Ol Pedro
10-08-2023, 10:24 AM
We headed out with a full boat of eager customers to decent conditions with a bit of a swell. We arrived in the general area that we were fishing and put her on a drift. After two drifts we had one small Bluefin and released a large Shark (Tiger?). Capt. Mike fired her up and off to the East we went. We slowed down to Whales spouting in the darkness. We anchored up as the wind started to build. Had the first Yellowfin on deck within a half hour.We caught a few squid but they were tough. We had a pick through out the night with shots of 2 to 5 on at a time. I think that we had 25-30 boxed by 2am. These fish were mostly 2. gaffers and at least 3 30 lb class reels got spooled! I loaned out one of my knife jigs and the assist hooks got straightened. We had some jigfish if you wanted to work a little for them. When magic time came a lot of customers were in their bunks exhausted from fighting fish. The wind slowed as the sun rose. The bite went full rack, chewing on the rubrails, wide open. Anything that went in the water got ate !!! We got another Bluefin and a couple Falsies mixed in. We headed for home early with all our boxes wedged. We cut at the dock in the rain as the storm caught us. I think everyone went home with their 3 Yellowfin along with a couple of Falsies.
It was awesome to see so many Whales and hear/see them spout. Saw one group of Mahi but they wouldn't bite. Sharks were not much of a problem but I think we paid the tax a couple of times. Didn't see any Blue Sharks. I think we had Browns and Tigers. We caught some squid but they were tough . We had one decent shot of them around 3 am and tanked a quickly dozen. The fish were not line shy and straight 80 lb. was the ticket. We caught them on Sardiness, Butterfish, and Squid. The weather forecast kept the small boats in port. The J. and the V. were by us all night. We had a good group of people and not too many chummers. Looking forward to see how the 36hr trip will do.
It was awesome to see so many Whales and hear/see them spout. Saw one group of Mahi but they wouldn't bite. Sharks were not much of a problem but I think we paid the tax a couple of times. Didn't see any Blue Sharks. I think we had Browns and Tigers. We caught some squid but they were tough . We had one decent shot of them around 3 am and tanked a quickly dozen. The fish were not line shy and straight 80 lb. was the ticket. We caught them on Sardiness, Butterfish, and Squid. The weather forecast kept the small boats in port. The J. and the V. were by us all night. We had a good group of people and not too many chummers. Looking forward to see how the 36hr trip will do.