bigjamaica
09-28-2016, 03:55 PM
Canyon Tuna Bonanza!
After several weeks of lots of Mahi-mahi, Marlin, swordfish, and an occasional tuna or no tuna, we finally hit pay dirt!
Captain Phil from the Canyon Runner had a hot tip and we went with it.
When we first arrived at the canyon there didn't appear to be much life.
Normally, on the 31 hour trips, we fish for mahi mahi first, and then set up for tuna just before sundown.
But, today knowing that a nor'easter was coming in for the morning we did not spend much time at all fishing for Mahi-mahi, and went on the tuna hunt after just 2 short drifts.
We set up on our first tuna drift and after 45 minutes with no bites and very few readings we made a short move of about a mile.
It took about a half an hour to hook our first tuna and shortly after that we began to pick away. By the time the sun went down we had boated 14 yellowfin up to 75 pounds.
We went up to make another drift. That drift produced two more yellow fin, a swordfish, and a mako.
Around 10:30 p.m. we went up for another drift. That drift produced another swordfish, a very large hammerhead and nothing else.
At 2:30 we set up on another drift. It was quiet for over an hour and then the tuna began to school under the boat. Around 3:30 or 4 we started to bang away, and by 4:30 it was a bloodbath!
At first it was small yellow fin hitting jigs or bait. As dawn approached the fish became larger.
When it was all done we had boated 85 yellow fin, two swordfish, a Mako, 8 Mahi-mahi, and released a 300 pound hammerhead.
It looks good for upcoming trips. There was a big body of warm water and its finally holding tuna. There are also some yellowfin showing up East of our area. They should start showing in the Hudson Canyon within the next couple of weeks.
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After several weeks of lots of Mahi-mahi, Marlin, swordfish, and an occasional tuna or no tuna, we finally hit pay dirt!
Captain Phil from the Canyon Runner had a hot tip and we went with it.
When we first arrived at the canyon there didn't appear to be much life.
Normally, on the 31 hour trips, we fish for mahi mahi first, and then set up for tuna just before sundown.
But, today knowing that a nor'easter was coming in for the morning we did not spend much time at all fishing for Mahi-mahi, and went on the tuna hunt after just 2 short drifts.
We set up on our first tuna drift and after 45 minutes with no bites and very few readings we made a short move of about a mile.
It took about a half an hour to hook our first tuna and shortly after that we began to pick away. By the time the sun went down we had boated 14 yellowfin up to 75 pounds.
We went up to make another drift. That drift produced two more yellow fin, a swordfish, and a mako.
Around 10:30 p.m. we went up for another drift. That drift produced another swordfish, a very large hammerhead and nothing else.
At 2:30 we set up on another drift. It was quiet for over an hour and then the tuna began to school under the boat. Around 3:30 or 4 we started to bang away, and by 4:30 it was a bloodbath!
At first it was small yellow fin hitting jigs or bait. As dawn approached the fish became larger.
When it was all done we had boated 85 yellow fin, two swordfish, a Mako, 8 Mahi-mahi, and released a 300 pound hammerhead.
It looks good for upcoming trips. There was a big body of warm water and its finally holding tuna. There are also some yellowfin showing up East of our area. They should start showing in the Hudson Canyon within the next couple of weeks.
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