Grand Isle-Febuary Tuna Trip
Me and the crew have finally planned our long awaited "1st" tuna trip and are looking for any last minute advice that any of you seasoned tuna veterans may have to offer! :bowdown We will be arriving in Grand Isle on Feb. 10th and staying through the 14th. We have all been looking to get in on some of this world class tuna action for quit sometime and the trip has finally came togather! Our tackle consists of 3-50w on 50-80 roller rods, 3-30's on 30-50 rollers, 2-jigging/casting rigs loaded with braid, and our bait rods. The boat is a 31 Cape Horn and has 400+ mile range. From what I have gathered on here, the midnight lump is not all what it is talked up to be so we most likely wont spend alot of time there. Most of our fishing will be chunking/livebaiting but we do plan on trolling around some of the shallower rigs for those monster wahoo. Some of my questions for you are: where might we be able to find some hardtails, what will be some good producing rigs for big wahoo, what area should we be looking to start for YFT and how long to you give a spot thats not producing before moving on. We will be bringing 50-100lbs of fresh caught LY's with us for chunking but what else will be our best bet for chunk bait(bonita, cuda, small bft)? What will be the best thing to pull for the wahoo bite? Besides the "loop" which I know I have to steer clear of, are there any other navigational hazards that I should be aware of before leaving out from Grand Isle? Any advice on these topics or any other that I may have left out will be greatly appreciated :toast
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