become more isolated swimmers and don’t school up but travel in small groups of between 3 and 10 fish.  So when you get one hookup of a large fish, chances are you will get another almost immediately.

You should experience that fight, at least once in your life!

Go fishing for Albacore!  We’d love to put your picture on this website holding your 35 pounder!