Tunney Gloucester Bluefin Tuna

Gloucester bluefin tuna fishing is going strong – just ask Kevin Tunney and David Prychka of Mays Landing NJ.

On a Tuna Hunter fishing charter this team tagged three bluefin, all 180 pounds. Fish are hitting combinations of baits, depedning on the time of day and tide. Tuna Hunter has an arsenal of techniques and adjusts tactics throughout the day to produce fish.

The fourth tuna smoked a Penn 50 reel.  All fish were fought standup -awesome angling battles!

Bluefin tuna fishing remains strong out of Gloucester, and will continue so through the end of October into November.  Call 978-407-1351 for the latest openings, or email captain@tunahunter.com

GRAND PRIZE WINNER Tag-a-Tiny Tournament

Captain Gary Cannell was the GRAND PRIZE winner of the North Shore Community Tuna Association’s Tag-A-Tiny Tuna Tournament, to benefit the Large Pelagic Research Center’s Tag-A-Tiny program.

Gary has always practiced and encouraged tag and release of all fish that cannot be legally retained, and of all fish that will not be consumed.   The Tag-aTiny weekend was no exception.  Charters on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were treated to fine bluefin action.  Each day Tuna Hunter put here charters onto several bluefin, retaining one fish each day (all between 50 and 58 inches) and tagging all remaining fish.  While tied with First Light Anglers on the number of  tuna tagged, Tuna Hunter brought home the Grand Prize for most fish caught over the weekend.

Tagging efforts did not stop there – Tuna Hunter has been tagging bluefin tuna through September, and will continue fishing and tagging into November.

The focus of the Tag-a_Tiny Tournament, was promote tag-and-release of juvenile bluefin tuna and to raise funds for Dr. Molly Lutcavage and the UNH Large Pelagics Research Center. The Tag-A-Tiny program studies the migration paths of juvenlile bluefin tuna through internal and external archival tags.  The Tag-A-Tiny program has made great progress since its inception in 2005. ( Read more about the Tag A Tiny program here) but funding is needed to continue this important program.

Thank you to the tournament sponsors: Ouellette and Smith (Fishlaw);Grady-White Boats ;

Gloucester Seafood Display Auction; Gloucester House Restaurant; Captain Carlo’s Restaurant;

Commercial Fisheries News; On the Water Media; Madfish Grill; Intershell;

The BillfishFoundation; and Seaboard Products Company, proud distributors of
Anheuser Busch Products. 

Please support these sponsors as they help support our fishery!

Tuna Hunter strongly supports tag and release of bluefin tuna and other species, and Molly Lutcavage’s efforts with bluefin tagging in particular. See our AFTCO Tag Flag tagging story here.

Rob and Friends retained this bluefin, then tagged 3 more!

Call Tuna Hunter at 978-407-1351 or email captain@tunahunter.com for our latest openings.

Bluefin Tuna are running strong and we expect this to hold through November.

Good fishing to you!

Roach Charter – Bluefin Tuna Standup Action!

Bluefin Tuna Fishing aboard Tuna Hunter is HOT lately, as the Roach charter can attest.

Their recent bluefin tuna charter yielded several gorgeous bluefin tuna in the 130 – 200-pound range.
On Tuna Hunter we fight this size tuna on light tackle, standup.

This looks easy here .. but battling a bluefin tuna standup is heavy work. All aboard had sore arms by the end of this charter!

The guys retained one fish; the remaining bluefin were tagged and released unharmed.
Tuna Hunter supports tag and release. See our AFTCO Tag Flag tagging story here.

Captain Gary is known along the eastern seaboard for his expertise with bluefin tuna. It helps that Tuna Hunter is fully loaded with all sizes of rods and reels, bait and lures to handle any and all fishing conditions. Tuna Hunting is Captain Gary’s passion … if there’s one around, he’ll likely hook it. You get to land it!

Call Tuna Hunter at 978-407-1351 or email captain@tunahunter.com for our latest openings.
Bluefin Tuna are running strong now – call us to book your appointment with a fattie!

Pineapple People – Great Fishermen!

The “Pineapple People” have a great time fishing aboard Tuna Hunter each year.
2008 is no exception ~ In fact, 2008 was a surprising Striped Bass Fishing Charter …

because they ended up with a Bluefin Tuna!

Captain Gary is known for the occasional bluefin tuna catch a mile or so offshore .. as only Gary can spot ‘em and hook ‘em that easy. It helps that Tuna Hunter is fully loaded with all sizes of rods and reels, and all sorts of bait for just such an event. Tuna Hunting is Captain Gary’s passion … if there’s one around, he’ll likely hook it.

Call Tuna Hunter at 978-407-1351 or email captain@tunahunter.com for our latest openings. We work hard to make sure you go home with fish – and if a bigger fish comes along, we’ll try for that too!

Rosenberg Charter – Always a Great Day

Dave Rosenberg has a way of picking a good day for fishing – whether it is for Striped Bass
or an offshore day of Cod Fishing , with family or with friends, Dave always picks a great day for fishing on Tuna Hunter

Fishing with clients like Dave make our job a pleasure. Working hard to make sure you catch fish is our job – sending you home with plenty of fish and sore arms is our goal. Inshore, offshore or a combination, full or half day, we can put together a charter to sit your need, and produce fish.

Call Captain Gary Cannell at 978-407-1351 or email captain@tunahunter.com for our latest openings. Corporate charters are a natural aboard Tuna Hunter: A clean classic Sport Fisherman with professional captain, crew and service.

That next big striper .. or tuna .. could be yours!

“Fitz” Cod & Striped Bass Charter

Brian “Fitz” and crew split their time Striped Bass Fishing
and Cod Fishing on their July charter on Tuna Hunter

While the main target was striped bass, the large stripers did not cooperate all morning,
prompting the crew to bring out the cod rods and keep everyone busy reeling in cod until the tide changed and the stripers began their feed.

The wait paid off – striper steaks for the grill

Tuna Hunter and crew work hard to produce fish on every charter. We have more fun when you are reeling in fish. That means changing tactics, changing fishing spots, changing tackle and even changing species for awhile to meet the fishing conditions of the day. Ultimately, we want you catching.

Call Captain Gary at 978-407-1351 or email captain@tunahunter.com for our latest openings, and to learn about all our combination fishing charters. Corporate charters are a natural aboard Tuna Hunter: A clean classic Sport Fisherman with professional captain, crew and service. That next big striper could be yours!

Cod and Haddock and Pollock – a Boatload! ~ Cod Fishing

June opens with incredible Cod and Haddock Fishing aboard Tuna Hunter Fishing Charters .

The Albany crew was busy from first drop all day long hauling up pollock to 35 pounds and Cod to 25 pounds plus some haddock mixed in for good measure.

The net result was a boat load of fish – no kidding!

Captain Gary kept these guys reeling all day long. This wasn’t fishing, this was CATCHING!

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Cod to 30 lbs – Spring Cod Fishing

A spring Cod and Haddock Fishing Charter aboard Tuna Hunter landed Tim London and friends a few totes of cod, sized up to 30 pounds.

Next time we’ll get them to smile while holding up all that meat!

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