Albacore tuna charter, Tuesday, 1 September 2026

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Cabezon

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Hi folks,
I am looking for 3 people to fill an albacore tuna charter with All Rivers on Tuesday, September 1st. The trip will be out of Westport. If this year goes like previous years, we will probably be scheduled to leave at 6AM and to return 3PMish. The 3 anglers who had agreed to fill those seats have had to bow out for various reasons. The cost is $650 per angler, plus tip for mate/captain and fish processing. If you are interested, please send me a DM and I can fill you in on more details and answer any questions that you might have..
Steve
 
Cabezon said:
Hi folks,
I am looking for 3 people to fill an albacore tuna charter with All Rivers on Tuesday, September 1st. The trip will be out of Westport. If this year goes like previous years, we will probably be scheduled to leave at 6AM and to return 3PMish. The 3 anglers who had agreed to fill those seats have had to bow out for various reasons. The cost is $650 per angler, plus tip for mate/captain and fish processing. If you are interested, please send me a DM and I can fill you in on more details and answer any questions that you might have..
Steve
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I am curious who will captain the trip.
 
Irafly said:
I am curious who will captain the trip.
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Hi Ira,
I suspect that the captain will be Chance. When Nick was having issues with his captain's license from the Coast Guard, Chance took the fly charters for All Rivers. I can ask if you wish.
Steve
 
Cabezon said:
Hi Ira,
I suspect that the captain will be Chance. When Nick was having issues with his captain's license from the Coast Guard, Chance took the fly charters for All Rivers. I can ask if you wish.
Steve
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I only ask, because Nick is back in business.
 
Irafly said:
I only ask, because Nick is back in business.
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But not with All Rivers.

I’ve had some great days on the water and in the mountains with Chance.

Really wish I could go! Alas… stupid me and my stupid knee.
 
Totally unrelated but if anyone would like to sell me a 12 wt on the relatively cheap, pm me please.

Edit - got an offer on one - thanks all!
 
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Update: two seats are taken. DM me if you are interested in any openings that might appear or if we have to reschedule a boat in September due to bad weather.
Steve
 
Evan B said:
Don't be afraid to toss a spinning rod with a metal jig. By far my favorite way to fish for tuna. Definitely go with the intention of making it happen on the fly, but when an opportunity presents itself, grab the jig rod if they have one.
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How would you compare jigging for tuna with casting and stripping flies when the tuna are aggressive and reasonably up in the water by the boat? I've only done the second, but it's pretty damn fun, especially visual takes and rejections. Only draw back to stripping flies seems to me that it takes awhile to bring them in on a fly rod which makes the window seem shorter (unless you get pretty aggressive with the drag and that can lead to other issues....).
 
dbaken said:
How would you compare jigging for tuna with casting and stripping flies when the tuna are aggressive and reasonably up in the water by the boat? I've only done the second, but it's pretty damn fun, especially visual takes and rejections. Only draw back to stripping flies seems to me that it takes awhile to bring them in on a fly rod which makes the window seem shorter (unless you get pretty aggressive with the drag and that can lead to other issues....).
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Jigging just really opens up a lot more water to you - depth and distance. Flies, you need fish going at the boat, and that really just doesn't happen that often (especially if you don't have live baits, which is most sport boats). I'm bad at articulating how and why it's fun though, but I enjoy the hell out of it. Especially if you can get them doing a vertical speed retrieve where they hit it going highway speeds in the opposite direction.

My favorite thing to do with jigs is to cast to jumpers when we spot them. It's VERY tough to get close enough to toss a fly at them without spooking. But tossing a Coltsniper a few hundred feet to the action and immediately getting hammered is a pretty special experience.

I do love seeing the tuna come up and grab a fly, but overall, if given the choice of one or the other, I'm grabbing the jig rod.
 
If throwing out the occasional live anchovy keeps a school by the boat, then casting flies, even poppers, can just be a hoot. It does take longer to reel an albacore in with a fly rod, but I feel that the fight is more "visceral".
Steve
 
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If throwing out the occasional live anchovy keeps a school by the boat, then casting flies, even poppers, can just be a hoot. It does take longer to reel an albacore in with a fly rod, but I feel that the fight is more "visceral".
Steve
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Yeah, that's one of my main gripes with doing the fly thing. One of the reasons I went to great lengths to get a custom rod made - fiberglass and 7'6" so I can really pull on them.

My jig rods are Shimano Trevala M action rods. If you grabbed one, it'd feel like a trout rod. They're not broom sticks. So it's still exciting from a gear standpoint.
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Now I'm jigging curious - that rod is not the broomstick I was envisioning. Tuna on a trout rod sounds - interesting. On fly only trips, we haven't really target fish that aren't close to the boat going for live bait (not including the troll/slide). And I have yet to see jumpers on a trip.
 
dbaken said:
Now I'm jigging curious - that rod is not the broomstick I was envisioning. Tuna on a trout rod sounds - interesting. On fly only trips, we haven't really target fish that aren't close to the boat going for live bait (not including the troll/slide). And I have yet to see jumpers on a trip.
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The Shimano Trevala is an incredible rod. Super lightweight, but I've never found their limit. I even have an L action one that's lighter than the one in the photo, and have pulled on 30lb tuna as hard as I could putting it in a U shape, no problem. It's crazy how hard you can pull on them and how much power they put on the fish.
 
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