njboarder
09-08-2014, 07:32 AM
Took a 1.5 day trip on a NS from RI.
Left dock at 10PM Friday night, started fishing around 6AM Saturday morning.
Drifted all day and a few yellowfins were caught, then a bigeye was landed, by yours truly :D
My Okuma Makaira 50W and United Composite custom rod performed flawlessly on this big fish and I landed it in around 30-40 mins. It was quite a battle though. I had blisters on my hands once the battle was over. :eek:
Once we anchored up at sunset, it was pretty much drop and reel until 1AM and it was all good sized yellowfins. I didin't see any longfins.
Even though all the fish were caught in butterfish and sardines, they had loads of squids in their stomach.
There were a lot of first timers, so we lost a lot of fish, but if we had more experienced crew, boat limit shouldn't have been a problem.
Everyone has had enough, so packed up early and were back at dock at 12PM Sunday.
It was my first eyeball and will be remembered for a long time.
Left dock at 10PM Friday night, started fishing around 6AM Saturday morning.
Drifted all day and a few yellowfins were caught, then a bigeye was landed, by yours truly :D
My Okuma Makaira 50W and United Composite custom rod performed flawlessly on this big fish and I landed it in around 30-40 mins. It was quite a battle though. I had blisters on my hands once the battle was over. :eek:
Once we anchored up at sunset, it was pretty much drop and reel until 1AM and it was all good sized yellowfins. I didin't see any longfins.
Even though all the fish were caught in butterfish and sardines, they had loads of squids in their stomach.
There were a lot of first timers, so we lost a lot of fish, but if we had more experienced crew, boat limit shouldn't have been a problem.
Everyone has had enough, so packed up early and were back at dock at 12PM Sunday.
It was my first eyeball and will be remembered for a long time.