[tunajoe]

Enjoyed the read Pennsy. Was rooting for you out there. Up and down the line, reports have been horrible. We are in a a pattern that has existed for at LEAST the last 6-7 years and it's not a good one. The fall tuna fishing is just not what it was. Wonder if it's due to over fishing by other countries, global warming, who knows?? These captains try hard - certainly not them. It seems that for every ONE good trip there are 10 poor ones. Good trip = AT LEAST 25 tuna on the decks - an average of ONLY 1 per person. How many trips over the last 5-7 years have you heard of where 25+ tuna (good sized not small ones) were caught? It seems like the days of 50-60-70 tuna per trip are long gone. Yes, there are certainly some, but they are fewer and farther between. You can see the PB's changing their fishing patterns (spending more time on mahi and tiles) because fall tuna fishing has totally sucked. Shout out to the captains for doing that and trying to at least put some fish on the decks.