Pursuit of the BAY AREA Bluefin Tuna 

These videos are why my husband keeps acusing me of watching indecent vids. "Oh shit, oh yeah" "ooooh". Imagine his disappointment when he sneaks up on me and sees fish. LMAO.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="107">1:47</a> killer fogbow and damn what a battle you three had that day. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1180">19:40</a> The legend himself, so great to see Philosophy D back in the mix!! Sending love from our fam down in the 805.

Way to Skippers. Jocelyn is guiding the boat! NICE TOUCH. You are so cool.

I used to tourney land based shark fishing in florida. I highly recommend a good quality belt and harness (black magic) and using the low gear when you’re at a stalemate and struggling to gain line. The harness and belt you can use your entire body weight vs arm strength it’s much less tiring and cuts the fight time by A LOT since you can lean down and reel down on the fish

Ain't no Tuesday like Taku Tuesday cause Taku Tuesday's don't stop!

Keep up the work Taku. It’s taken me 3 days due to surgery and being in the PACU and ICU but I watched for a much as I could and took a break when I couldn’t hold on and stay away longer but made it an effort to watch your uploads. I love your vids! Heck it inspired to to pick up some carbon steel Japanese knifes. Hope to one day fish with ya. My biggest fish from my neck of the woods is a 32lb king salmon. Hopefully I recover well in the next few months and can get out to do some ice fishing. Yours Dave.

Oh what a sick video, this was one of the best. Keep ot up bro!!!

Love this video so much! Happy for all you!

opening the video with a big ole fish on the line and a rainbow looking over is incredible stuff, much love and thanks for the fun video as always Taku!!

That’s exciting! Struggle is real but it is so worth it. Ty so much for sharing it.

Nerve racking, but so happy you got your Bluefin Tuna! 👏🏻

Great job guys!! Also nice to see Daniel again. Daniel should do some videos again cus his videos are fire!

I have a couple Penn international wide reels and i can say for sure, that if you don't have a belt with the slot for the rod to prevent pivot, you spend all your energy turning the reel sideways instead of cranking the line in. You guys are beasts for doing it the hard way! Keep up the great vids, Taku!

Wow. Just wow. Thank you for sharing. Totally inspiring. Cheers!

Good to see Daniel again. Tell him to drop that video and let us know what's going on.

I've been waiting for this video. Holy moly. Glad you finally got your Blue Fin Tuna, Taku!

🌴 I can’t wait to see you cut that tuna ! 👍🏼😄

Hell yeah!!!! Congrats bro!

Epic Taku IPA Chug! Loved it! Great job

I’m sure I held my breathe when you hooked that butterball…omg Taku..what an exciting video!!..Congrats🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Great video. Glad we got ya on your first NorCal BFT!

Love it ❤ your killing it Taku

Great to see Daniel. Nice.

Living the frickin dream ‼️💪🏽 If you haven’t farmered a Bluefin, you haven’t been Bluefin fishing 💯

We found a product called Knot to kinky which is nickel titanium leader . 100lb works fine. It's high tech metal leader but BFT on the troll won't spook from it when pulling the mad macs at high speed. This will save you chew offs on the hit, rub offs on the boat or prop and other heart breakers. Other thing that will help is to use 7X Kaiju treble hooks on the mad macs. The leaders cost about 24 bucks a piece and the hooks cost about 19 a piece. Mad macs are 50 a piece so your actually protecting your lure investment with the upgrades.

Watching you fish is great. Always following and supporting you .

Daniel is a BEAST!!! See bro! All that gym time pays off! Chicks dig Daniel! LOL

Great Episode !

Congrats Gentlemen, & 🔥🔥🔥 episode Taku! What’s up “D”, been a hot minute since I’ve seen you, and also on Taku’s channel. Can’t wait for your video of the life changing events. 🍻 Y’all, you boys put in that WORK on this 1 👊🏼😎🤙🏼🍻

Awesome video! Brings me back to when I lost my first and only tuna at the boat years ago

Everything is so beautiful!

One thing I've learned from fishing Salmon, when they run, let them run by loosening the drag, especially if they run under the boat or back towards the motor. Hand feed them line if you have to.

Congratz on the catch Taku. Philosophy D where you been hiding?!

Nice work! Congrats!

Another awesome video!

1ST Tuna Lost hurt muy soul i felt for you BUT The Next Hook UP was EPICCC Taku!!!!

Hell yeah!! Nice Hog, Taku!

Woof woof. Welcome to the east bay. Good job.

That was epic!

Nice to see you finally got a tuna. 👍😁

Taku,I see you got your workout in (two sharks, one bluefin). 😁👍

There's the video I was hoping for

I know Captain Ross he's a man amongst men when I was looking at the video and noticed Captain Ross's boat I knew there was going to be a happy ending no pun intended LOL

We hooked 200lbs plus on poppers , no rod holders and 10ft rods, no harness bs . Never handed off our rods. You hook it you fight it even if you puke.

Awesome video 👍👍

Another video to start my day!

congrats!

Sweet! Your back home in cali.. so how about some foraging videos in our home state. Love seeing the diversity of natural ingredients and the way you cook them. Uniquely different every time.

Nice fish bud! Redemption.

Freaking awesome 💜

I can't even imagine catching a fish that size. Freaking AMAZING! Awesome video's dude!

nice way to start my wednesday wake up and see this in my sub box keep up the great work love your content .

You gotta keep well hydrated too!!!! It’s so important for those muscles to recover 🤙🏽🎣

That fish started playing the banjo haha 😂

Sorry about the big miss on the other tuna but something we used to do on the east coast is one not have the drag so tight that the fish couldn't run, when it runs it tires itself out. 2nd one thing for getting line back quickly is making circles on the fish but you always have to make your circle in the opposite way the fish is running. Large circles. I was explained that the fish is not 4 or 5 hundred yards straight down they are somewhere in the water column and your line is kind of like a big L shape in the water, ( using monofilament line; spectra has a lot less drag so it a little different but still the same concept). I heard some people refer to this as the tuna dance. I watch some guys get some really large fish in on 30lb line. Also use the low speed on the real if your trying to power the fish in. But still I wish I was out doing it again, I'm now land locked in Idaho and mainly hunt and fresh water fish. I troll still for Kokanee salmon but its nothing compared to tuna fishing. Something I haven't seen used on the west coast is spreader bars when trolling. We would use those with decent success also. Cool video and keep them coming. Love the tuna action. .

Yea Boy

Awesome video once again I like to try heart that way.

wow 😮 big fish from the Bay Area

congrats on 700k!

That first tuna that they lost, seem to had been a monster compared to the other 2 that you caught brother, but great video , awesome catch dream

Would love to see your take on a crab gumbo or a crab linguini pasta! They’re so good and I’m sure you’d knock it out of the park

Epic! Good to see Daniel too!

Yay!!! Go Mr. Taku!!! 😍🖤🥰🍻🍺🍣🍣🍣

Haven't seen pdee in a while. Nice one.

Nice fish, definitely invest in a good belt or harness setup to fight stand up it’s a game changer and you won’t hurt yourself fighting the fish

The fact you reeled it in on a Penn Squall should be enough for Penn to sponsor this video

I had to pause the video right when you lost the Tuna and take in that pain. What a damn video. Thanks for the entertainment, Taku!

Taku you landed my bucket list fish congratulations sucks you missed out on that big one

That last trip in the video was nothing short of professional

I see what ya did there... Called in the big guns aka philosophy d 💪

I would love to go fishing with the first captain

And….how many times has Jocelyn come in “clutch”. I ♥️her.

We!!!🎉🎉🎉On!!!!🤠👌💯🤙🤙🤙🥳Nice 😊

if he goes for the motor quickly like that ... go into freespool so you can maneuver without having to pull against the fish with a taught line... it doesnt mean you wont lose the fish but your chances would have greatly increased

Your best VID...

Oh, man , come on, Blue Fin! HELL NO 😳! Geez, next time you'll get it 🎉. Happy Thanksgiving, Taku ,Jocelyn and friends 🧡🦃. Whoo Hoo 🎉. You did it. Congratulations !!!💥🌟❣️ JO JO IN VT 💞

Every time I see you guys hook up on a BFT I don't see you guys push the easy button.

Chris, once you hook up on the first fish don’t reel the second one, count to 5-6 seconds and see if you get a double hook up, if nothing happens then start reeling the second one. Just a bit of advice, but if you’re trying not to catch 2 at a time then keep doing a good job, reeling 2 Tunas will be a hell of a workout and challenge.

Taku! You lucky dog!

Congrats on the butterballs, nice fish! Out at Gumdrops?

For a second i thought this was the redemption trip with ChrisPfish and thought "omg the same thing happened again....." 😅😂 Then it cut to the actual redemption trip and i was like 😮 oh 😂.

Best video👍😀

Yesssssss

Hell ya buddy

You got 2 beautiful bluefins and you prepare the heart ? Okay.

Philosophy D.......been awhile.......miss youe vids

Nice BFT. Best eating fish in the ocean

Congratulations Taku! What's up philosophy D? Rod? Reel? Lure? I'm out of Sacramento and getting ready to go tuna fishing in the bay!.

Absolutely killing it Taku!!! Hope to have u over for salmon fishing in iceland next summer!

That is a Thresher shark so tasty, one of the best to eat, I have never seen fishing like that, we would pump up, then reel down and wear a belt, trying to reel without the pump seems really hard, which as you know it was.

Keep up your good health and don't forget that I asked for the fish🤭

Seeing the big one swim away is always a bummer. Nice job getting redemption!!

PS you know the diff of a tuna strike and a shark strike, the tuna takes off and the line looks like a water skier

How many times has Jocelyn been thrust into the role of “Captain”? 😂

Eeepic far out without a good fighting belt that looked like waaay too much hard work. I just used my legs and back landing mine was definitely easier than arms. Epic vid guys

FISH ON!

That’ll give a good night rest.. lol

#feelthebern!

Nothing like bringing in a big Tuna. Caught a 120lbs yellowfin in Venice Louisiana. Your hand and back hurts reeling it in.

I totally get the visceral pain of losing a massive fish like that. It's a rare opportunity and when it doesn't work out it's brutal.