Longfin tuna facts:
The latin name for Longfin tuna is Thunnus alalunga, also know as Albacore tuna
Longfin tuna size: can grow up to 60 Kilograms or 130 pounds
Longfin tuna length: can grow up to 140 cm or 3 feet
Longfin tuna description: The pectoral fins of the albacore are very long, as much as 30% of the total length. The dorsal spines are 11 to 14 in number, and well forward of the rays of the dorsal fin. The anterior spines are much longer, giving a concave outline to the spiny part of the dorsal fin.
Longfin tuna fishing areas: It is found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea
Longfin Tuna are schooling fish and are the most important commercially of all the tunas. Tuna are pelagics fish that live in the open ocean.
Catching Longfin tuna: There are a number of ways to catch Longfin.
- Chum the fish to the boat and hope to get one to eat a piece of chum drifted back with a hook in it
- Troll natural and artificial baits behind a boat.
- Drop diamond jigs down deep and jigging them up and down with long sweeps of the rod can often produce when the fish are deep and only surface briefly before retreating to the cooler deeper waters
- The most exciting method of catching tuna is casting surface popper baits
- The most efficient method is slow trolling live hardtails behind the boat