Gambler Friday night tuna

[Ol Pedro]

Just woke up from my post tuna trip coma. We shoved off at 3:00 pm to beautiful weather conditions. Got to the area around 9:00 pm. I think I counted thirteen boats in the area. Capt. Mike put the Gambler on a drift. We picked a few nicer Mahi. I think we got our first yellowfin around 10:30. We had a shot of 2 nicer units . 1 between 60 and 70lbs and the other we weighed at the dock was 104lbs ! The customer moved from the forward quarter to the stern listening to Walt and Niko successfully navigating through most of the other fisherpersons. The fish settled in the port corner and the battle insued. They traded blows, the fish going deep and the customer pumping it back. After 15-20 minutes the fish started to tire and the fisherman got it in the up spiral. The fish shook it's head and made a few short runs to no avail. Walt and Niko double gaffed and hurked the fish over the rail. The first time tuna fisherman stayed on the rod and followed directions. A rental rod with 80lb mainline with a 60lb floro leader, and a sardine did the trick.
Chris S caught 2 more yellowfin on a jig which the fish bent. We got 1 more yellowfin on bait .I don't think we caught anything after 4:00 am.
The wind made drifting too hard so we went pot hopping. We caught Mani from minis to gaffers, a Skipjack, and a bunch of jacks. The ride home was bumpy but we got home.
Going to bed . Sorry for the one long sentence.