AquaticResearch1 1,046 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZCdBrj-bCY This guy has some fantastic Landbased Fishing for Yellowfin Tuna and the like on lures. In the video above he catches two big tuna of about 70kg and 90kg. Also has a video of him landing a 105kg yellowfin landbased. Absolutely insane fishing. piratepom and Magoo 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,200 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Great Fish. Ascension Island looks like an awesome place. They get plenty of tuna off the rocks and even off the beach as well. Too bad it is so far away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AquaticResearch1 1,046 Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 How's you know where it was Kelvin? Looking at the type of rock I guess it is south America or Hawaii or thereabouts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,200 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Dennis Verrett is a bit cagey about the spot and rightly so but plenty of hints in his videos. Only a few spots in the world to get Land based tuna that regularly and it does not look like Lord Howe Island or Norfolk Island. Ascension island would have to be one of the best yellowfin tuna spots in the world. You can see the small hill in the background on one of his videos. Also he weighs his fish on the jetty at Georgetown. Alistair McGlashan's new show featured an episode on Ascension Island and you can see the same geography and jetty and even a few guys fishing off the rocks. http://almcglashan.com/coming-soon-tv/ http://www.the-islander.org.ac/newsimages/3754_tuna.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7DMDWA3JZE0/ULie5brVueI/AAAAAAAACbA/eVpK__1ArR8/s1024/2012%25252010%25253A11.jpg http://www.planetseafishing.com/features/read/ascension-island-shore-fishing Finally a quick google of some of the tuna and game forums confirms my suspicion http://www.worldseafishing.com/forums/threads/ascension-yft-from-the-beach.2755274/ http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=11939.0 archerfish, reelfun and AquaticResearch1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerfish 685 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 I think you will find Robson Green also featured Ascension Island in an episode filmed there for his "Extreme Fishing" series (as previously alluded to, the rock formations were a bit of a giveaway). Nice to see you having a bit of a Google of the subject as well Kelvin, along with myself! There's some interesting stuff there, including a couple of charter operations which would be tempting if the $$$ permitted. Blo*dy long way to travel for a fish, though - even if the island is described as "the Jurassic Park of fishing in the Atlantic"... Cheers af http://www.ascensionislandfishingcharters.co.uk AquaticResearch1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerfish 685 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 ...and if you're REALLY keen, this may be useful: http://www.ascension-flights.com/ascension-flights-info.htm Cheers af Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,200 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Would love to do a trip there one day but not if the Aussie dollar keeps falling. If I have the cash and time then Nomad or Three Kings NZ would be more in the price range. I've fished Lord Howe Island over 10 years ago and that was incredible and would love to spend a week or two there again exploring the landbased and boat based options Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerfish 685 Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Did you do Ball's Pyramid at all, Kelvin, or just fish LHI itself? Cheers af Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,200 Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Spent 3 weeks on the Island as a medical student. Only fished landbased and only with fairly primitive gear. I had a cheap telescopic spin rod and 6lb mono and a 30lb overhead outfit. I managed plenty of sharks each evening in the lagoon as well as plenty of big mulet and gar. I would hike 1 hour each way and fished the rocks at old gulch for bluefish, drummer and also managed a rat king and a bigger shark. Got spooled a few times on the drummer and caught a few to over 50cm. On 6lb mono I was hooking about 15 fish a trip and only landing 3 to 5. I only bought over a handful of sinkers due to weight restrictions on the plane and soon lost them and had to resort to looking for rocks and tying them on for casting weight. Would love to get back over there with some nice gear and do some livebaiting and spinning for Kings as well as tackle some more drummer but with graphite and braid. archerfish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Knackers 696 Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 I imagine that tuna was screwed to eat. I don't even think they bled it, let alone put it one ice anytime soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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