Blackfin Tuna

AKA: Bermuda Tuna / Football Family: Mackerel / Tuna

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Blackfin Tuna Specifications Water: Salt Where: Offshore Size: Most common at 2-20 pounds with the lunkers reaching upwards of 40 pounds. Fight: Stong and bullish, like his cousin the Yellowfin, among the best sport fish in the water. Stubborn, lengthy pulls make this fish an all around gamester. Deliciousness: Excellent Range: Both Coasts Technique: Drifting / Still Fishing / Casting / Trolling Baits: Baitfish / Lures / Flies Tackle: Spinning / Baitcasting / Fly Fishing

The Blackfin Tuna is characterized by his football shaped body, with a dark blue to almost black upper and lighter underside seperated by a bronze to yellow stripe running from his large eye to his thin near forked tail. The fins are dark and smaller than the Yellowfin.

These fish are found in the open waters well offshore.

Live or rigged baitfish make for the best natural bait, while spoons, jigs, streamers and plugs make for the best artificial bait.

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