GAMBLER --Canyon Tuna, UFOs and Offshore Sea Bass

[captbogan]

The Gambler had a canyon trip Sunday night returning Monday night. We headed for a satellite temp break on the East wall. Found a good jump that went +5F. The tide was against the wind, so I put the Gambler on a drift and the lines ran out nicely on the port side.

Just before day-break, we had several fish on, landing two longfin. At the same time, I saw heavy tuna marks on my finders. But the bite didn't last.

While it was still dark, our fishermen pointed to something strange in the sky! A bright-white object trailed by a swirling multi-colored tail. The object was mysterious, fascinating and eerie. I had never seen anything like it. The captain on the Jamacia saw it too, and he guessed it was a natural phenomenon. I thought that the anomaly might be a ballistic test from a sub. Later, we found that there was a rocket launced from Virginia.

During the middle of the day, we tried many different ways to get the tuna motivated. Finally, in the late afternoon, I saw a lot of gulls, jagers, fulmers and shearwaters working the surface. I saw what I initially thought were porpoises on the surface --but then realized they were tuna breaking water! I put the Gambler right into the middle of the fray, readings and fish all around us.... nothing. Tried a second drift... nothing. Finally rewarded on the 3rd drift with a mix of longfin, bluefin and yellowfin. They did not bite as good as we saw them, but we caught some.

Here's a good pic of the 3 different type tuna together.

Looking forward to (and hoping for good weather) our next canyon trip, which will leave Sunday night and return Monday night. Just one or two more canyon tuna trips available.

The Gambler has just a few offshore giant sea bass trips coming up in December. Grab your spot before it books up.

In the meantime, we are fishing for striped bass, everyday, except Mondays. Striper fishing, on the whole, has been excellent.

Capt Bob

[Jigman13]

Good to see you stuck it out and got fish to chew! What was the tally?

[BugEye Chris]

Wow the tuna trifecta. That may be a first

[Pennsy Guy]

So sweet...Excellent report Capt. All three together, glad to see the Longfin are showing up better than just randomly...Getting real itchy now.