Tuna Report

[togzilla]

Just got back from a Voyage on a non-sponsor boat out of Pt.Pleasant. Scheduled for a 30 hour trip but we left at 10:00am to let the seas settle a bit. Not a bad ride out and once we were out there the seas were fine except for a big swell. Started mahi fishing and then anchored up around 7:00pm. I think everyone had between 5-15 mahi a piece. Biggest went around 20 lbs. Before the anchor got tight a few longing were boat on jigs. After that it was a very slow pick on yellowfin from 60-80lbs. Never got a school going just one or two bites every hour on average. Fished at the rail jigging and bait fishing without a touch until 5:00am when we had a short blitz of long fin and was able to get two bites and boated 2 Longfin. In the end the boat boated a total of 31 tuna for 25 guys so I can't complain getting two of them. Longfin were between 40-60bs. I've been tuna fishing for 20+ years and I have to say the tuna fishing is not what it used to be. I don't say this based on the last trip but really based on the amount of trips I have taken over the last 20 years. I won't stop tuna fishing and have another trip on the 20th but just starting to get a little discouraged.
Good luck to those who still have trips scheduled.