Skipjack Tuna fishing
About Skipjack Tuna
The skipjack tuna is a small, fast schooling tuna that hunts in surface-busting feeding frenzies over baitfish and is common off the Portuguese coast. It hits casting jigs, metal slugs and small trolled lures fired into a working school, fighting hard for its size with deep, dogged runs. Watch for diving birds and surface splashes, which mark feeding schools you can run to and cast at.
Typical size: Commonly 1 to 5 kg; trophy fish over 8 kg. Record (approx.): approx. 15 kg (varies by ocean).
Season, time and habitat
Darker cell = more active that month. Based on the species' usual yearly rhythm.
Common questions
When is the best time to catch Skipjack Tuna?
Skipjack Tuna fishing is usually best around Jun-Sep. The best windows in the day are usually dawn, day, dusk.
Where can you catch Skipjack Tuna?
Skipjack Tuna is most often found in coast. Napp shows the nearest waters and the live odds on the bite right now.