Tuna Fishing Charter Info:

Required Trip Length:

10+ hr required

Time of year:

Bluefin tuna filter into our fishing area in June and stay for the remainder of the year. Typically the best time of year to fish for these insane fish is mid June-October.

Daily Bag Limit:

Tunas under 73 inches can be kept for food up to the daily bag limit which are set in place before the season begins. Please call to learn about what you can keep! If it is a designated commercial day* and we obtain our boat limit of fish over 73 inches we sell the fish back at the dock.

If we sell a commercial bluefin tuna, the charter will receive 20% of the sell price of the fish*. Typically we receive payment from the buyer within 3-4 weeks after landing. We do not receive a price at the dock as televised. Please call to learn more about the daily bag limits for tuna since it is updated monthly.

Catch and Release Fishing:

We do a lot of catch and release tuna fishing as well. If the quota is filled, we still go tuna fishing. If we get one up to the boat that has to be let go, we try our best to get you an amazing picture of the fish next to the boat. Tuna fishing is not all about the harvest of the fish, its about the adventure and the battle that they give you. These fish are typically between 80-1200lbs. The fight time is typically 20 minutes to 2 hrs with some battles lasting as long as 6hrs!

Bluefin Tuna Quota:

The government has a quota that is tracked year round. The quota is a monthly quota based off of the tunas weight once harvested. Once the quota is reached for the month, the government closes the fishery down from harvesting. Once it is closed down we go out purely for targeting smaller tuna or catch and releasing tuna. We have customers that come from all over the world to catch and release bluefin tuna. There are only a handful of places in the world you can catch them so close to land.

Size class of the fish:

There are times when there seems to be mostly giant bluefin tuna around (over 73″) or mostly school bluefin tuna around (under 73″). We fish the same way for both size class fish. There may be an instance when we give you a call and ask you what you prefer to target, but generally we already have an idea of what we are doing for the day.