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Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishing Article

Three Days on the Vagabond

It felt good to be back on the docks in San Diego that Fisherman's, H&M, and Point Loma Landings share. It had been three years since I had last been on the Vagabond, and I had been preparing for the trip for months. The two speed reels were loaded with spectra and fresh monofilament in anticipation of hooking and hopefully catching some of those hefty bluefin tuna that prowl the Mexican waters southwest of San Diego. In all, I brought nine rod and reel outfits with me. I had learned the hard way on my last trip aboard the Vagabond that you always come prepared for anything. During my last trip in 1999, Skipper Mick Lackey found...
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Southern Bluefin Tuna Fish Species Information

Scientific Fish Name: Thunnus maccoyii,
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Regions Fished: southern hemisphere waters of all the worlds oceans
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Common Tackle:
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The southern bluefin tuna is an opportunistic feeder, preying on a wide variety of fishes, crustaceans, cephalopods, salps, and other marine animals.


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