Marking Tuna

[RAGINJROB]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

chunking red meat... aka bonita or blackfin

Current was real strong around the rigs we were marking. Still an option to chunk bait?

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by RAGINJROB

Current was real strong around the rigs we were marking. Still an option to chunk bait?

if you can get em to come up its the same concept a chum/ chunk for mangroves . key is to bury hook in the meat n let it drift as free as the non hooked chunks . problem with chunking like that is the sharks . id say in those depths they were blackfin tuna and iv jigged them up succesfully lots of times , the action can almost get as quick as trout fishing if you get em fired up . also letting a live bait drift out behind the boat away from the rig can work

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by RAGINJROB

Current was real strong around the rigs we were marking. Still an option to chunk bait?

Yes you just need a lot of bait. I posed a similar question on THT the other day. The overnighter I was on the other day we had to deal with a crazy amount of current. I tried chunking but gave up too soon I think.