Smeatons Pier, St Ives
TR26 1LP
Get in touch
For information on trips, bookings and directions call or drop us an email below.
How to find us
You will need to check in at the office 30 minutes before trip departure.
This is to ensure your trip leaves on time so everyone gets the most out of the experience.
Our office is on Smeatons Pier opposite the Harbour Masters office.
There are other boat operators on the harbor front so remember you are booked on BLUEFIN or YELLOWFIN
If you need any help with directions do not hesitate to call.
Parking in St Ives
We recommend using Park & Ride during the summer due to how busy St Ives gets.
Trenwith Car Park overlooking the town provides all day parking and there is a bus service into town.
Park & Ride
St Ives Rugby Club offers a park and ride service into St Ives.
Or for the best way to arrive in St Ives you can use the train from the St Erth Station Park & Ride.
NB. Please allow plenty of time to get to St Ives and Park particularly during the summer months when it can be very busy.
Bluefin Charters fishing & Jaws Adventure RIB
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So recently we have been on a crazy run of Giant Tuna and not really intentionally but you can only fish to what’s in front of you.
With these big fish the fight time is sometimes extremely long or longer than would hope for and it’s my opinion that providing the fish are given plenty of time to recover before releasing then the fish is perfectly fine and goes off really strong so no harm done.
Here is a video of one of the big ones from this week that we recovered from a long fight and as you will see how strong it is and how it’s swimming ahead of the boat upright full of life.
We take great care with all our fish and as always,the longer the fight the longer the recovery.
You will also get a better idea of the size as sometimes the camera just doesn’t do them justice.
Neal shouting the gunnels are flexing 😂 quality as always.
We had another Giant today which is possibly our biggest ever yet so will put a post up soon. ... See MoreSee Less
🔥🔥🔥BIG BONITO 🔥🔥🔥
Are we witnessing a start of a new fishery in its early stages.
With warming sea temperatures and scientists predicting that we could see new species arriving this will certainly be a good one as there great sport on light jigging gear.
Wow this a first for us and hope it continues. ... See MoreSee Less
ANOTHER BOAT RECORD DAY
Not one but three GIANT Bluefin Tuna all three well over the holy grail of 100inches with the biggest more like 120”
Made extra special as all caught by one man and on stand up and live baiting.
Congratulations goes to Reid weston on what i believe is a UK First and record on stand up.
A total weight of approximately 1800lb
What an incredible achievement 🏆
All three fish taken on the Shimano talica 30-50lb and the new talica 50II
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Cracking Bass taken this morning whilst working soft plastics for Tuna 🤦♂️ might do this more often 😁 ... See MoreSee Less
We have finally arrived safely in Falmouth today ready for our second half of the Tuna season.
Today mother nature was in full swing and our plan to get around into falmouth bay early this morning didn’t quite go to plan.
We departed Newlyn at 6:30am and the minute we left the harbour you could just sense that the sea had some serious movement and power which is not something we normally get to much of in the bay.
After steaming for 45 minutes and getting closer the Lizard it started to feel like this was not going well and the sea was just getting bigger and bigger and when i say big i mean big and probably some of the biggest swells i have been in and i have been in a few.
A old skipper once told me what makes a good skipper and he said,a good skipper knows when to turn around,this has always stayed with me and with that in mind we turned around before getting to the point where turning around wouldn’t have been a option.
Feeling small on Bluefin is not something i am use to but today was an experience and mother nature is not to be messed with that’s for sure.
We ended up waiting a few hours until low water slack and passed the lizard a little easier but not with out still tackling some serious sea conditions.
Maybe the recent events at sea just give us all a little reminder how dangerous it is out there and we should never take the sea for granted.
As ever it was great working out of Newlyn and the commercial tuna guys that work out of there are great and professional guys who it’s been a pleasure working along side.
The staff at the harbour equally as professional and always helping out when needed and so welcoming 🙌
Looking forward now to phase 2 and joining the falmouth fleet.👌🐟🐟🐟 ... See MoreSee Less