Giant Tuna !!

[Cindy Sea]

this past week we put our first giant in the boat!! Johnny D and Eddy from the miss michelle and myself hit the hudson canyon for the hot Tuna bite!! After a long day of getting heavy duty gear together including installing a gin pole, we were kinda ready. Kind of because our bait was iffy! We were all set up by sunrise and had our first bite within an hour. The fish peeled line off the 130# international and just about ripped the swivel rod holder out of the gunnel. Eddy did a great job cranking the big reel right from the holder and I wired the fish to Johnnys harpoon shot! Perfect!! Tail rope! gin pole! Fish on deck! end of story. we never got another bite. BUT a giant on the cindy sea lll

[Captain Rich]

Great work !!!! And what a Team ! How big?? any photos ?

[DonJose]

Capt Dave - I took the liberty of uploading the pics you sent me. NICE CATCH!! :eek:

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh73/donjose1974/c11c3b19-feab-407b-a5e2-15835f2b85e4.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh73/donjose1974/e0b3c079-fec4-49df-9a83-a8cc8c915b81.jpg

[Foul Hook]

Congrats Capt. I heard there was quite a few boats out there of late.

[Capt Sal]

KUDOS!!!At one point years ago giants were common in NJ.

[captmark]

Great job Dave!!

[Blackfish Doug]

Great Job Capt. Fish of a lifetime.

[irishc]

Way to go Dave and crew!

[jigmup]

Glad to hear of a fish fight, great trip Dave.

[wahooo]

Nice going .getting it done before the ice sets in..congrats

[SaltLife1980]

Nice work getting that beast into the boat!

[Dan McGivney]

Nice catch Dave..