Just a quick video of a jumper school in action. Late in the season Albacore Tuna school up and do a lot of jumping. That's how we find them to fish --
Trolling off Winchester Bay Oregon Royce & Bert pulling 2 fine Albacore Tuna. Those small young albacore are what we're after since the older larger ones are much higher in mercury content. Those are in the cans by now and we thank the Pacific for allowing us this bounty. Cheers mother nature .. couldn't do it with out you!
Late in the season we have to find jumper schools and troll through them. Early in the season you can just follow the warm water, but in September-October they start schooling up and are harder to find. The key is to watch for birds who eat the small fish that the tuna herd up towards the surface when they're hungry. The white flashes you see in the early part are the bellies of the tuna as they jump. Kind of hard to see with our camera but that's what is going on.
