Trollers - hook & line fishing
Ocean trolling is a type of hook and line fishing wherein several hooks are pulled slowly behind the boat. Trollers are often smaller boats (20-65 feet in length), and target some of summer’s favorite fish, like Chinook Salmon and Albacore tuna. In recent years there have been about 300 active trollers in Oregon. Since the fish are harvested by hook and line, one at a time, there is low to zero bycatch and habitat impact with these fisheries. Some trollers have powerful blast freezers that can flash freeze whole fish to -30 degrees. Local Ocean buys both fresh and blast Frozen at Sea (FAS) fish. We use mostly fresh in the summer and offer sashimi-grade flash frozen fish all year round.
ALBACORE TUNA FUN FACTS
Season: July to October
Crew Size: 2 to 5
Trip Length: 1 day to 2 months (FAS)
Distance: 10 to 100+ miles offshore
Tuna can travel up to 100 miles a day and will migrate over 5,000 miles each season. Traveling the Pacific rim, they can swim in short bursts at speeds up to 50 miles per hour.
Fishermen analyze real-time water temperature charts to find warm water edges, called thermoclines, where the fish congregate – sometimes hundreds of miles offshore.
During their migration they will be accessible to fishing fleets in at least 22 countries.
Oregon’s North Pacific albacore is one over 21 known species of tuna in the sea.
Oregon Albacore tuna and a good consumer choice by all seafood sustainability rating bodies.
CHINOOK SALMON FUN FACTS
Season: April to October
Crew Size:1 to 2
Trip Length: 3 to 5 days
Distance: 1 to 25 miles offshore
All salmon are born in freshwater rivers and migrate to the ocean for most of their lives before returning to their natal river to spawn and die. While in the Pacific Ocean, some may migrate to Alaska or California.
