Fishing Dogtooth Tuna
Look how big is the dang fish :-)
Dogtooth Tuna are something of a glamour species brought to popularity by the fantastic fishing in Papua New Guinea aboard Brett Middleton’s Talio out of Madang. Brett has perfected a technique for teasing them to the surface with live Rainbow Runners and the fishing for them with a fly! On Arimbi, we haven’t yet managed one on fly, but we have had good results using other methods.
Dogtooth are a common capture on jigs in 200 to 300ft of water. Rarely encountered in daylight with conventional trolling techniques, and prior to experimenting with jigging, we used to get them either fishing livebaits on a downrigger, or trolling at night.
Dogtooth Tuna can be found throughout Indonesia. They grow big, fight hard and they are good to eat. Anglers are traveling to far flung places in search of this great fish. Those anglers in Jakarta probably don’t realise what they are missing on their own doorstep in Ujung Kulon!
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