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It is all about the weather conditions, if you see whitecaps out there from the wind, don't go out it will only get worse. If winds are below 10mph you will typically be okay. I fish the area around Block Island with a 19' center console, the trip is about 20 miles each way.

The other suggestion I can give you, is base your trip on how the water looks outside the harbor, there have been many days where the weather was predicted to be rough and it turned out nice.

 

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Very intersting post for sure. I would like to know what a typical tackle setup would be for these 40-100lb tunas? Do you usually troll for these guys, chunk bait, or maybe live bait.

I have never targeted these fish but I wouldn't mind giving it a try. I fish in RI waters....around Block Island

 

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Outlaw,
Thanks for the info. Would you happen to have GPS nav numbers for the area off of BI that you hooked into fish at? I would only be trolling 2-rods as my boat is only a 19cc without downriggers. Would a Penn 320GTI loaded up with some 40lb mono be okay?