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Breakpoint Membership: What’s Included and What It Costs

Breakpoint Membership: What’s Included and What It Costs

What a Breakpoint membership includes, what it costs ($15 a month or $129 a year) and how to start a 7-day free trial.

By Breakpoint Team
Named Seabed Features on the Breakpoint Map

Named Seabed Features on the Breakpoint Map

Official names for banks, ledges, canyons and shoals appear on the Breakpoint map as you zoom in.

By Breakpoint Team
Buoy and Tide Stations on the Breakpoint Map

Buoy and Tide Stations on the Breakpoint Map

See what a nearby NOAA buoy or tide station is reporting, and check the tide, without leaving the Breakpoint map.

By Breakpoint Team
Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Wrightsville Beach, NC

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Wrightsville Beach, NC

Late fall and winter, a run of up to 60 miles to the Gulf Stream, and the named reefs off Masonboro Inlet. Here is the season, structure, method and charter fleet for Wrightsville Beach yellowfin.

By Breakpoint Team
Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Wildwood: Canyon Run Guide

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Wildwood: Canyon Run Guide

Wildwood boats run about 70 nm to Wilmington Canyon, with a May and June peak and canyon trips through the fall. Here are the grounds, the local trolling methods and the trip lengths that shape a canyon day.

By Breakpoint Team
Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Wachapreague: The Canyon Run

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Wachapreague: The Canyon Run

May and June, a 50-mile run to the canyons, and the named reefs and hills along the way. Covers how Wachapreague boats troll and chunk for yellowfin, and which station reports the channel.

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Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Virginia Beach: Where to Run

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Virginia Beach: Where to Run

From Southeast Lumps out to Norfolk Canyon and the 480-fathom water beyond it, here is when Virginia Beach yellowfin show, how far boats run and how the local fleet fishes them.

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Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Ventura: Island Grounds

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Ventura: Island Grounds

The named grounds on Anacapa, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands in island order, with how to read NDBC 46217 and the SST layers before crossing the Santa Barbara Channel.

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Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Venice: Season, Grounds, Rigs

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Venice: Season, Grounds, Rigs

Winter bait balls 12 to 30 miles out of South Pass, Midnight Lump and East Lump until about the third week of March, then floaters along the Mississippi Canyon through summer. Plus the local popping, chumming and chunk-drift methods, charters and tournaments.

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Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Two Harbors: Where to Look

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Out of Two Harbors: Where to Look

Yellowfin at the Isthmus are a late summer maybe, not a sure thing. Here are the named grounds, depths and coordinates to mark, plus the protected-area boundary to check first.

By Breakpoint Team