Tuna are in and biting! We made the move to Ft Bragg and had 3 good days in a row on albacore. Bluefin action still remains solid to the south as well and we expect to see them in Bodega soon!

Bodega Bay to Fort Bragg- 8/9/25

Capt Ryan- F/V Bigeye

Got the gear prepped and heading north in the boat solo tword fort bragg, couldnt help myself to not hit the ledge and troll up. Put in lines at the football where there is currently many thousands of birds over several miles sitting on miles and miles of anchovy school, didnt see any sign of bluefin there, but as long as the wind stays reasonable this year I’m pretty sure those bluefin will not want to pass up all that food. Kept trolling north and hooked a big 30lb albacore just below Pt arena on the shelf, maybe 1000 feet of water, about 45 miles from bodega bay. And another one just above Pt Arena. Picked up and ran the rest of the way to meet Cody at the dock.

Fort Bragg Tuna- 8/11/25

Capt Ryan- F/V Bigeye

We kicked off our 2025 albacore season with a bang. With 3 clients who rented the whole boat, we headed west out to the 22X45 area and quickly found a pretty steady bite with a 5 way to start things off early in the morning. As the day went on the bite slowed but we kept working away picking up singles and doubles. Around noon we decided to start tossing jigs out and successfully converted a troll stop to jigs to pick up 6 fish on the irons. Our group called it quits with 30 good grade albacore with a a roughly 15lb average and a few outstanding fish in the mid to upper 20lb range and headed in around 1pm. Overall an epic day to shake off the rust.

Fort Bragg Tuna- 8/12/25

Capt Ryan- F/V Bigeye

We headed to the same area. Slower start in the AM with a few singles and doubles. The bite was a bit slower for us, but some boats did really well. Around noon we had a good furry with several triples and a good batch of jig fish in the mix. We had to work for our fish but still managed to end the day with 33 mid grade albacore with a 15lb average. We did mange to pick up about 8 fish today sliding irons so that kept things exciting with with a lot short strikes and fish popping off on the jigs.

Fort Bragg Tuna- 8/13/25

Capt Ryan- F/V Bigeye

We headed our to our same area as the day before and quickly found a lot more bird action than previous days with no boats in sight. We had a pretty solid bite first thing in the morning and picked up 18 fish by 9am with mostly doubles and a few triples on the troll. All around the 22×44 area. Then the fish went down and we had to go back on the hunt. We did Find a few logs and had what acted like a yellowtail but the fish popped off unfortunately. In the early afternoon we found some good bird piles way south on the 16X40 area, with tons of jumpers underneath. We chased around bird piles and were able to pick up some bigger troll fish and also got dialed in on the jigs and picked up about 10 fish on the jigs and lost many more. They were picky on the troll but bit several jigs on every stop. We ended the day with 35 mid to larger grade longfins with probably a 18lb average. Super fun day with awesome clients and some really good action when it turned on. Got some wind for the next few days but looking forward to get back out there and getting more bloody decks!