Gambler Friday night tuna

[Ol Pedro]

We shoved off at 3pm with 24 customers most of them tuna novices. There were 23 rental rods at the rail. Capt. Mike turned the boat towards the 100 square. After an uneventful trip we arrived at the area. There were a few boats anchored in the area with more coming behind us. Capt. Mike pointed the boat to the edge and headed up the line. A few miles up Capt. Mike found what he was looking for. There were no boats within a couple of miles. The wind was a little fast for a drift so we anchored up. We had our first fish on within 5 min. Unfortunately it was a large blue shark. This happened 2 more times before we put the first yellowfin in the slush tank. We picked away for a couple hours as the wind direction changed and our anchor slipped so we reset and started over. We encountered 2 more blue sharks who wouldn't leave us alone. Then a few shots of yellowfin and a short swordfish which was released. We Did most of our damage between 10:30pm and 5:00am. The wind had picked up and we swung back and forth having to change sides from time to time. We only landed one longfin at dawn. The learning curve cost us some fish and tangles were horrible at times with the swing. We ended up with 29 yellowfin between 25 and 40lbs and the longfin around 45lbs. The ride home was bumpy for the first 30 miles and improved as we got close to port. Good night, I'm going to sleep.