Yellowfin Tuna Fishing

Yellowfin tuna fishing demands precision timing, strategic boat positioning, and the right presentation to trigger explosive strikes from one of the ocean's most powerful gamefish. Whether you're working dolphin schools off Costa Rica, chunking oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, or casting topwater poppers to surface-feeding schools, success hinges on understanding how these fish feed and react to different presentations.

Our Fishing Video Courses break down proven yellowfin tuna fishing techniques used by expert captains across the world's most productive fisheries. You'll learn exactly when to throw a popper versus a jig, how to read bird activity and marine mammal behavior, and what it takes to keep big tuna close to the boat once you've got them fired up.

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  Yellowfin Tuna Angling Technique

  Yellowfin tuna around Costa Rica spinner dolphin schools demand precise approach strategy positioning ahead of moving pods while maintaining distance avoiding spooks. Mike Hennessy's real-world demonstrations include proper low rod tip technique preventing high-sticking failures, reading water for rolling tuna identification, and gaffing skills securing fish during critical final moments where many yellowfin are lost.

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  Popper Fishing Yellowfin Tuna on Spinner Dolphin

  Yellowfin tuna surface feeding around spinner dolphins creates thrilling popper opportunities when reading natural indicators including finback and short beak dolphin activity. Success requires strategic boat positioning avoiding spooking fish with straight approaches, casting 100-plus feet, and mastering pop-and-wait retrieval cadence with 3 to 5 second pauses rather than working lures too fast.

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  Fishing Yellowfin Tuna on Spotted Dolphin Schools

  Spotted dolphins and yellowfin tuna feed cooperatively off Costa Rica, creating productive scenarios when dolphins herd baitfish. Mike Hennessy's specialized techniques require distinguishing feeding behavior from traveling schools through water color and bird activity, strategic boat positioning maintaining strike zones without spooking pods, and rigging configurations with bait presentation timing matching the aggressive feeding frenzy intensity.

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  Gore's Offshore Tuna Trolling Lures

  NASCAR engine machinist Jason Gore applies precision manufacturing to tuna lure design where natural keel weighting creates true swimming action through hydrodynamic engineering. Plastic, aluminum, and brass head materials offering identical shapes in weights from 1 to 8 oz. provide tactical flexibility for varied trolling speeds, sea conditions, and target depths without learning new lure characteristics.

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  Bait Rigs for Yellowfin Tuna Fishing: Mike Hennessy

  Yellowfin tuna rigging versatility handles fish from schoolies to giants through adaptable setups balancing finesse with strength. Mike Hennessy's Golfito expertise covers bait options, hook selections, and leader materials requiring proper crimping technique and storage preventing degradation, plus live bait rigging and bridling methods presenting baits naturally while maintaining hook positioning for solid penetration during violent strikes.

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  Porpoise Schools and Tuna Fishing: Keys to Catching More

  Porpoise and dolphin schools reveal yellowfin tuna locations in vast offshore waters through feeding relationships on similar baitfish. Mike Hennessy's expertise differentiates white belly porpoise, spinner dolphin, and spotted dolphin behaviors around tuna, requiring specific boat positioning and bait presentation tactics for each marine mammal type indicating feeding activity and fish depth beneath schools.

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  Lures for Tuna and Wahoo: Mike Hennessy

  Mike Hennessy's decades of global offshore experience reveal when poppers and stickbaits excel for casting to surface-feeding tuna versus bibbed plugs and twitchbaits dominating trolling scenarios. Lure selection based on fish behavior and environmental conditions drives tactical decisions, with retrieval technique adjustments and color preferences accounting for water clarity and light affecting how yellowfin and wahoo respond throughout the day.

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  Lure Trolling for Yellowfin Tuna with Shawn Rotella

  Yellowfin tuna trolling tactics shift dramatically when skipjack schools appear, demanding lure adjustments most anglers miss. Captain Shawn Rotella's Kona expertise reveals how predatory patterns, tide influences, and habitat structures determine which lure colors and trolling speeds trigger strikes from Thunnus albacares, plus post-catch gilling and cooling techniques preserving quality for premium table fare.

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  Sub Surface Lures for Yellowfin Tuna Fishing

  Yellowfin tuna feed in the top three to five meters using the surface as an edge to trap baitfish, making sub-surface lures more effective than topwater presentations. Sinking stickbaits reach these feeding zones while avoiding bird interference that dominates surface activity, requiring proper terminal tackle pairing with hooks and split rings maintaining lure action during violent strikes.

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  Top 10 Tuna Fishing Lures: Seth Hartwick

  Selecting tuna lures without global testing experience leads to collections filled with designs that sound effective but fail under real fishing conditions. Seth Hartwick fished every major tuna fishery worldwide, working with top anglers and craftsmen to refine his collection to only the best quality performers that trigger strikes across varied feeding behaviors and environmental factors rather than location-specific patterns.

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  Topwater Lures for Yellowfin Tuna Fishing with Seth

  Topwater yellowfin tuna fishing evolved into refined styles where popper and stickbait quality, build, and price vary dramatically. Seth Hartwick's extensive lure testing reveals which designs justify investment, how sea conditions affect lure selection and placement, and what tackle components including hooks, split rings, swivels, and leaders create reliable setups withstanding violent tuna strikes.

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  Jigs for Yellowfin Tuna Fishing

  Yellowfin tuna suspending at depth matching deep water baitfish require speed jigs and knife jigs rather than surface presentations. Seth Hartwick's worldwide experience reveals success demands understanding jigging techniques that work entire water columns, proper boat and angler positioning, and matching rod specifications to jig sizes with gear ratios and drag systems handling sustained runs from depth.

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  Live Bait Chumming Yellowfin Tuna - Venice Louisiana

  Yellowfin tuna around Venice trawlers feed competitively on bycatch discharge, creating brief windows where aggressive strikes can overwhelm standard tackle and technique. Captain Josh Howard explains how live bait selection matches trawler discharge, why hook and drag specifications prevent lost fish around moving vessels, and when these mobile feeding situations produce versus platform fishing.

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  Top 5 Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Surface Lures - Venice

  Yellowfin tuna around Venice, Louisiana oil platforms reject surface lures that work elsewhere in the Gulf. Captain Josh Howard explains how Mississippi River discharge affects baitfish profiles, why popper and swimming bait selection must match local forage size and behavior, and when surface presentations outperform subsurface approaches around Louisiana oil structures.

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  Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Seminar

  Yellowfin tuna in the Bahamas punish anglers who rely on yesterday's patterns. RJ Boyle, Mark Hamilton, Triston Hunt, and Chip Sheehan explain how bird behavior interpretation, real-time chumming adjustments, and trip planning decisions separate productive offshore days from expensive fuel burns with minimal fish contact.

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  Chunking Drifting and Live Bait Fishing Yellowfin Tuna

  Yellowfin tuna reject more baits than they strike when chunking and drifting. RJ Boyle and Triston Hunt explain how chum distribution rate, bait matching, and drift positioning determine whether competitive feeding behavior triggers or fish simply feed selectively on free chunks without committing to hooked offerings.

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  Tuna Fishing - Chunking and Chumming Yellowfin

  Venice, Louisiana is known for its abundant yellowfin tuna fishing, with captains and crews using advanced tactics and techniques. Capt. Josh Howard utilizes trawl boat by-catch to create a healthy chum slick, while In The Spread fishing video teaches ideal baits, chumming, and chunking. Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico relies on working fixed or mobile fish aggregators, making trowl boats an excellent fishing opportunity.

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