Fishing guides for bluefin tuna.

60 guides in the Driftline directory run trips for bluefin tuna, across California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Book straight with the guide. Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

60 guides · California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island

60 guides in the Driftline directory run trips for bluefin tuna. They are based in Plymouth, MA, Eureka, CA, and Scituate, MA, plus 33 other towns. Trips run as nearshore, jet boat, and flats skiff for striped bass, black sea bass, king salmon, pacific halibut, and california halibut. 20 of the 60 list a season, and the dates vary by operation (for example April to November and apr to Nov). You book straight with the guide: Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

Water where guides here run bluefin tuna trips, photographed by 1620 Anglers1620 Anglers, MA
Water where guides here run bluefin tuna trips
60 guides for bluefin tuna
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Which guides run bluefin tuna trips?

1620 Anglers, 707 Sportfishing, All In Sportfishing, Althea K Sport Fishing, AnglerFish Guides, and Bigfish II Sportfishing Charters, and 54 more listed below. Every listing links straight to that operation, with their own water, phone number, and booking page.

Where can you fish for bluefin tuna with a guide?

On Plymouth Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Humboldt Bay, Trinidad, Cape Mendocino, Eel River Canyon, and Redding Rock, across Massachusetts, California, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, and New Hampshire.

What kind of trips target bluefin tuna?

nearshore, jet boat, and flats skiff trips. Trip lengths, group sizes, and what is included are set by each guide directly.

When is the season for bluefin tuna?

20 of the 60 list a season, and the dates vary by operation (for example April to November and apr to Nov).

Do you need a fishing licence?

Yes, and it is the licence of the state you fish, not the guide's. Buy your own from Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Fish and Wildlife. Each guide's page links the agency for their state.

How do you book a guide for bluefin tuna?

You book directly with the guide, from their own listing. Driftline takes no commission and no booking fee, so the price you get is the guide's own.

More on the species: Bluefin tuna on Wikipedia.

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