[Jigman13]

Ran out sat/sun waaaay east. Had water to 71 degrees. The mahi were insane. Wrecked every Bally rig we trolled. No tuna on the troll. Midday Saturday and Sunday late morning we deep dropped for 52 tiles and a handful of spotted hake. Chunking was uneventful at night. Lots of squid, sargassum with all types of critters in it, had dolphins almost all nite around the boat. Full hooked two of them on the sword rods. One almost spooled an 80. Managed to get within a few feet of them to cut the leaders without leaving much hanging off. A lot of excitement yielding disappointment.

Around 1 am I rigged up one of the hake on 80 lb fluoro with a 7/0 live bait hook. Sent it down 100 ft right next to the boat. Worked the line for about an hour then the rod tip twitched and the reel ticked once. 5 mins later the reel started screaming. Let it run for a 5 count and cranked. One on. Decked a 65-75 lb yellow fin a few mins later.

While fighting the fish all hell broke loose behind and around the boat. Dolphin, mahi, tuna and squid everywhere. Sent a butterfish down 25 ft and just as the bait was set the line came tight. 5 min later a 40" swordfish was landed and released. And then it was all over... bait gone. Dolphin gone. Nada the rest of the night. Full on bite never came to fruition.

At sun up we trolled and plucked more mahi. Ended up with 20 swingers and a gaffer or two.

Total tally: one 65-75 lb yellow, 20+mahi, 52 tiles and a released sword. Not much action on the radio. One guy landed a 246 sword which was weighed in at montauk marine basin. A few keeper and short swords seemed to be most of the action. Heard action was good PASSED the Hudson in the deep...