Generator hurt your fishing?

[Capt. Art]

Tuna or Marlin Trolling - WIll running the generator have any effect on catching? I'll assume no with the engines running? But if you shut down the engines to drift for a while is it better not to run the genny?

 

[Perry]

Capt Art,
I have a friend who brings chains and a large cooking pot while chunking for tuna. When he gets to his location and starts the chunk he takes the cooking pot and the chain and makes noise like a commercial fishing boat bringing up its nets...signals free meal to tuna and they come...we typically run the genny when we overnight while on the hook.
Perry

 

[Capt. Art]

Thnaks for the help. Looking to make a run Tuesday if the weather will cooperate.

 

[Sandy]

I agree. It's likely one of the greatest reasons offshore fish are attracted to boats is because draggers are so often a good source of easy food for them, and draggers rarely shut down engines.

 

[Capt. Art]

I much rather hear the wave action slapping the side then the drone of machinery but if the fishies like it...

 

[Sandy K.]

Don't have too much canyon experience but 2 summers ago we spent the night drifting away from the fleet near Tom's with the genny running all night long. We had unbelievable YFT action - after we boated 5 80 lb class tuna, arms were so sore we just fed them off the back of the boat - an amazing sight!! Seems to me that if the fish are there and you're feeding them, nothing short of some sharks coming through the area will scare them away. Good luck!!

 

[Perry]

Typically, with all the lights in the water and on the boat you'd kill your batteries. We have lights in the water and on both outriggers to bring up the squid.