Light Tackle Tuna Fishing in Long Island | Keepin It Reel Sportfishing

If you’re searching for the ultimate light tackle Tuna fishing in Long Island, Keepin It Reel Sportfishing delivers a hands-on offshore experience designed for anglers who want more than just watching rods in holders. Our trips are built around actively fighting powerful pelagic fish on balanced gear — the way Tuna fishing was meant to be.

Running offshore 40–70 miles, we target migrating Bluefin Tuna, Yellowfin Tuna, and Bigeye Tuna along productive temperature breaks, bait concentrations, and offshore structure. Light tackle Tuna fishing is about sport, skill, and adrenaline. Instead of heavy stand-up gear, we use properly matched rods, reels, and leader systems that let anglers truly feel every run, head shake, and direction change. The result is a fight you’ll remember for the rest of your life.

Our Long Island Tuna charters focus on live bait presentations, jigging, and topwater opportunities whenever conditions allow. When Tuna are feeding on sand eels or bunker schools, the action can be explosive. Watching a Tuna crash a topwater or feeling a jig get intercepted mid-retrieve is something every serious angler should experience at least once.

Keepin It Reel Sportfishing specializes in teaching as much as catching. Whether you’re a seasoned fisherman or your first offshore trip, Captain Chris Oliver will walk you through fighting technique, drag pressure, rod positioning, and how to survive long runs from powerful fish. Light tackle tuna fishing is physical but incredibly rewarding — and our goal is to help you land your fish, not just hook one.

Safety and comfort are a priority on every Long Island Tuna fishing charter. Our offshore-equipped sportfishing vessel carries modern navigation electronics, fish-finding sonar, and all required safety equipment. We track water temperatures, currents, and daily migration patterns to put you where the Tuna are, not where they were yesterday.