mmppirate

They were all over the Glory Hole last weekend. Didn't see any this weekend. Couldn't hook up. Heard reports that they moved east.


What percentage of guys do you really think follow the regs? I heard guys on the radio saying that they had multiple bluefin in the boat, now I don't know if they were too stupid to know they regs or just didn't care.

CB Haws

Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between bluefins and bigeyes.

msilva4

Hope they're around , going out tomorrow hopefully we can find some

broknbonz33

how do you tell the difference in a bigeye and a bluefin?

CB Haws

The Bigeye Tuna's pectoral fins may reach to the second dorsal fin, but are shorter than the Yellowfin Tuna's. A very short pectoral fin indicates that the fish more than likely is a Bluefin Tuna.

There are 18 to 22 gill rakers on the first gill arch of a Bigeye Tuna. There will be 24 to 28 gill rakers on a Bluefin Tuna, and 27 to 33 gill rakers on a Yellowfin Tuna.

Positive identification of a Bigeye Tuna can be completed by examining its liver. The Bigeye Tuna has a grooved liver with clearly visible striations (fine lines looking like streaks), or dark blood vessels on the margins of the lobes. There are two lobes that are both of the same size. However in the yellowfin tuna these smooth lobes are devoid of these striations and the right lobe is clearly longer than the left lobe or the middle lobe.