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> The idea is to find some tuna on the sonar then chum them to the surface 
> with chopped up mullet for bait. When they are crazed on gulping down 
> chum, hop in the water and drop down to 60-70 foot and watch the fun. 
> Keep in mind that this are not spanish mackerel we are talking about 
> here, but full grown 400-750lb tuna buzzing around at 40mph. Not knowing 
> anyone who has tried this before, we were not sure what to expect.

My friend Randy Kosaki took Norbert Wu off the Big Island in a school of 
similar big-honkin yellowfin once.  He said he didn't think he'd ever 
want to try it again - and he's a helluva courageous guy - especially 
when it comes to "edibles".

> Anyway, we chummed for about 6 hours amongst a fleet of 50-60 sport 
> fisherman. Tuna showed up on the sonar at about 150', but we could not 
> coax them any shallower. Capt. Art suggested that someone hop over the 
> side and see whats going on down there, but we were all gassed with 
> EAN32. And besides, no one wanted to wind up on the scales back at the 
> marina. Oh, well, will try again soon.

We've been thinking about diving the FADs, but our main concern is being 
hooked by a trolling lure.

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Had me laughing out loud....

Aloha,
Rich

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