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Most of the lures we run here in Fiji are highly active lures. Marlin, sailfish, wahoo and mackerels all seem to prefer a noisy erratic lure with a strong bubble trail. Yellowfin are different. They will completely ignore a spread of active lures and hit the one lure that is just sitting quietly.

When we are out trolling lures for blue marlin on heavy tackle and one of the rigger lures is sitting quietly rather than smoking a bubble trail, I sometimes leave it alone. More often than not, it gets jumped by a big Yellowfin.

Bait Balls

Tuna heard baitfish into a tightly packed ball and force them up to the surface where they are trapped and attacked from below. When we see a bait ball on the surface we drive around it - not through it. Charging over it usually breaks up the ball and drives the fish down deep. Its very tempting to race straight over the patch of churning water but remember - your lures are behind you, not if front of you. By the time your lures are passing through the area, the boat has already driven over it, broken up the bait ball and driven the fish down deep.

It's better to drop your lures further back, drive around the ball and then when your lures are on one side and the boat on the other, straighten up so your lures pass right through the area.

Getting a Strike

If the tuna are there on the sounder or on the surface but not striking your lures, put a tiny bullet, pink or black red or blue/pink out in the middle of the spread. Often the tuna are so focused on tiny baitfish that they ignore the larger lures. This little guy will draw a strike and then the rest of the shoal, thinking they are missing out on a meal, will follow the first fish into the spread and hit your other lures. If you can get just one to strike, you will immediately get multiple other hook-ups. You will be surprised at the size of fish that hit little bullets but don't be tempted to rig them on heavy leader.

Sacrifice a little bullet and get the fish biting in your spread.

Fighting a Yellowfin

Don't be shy about using butt pads, harnesses or even getting into the fighting chair. Yellowfin have an extraordinary power to weight ratio and unless you are sitting pretty in a harness or chair, you will quickly become tired. You will grip the rod and reel handle too tightly, your fore-arms will cramp up and you will start using bad posture. It's all bad news for your back.

Patience. Don't ramp up the drag and try to haul a Yellowfin out of the depths using brute force early in the fight. In my experience, chances are you will pull the hook or break something.

Landing a Yellowfin

When a Yellowfin starts to get tired, it turns on its side and begins to fight in a circular pattern. It is too tired to keep its head down against your drag setting so it keels over and swims round in circles. If you are skippering the boat, now is the time to earn your keep. A circling Yellowfin coming straight up under the boat will drag the angler's line across the props & rudders and 'ping' - there goes your sashimi.

We drive away from tired Yellowfin in order to keep the fish behind and away from the hull. We put the angler in one corner and try to keep the fish circling off that corner as we work it in to the boat. It is also much easier for an angler to fight a fish that is some distance away from the boat rather than straight down.

A Few Tips from the Deck

Always try to gaff a tuna just behind the head - never towards the tail. If you do accidentally gaff a tuna in the tail, get the gaff out immediately because the tuna will take off and you will not be able to hang on. You will look pretty dumb as your gaff steams off away from the boat. We use a flying gaff for any fish over about 90lbs (don't forget to tie off the end of the gaff rope to a good solid cleat!)

Never grab a tuna by the tail, even a small one. I did once and it is a sensation I imagine to be similar to shaking hands with a jack hammer.

We bleed our Yellowfin by inserting a knife behind and under the gill plate and slicing the tuna's heart. Some anglers nick the tail and then insert a blade behind the pectoral fins. I have seen several knife blades and tips sheered clean off doing this. If the tuna kicks when the knife blade is inserted, it will snap any type of fine blade filleting knife.

Costly and dangerous for whoever has to fillet the fish later.

Adrian was born on the island of Cyprus and graduated to his first rod & reel at the age of five. Having fished around the world from the Arabian Gulf to the North sea and English Channel, he finally settled for the tropical waters of the South Pacific around the island of Kadavu, Fiji Islands. Director of Matava Resort Gamefishing, he skippers 'Bite Me', the resort's 31ft DeepVee Gamefishing vessel and thoroughly enjoys exploring the light and heavy tackle fishing around the island and Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef. An IGFA Certified Captain, he advocates tag & release and is a keen supporter of the IGFA and the Billfish Foundation.

Adrian Watt
IGFA Captain
info@matava.com
http://www.Matava.com
http://www.GamefishingFiji.com
http://www.GameFishingFiji.blogspot.com

The Pickle Fork Should Only be Used for Serving and not Otherwise

Pickles are a delicacy that is made and liked in almost all the parts of the world. Pickles are made from a variety of fruits and vegetables such as raw mango, lime, tamarind, cucumber etc. These pickles are stored in large glass jars until they are ready to eat. Pickles are good snacks as well as appetizers.

Pickle fork is a fork with a long handle that is used to remove pickle from a large jar. It serves a very good purpose as the pickles are stored in large glass and picking up the pickles by hand is almost impossible. The pickle fork is also used for serving pickles. It is generally has two or three prongs. It is bigger than a seafood fork yet smaller than a dinner fork.

A pickle fork allows us to easily and hygienically remove pickles from the jar. The forks neither enable the users to extract the pickles without getting their hands wet with the brine nor do they allow any contamination of the other contents. Earlier people tried to use regular forks to extract the pickles from the jar. But it was not a good method as the pickles are slippery and smooth on the inside and generally slip off the regular fork. Hence the method was abandoned although a few improvements were tried to be made with these forks.

There are some specific methods to hold pickles by the pickle fork. The first one is as follows. The prongs of the pickle fork should be made to face the outside of the pickle on its sides. This creates an upward slope and enables proper and firm holding of the pickle on the fork. The pickle has no scope to fall off. This is the case with 2 pronged forks. With the 3 pronged forks, the middle prong remains taut and hence it is possible for the pickle to firmly stick to the fork.

The second method is to add hooks to the fork. It works just like a fish hook or bait. The pickle is secured firmly in place and thus can be extracted very easily. The fork otherwise just works like the earlier method that is the two pronged one faces on the outside edge of the pickle and in case of 3 pronged fork, the middle prong remains straight thus securing the pickle in place.

In any of the above mentioned methods, the pickles can be removed from the fork by shaking the fork a bit or placing it against the upper edge of a plate. However it is recommended that pickle should not be eaten directly off the fork. The pickle fork is used only for serving and not otherwise. It should be eaten only with hands and may be put inside a sandwich or a hamburger. 

Pickle fork is a term that is used in automobile industry even. In industry it is used for separating the tie rods, ball joints, and many other parts which are secured tightly in position by friction around the shaft. The fork used looks more like a tuning fork rather than a pickle fork. Thus, it can be seen that pickle forks are used in some of the most important fields that is, food and industry.

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Muna wa Wanjiru Has Been Researching and Reporting on Pickles for Years. For More Information on Pickle Fork, Visit His Site at Pickle Fork

Replaced ball joints & Tie Rod on car, hearing weird popping sound now.?

2001 Ford Escort ZX2. I replaced the lower ball joints on both sides as well as the tie rods, now i am hearing a strange popping sound when i hit a bump or make a sharp turn. This sound was not there before we replaced the parts. My friend who replaced the parts for me told me to drive it for a few days, if it continues to get back with him. He seems to think it will go away in time when the parts "break in". I dont know about that. Any clue what it could be?

Hello I am a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury Factory trained technician. What you are describing sounds like sway bar links & bushings. However there is always a chance the ball joints or tie rod ends were installed improperly. I'm sure your friend would be more than happy to re-inspect your car. Additionally I have been using a new service here in Washington D.C./Maryland/Virginia that allows you to request real time quotes from mechanics to fix your car.

http://howmuch2fixmycar.com

If you friend is unwilling to inspect your escort again perhaps you can find another mechanic.

Best Regards James

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