December Bluefin Tuna, From Zero To HERO 

Immense respect for keeping in the crimp section of the video. We all learn and become better when people like you show what it actually takes to be out there getting it done. Great video, great lesson.

Great video! Don’t let your day job control your life. Keep on getting those days out on the water. It’s inspirational to folks like me

After so long everyone needs a reminder on why they do things the way they do.

As a kid in the mid-70's , was 15 miles out of Barnegat Inlet going for blues when my dad spotted a school of football bluefin chasing bait, he immediately sent me down in the cabin to retrieve his tackle box with feathers and other lures to troll, I had forgot to bring the tackble box from the back of the station wagon, needless to say he was none too happy and we caught no bluefin that day, I know the feeling of screwing up and missing the chance on some bluefin, but you made a good comeback, I have still never caught a bluefin 50 years later

Throw a happy anniversary or two in there too! Yeah, I'm doing a mini marathon with The Reaper and Tuna! That crimper mess was stinko! At least you're honest. It happens. God bless and safe travels! Especially for the folks involved with the Key Bridge in Baltimore. Don't know how many times I went over it when I was still driving truck.

Love your passion and sportsmanship!

Merry Christmas Capt Chris! Our mistakes made, make us all better. Appreciate you being willing to share. We have all been there! Great work on landing some beauties.

We all make mistakes it happens you fixed them and the rest is history way to go capt.

Hey Captain, I think it is great that you show both success and failures. Thanks for keeping it real. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Cmon Chris we need the tuna vids to get us through winter!!! Lol

Merry CHRISTmas!

Congrats on bagging a "ghost"! That sushi looked phenomenal. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Great video Capt. Thank you for the year of videos, I haven't missed any. Merry Christmas to you, and your family!!

That’s awesome! Congrats. It’s been an incredible BF bite!!

Bad Ass!! Love the catch and release!!!

Great video as usual, some lessons learned but you guys ended up doing great! That tuna looks sooo good, you left my mouth watering. Great job guys!

Great video Chris!! It will be easier to crank on the fish if you tighten the nut on the bottom of the swivel rod holder, it's a bit of a feel and a preference. I would advise go as tight as you think you will need it and then add 1/4-1/2 turn more. When the fish has drag they will make the rod turn a lot easier than you think.

We had those fish off RI for almost 3 months with lots of yellows mixed it. It was an epic summer for sure.

Cool videos👏🎣

Cool video. Other than some 30lb yellowfin around the thirty line my best tuna was a 150lb big eye on a stand up thirty. No chair on the maiden voyage of the 35’ Cabo. We were short one eighty so we put the thirty closest to the boat. Of course he bit it.

Yo bud, can we go togging now? Thanks for another incredible year on the blue water! Tog Slayer

It was definitely some insane bluefin fishing this fall, I went 3 times running and gunning and had 1 bite which unfortunately I pulled the hook after a couple of minutes.

Awesome video from start to finish. Your honesty, hard work and desire to educate makes you a great person. That’s why I love your videos. Keep them coming. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas cap to you and the fam see you out there on the grounds in a couple months 🤟

Chris, this fall/almost winter has been surreal. Its crazy to think of all the years where we were happy with one fish after quite a few trips. Almost couldnt miss this year. If only the giant category was open.... still going on strong. Just wow

Just made some toro bluefin rolls myself, was a great end of the season

Nice fish!

If this isn’t awesome I don’t know what it is!

Reaper!!!

Awsome ! What rod is on that TLD?

Drop a golf ball in the rod holder, poor man's swivel 🤣

Good stuff for sure. What wrap did you use? My kids didn't like my rolls the last time i did them. Yours looked great

Nice rods, if u don’t mind…are those the long or short Winthrop butts? Also what swivel rod holder do u like. Thanks.

Hey Cap, what rod do you have the 80w paired with?

Need more evenly spread rice on them rolls

Hey captain Chris I'm buying a new set of rods for my 80s I was thinking about getting a set of reeleasy rods I was wondering what rods you were using

I heard there was a bite going inshore OC

I also go by the diameter not the lb test rating cause there's lot of different variations of the same lb test.

Burn the ends of your line when you go to crimp it I've seen the small hi seas crimpers the 1.3 crimps slip before those crimpers just don't put enough pressure down on the crimp. By burning your ends it eliminates any chance of a crimp slipping. This is just what I've done for a number of years and have been lucky enough to never have a crimp slip.

How far back are you trolling the lines?

get outriggers for the little boat

All for the international viewers! hahah Bilingual videos lol LFG!

Why'd you release that one?

White tuns=Toro

It's all the same stuff bro... Go by diameter and not the lb rating problem solved. Pull against your crimps with same diameter fluoro and tell me what you find

lol you can tie 130. Why are you crimping it. Especially not at the drag levels you’re using

From a 100% Abruzzese Italian (father was born there and mother in South Philly which was Italy in the 1920's), you NEVER should use a recipe, a good Italian cook knows how to cook by taste and memory, by the way, your Spanish is as bad as mine and I had 4 years in high school and a semester in college, no entiendo tu :-)