“Bluefins have such huge eyes,” Rob said, “that they can spot anything unnatural in the water. The kite, I wondered? What’s he talking about? “Rob, dig out the kite,” Carl quickly suggested. That is when I ran forward and saw the biggest arc I’ve ever seen on a sonar screen. Indeed, within a few minutes of Rob ladling out bait, Carl yelled to tell us there were a trio of tuna below the boat. Carl even has a mechanical “chummer” that ladles out cut up pieces of bait and a “grinder” that minces up the mackerel and herring to entice the tuna to follow below the boat.Īnd that is perhaps the most amazing thing about tuna fishing in Prince Edward Island. The liveliest mackerel were quickly placed inside a huge aerated livewell while any bleeding or injured ones were put in a separate box to be ground up or cut up and used as chum. In fact, less than 15 or 20 minutes out from port, and within site of our motel room, Carl slowed down the boat and we dug out the mackerel rods tipped with four and five hook Sabiki rigs.Īs soon as we lowered them down, we felt fish immediately smacking our baits and many times reeled up a foot long mackerel on every hook. So, instead of spending most of your day boating in rough seas you spend it fishing on calm waters. Lawrence that unlike all the other places along the eastern seaboard, you rarely travel more than a few miles off shore to get to the good fishing. Key point: the weather is normally so glorious in the protected Gulf of St. It was a good job I didn’t because when I handed my gear to first mate Rob to stow onboard the boat, I noticed that all he was wearing were a pair of shorts and a light t-shirt. Truth be told, I had even debated in the morning whether or not I should wear the lightweight pair of “Long Johns” that I’d packed. So, when Mark and I arrived at Carl’s boat, Just Crackin 07 that was docked in the harbour, I was decked out in jeans, a long sleeve shirt, a hoodie and carrying my Cabela’s Guide Wear rain bibs and jacket.
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