EEL killer
09-24-2014, 04:01 PM
So last wednesday I get a call from Rick of Carnivour sport fishing telling me Cpt.Steve wants to go tuna fishing and wants rick to put a crew together .MY answer was immediately YES .Trip was for 48hours leaving on Friday and coming back Sunday. Considering I had 3 trips this year and skunked on 1 and did ok on the other 2 I was excited. Got to the boat on friday at 6pm but the wind was howling so we did not get out till 7am Saturday morning. Weather forecast said 4 to 7 footers with gusts up to 30 .Pretty harsh ? but not on Steel Leader that boat plows through waves like a tank .All the way down we were chilling in the back of the boat , doing a BBQ having a few beers and just having fun. Got to the spot around 3pm ,looked for life and eventually found it and Cpt.Steve set up on a drift .First drift we had 6 in the box lost 2 due to equipment malfunction and had tuna under the boat for the next 4 hours .Then it died down .The highlight of the night was a 10 foot 400lb blue marlin that came to feed on our chunks .What an incredible sight.Must have been within 2 feet from the boat.Mental note :Randy NO free gaffing 400lb fish lol .At first light the rod goes off and it's a big eye .After 1.5 hour he is in the boat ,not a big fish around 110 lbs but an angry one. Total 17yft in a 60-90 lb range and a little big eye .Great crew ,Great Captain and a fantastic boat .Truly was fishing in luxury.Thank you Rick for inviting me,Doug you are truly a great chef ,the food you cooked for us was restaurant quality ,the mate was great and thank you Cpt.Steve for a great trip . :)