TUNA.Com. * Trip of a Lifetime

[Reel Class]

Mike,

No, I don't let anyone ask me questions

Again nice job guys.

[Life's A Beach]

Originally Posted by Reel Class

Mike,

No, I don't let anyone ask me questions

Again nice job guys.

THAT'S MY BOY!!!



Boy are you gonna be in for a wide awakening when your baby starts talking!!!!

[Sam3]

Great report and pics. Congrats to Capt and crew!

[fishingmortgageman]

Great job Howie, Jon, and Eric. I know that you all were excited and looking forward to this trip. I am glad that it exceeded the expectations. Congrats to all and to Dave and Paul for providing a trip of a lifetime.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Wow A trip and a fish of a lifetime for sure. Amazing that a fish like that can be caught on a rod and reel. Great job by you guys and thanks for sharing it here.


If you wouldn't mind, can you tell us the drill here?. I for one would love to know what sort of bait is used, anchor or drift, weight or no weight etc. Not that I would ever attempt this on my own, but it sure would make for some plauseable details when fabrcating Pop Pop fishing story for the kids.

[PocketFisherman]

Just curious how you can take paying customers on a commercial fishing trip?

[Procastinator]

Originally Posted by PocketFisherman

Just curious how you can take paying customers on a commercial fishing trip?

It was a rec trip until a commercial fish was decked, then it became a free trip.



It is a big risk allowing an inexperienced crew fight a giant. I never took money to have a guest crew on board when giant fishing. There has been much talk for years about this type of trip, but, it never gets anywhere.

Beautiful fish guys, I hope she does well in Tokyo for ya. Save a couple tons of the quota for us southern giant guys.

[TUNA.COM]

Truth be told, I no longer do tuna charters after the first week of August. Yes there are some exceptions. I give anyone that inquires about a giant trip to other boats up here. I only do tuna charters from Jume 1st through the frist week of August once again.

I average 1 giant every 2 days and our success rate with just my crew is very high, while with a charter we lose almost every fish.

So as a boat owner and doing the right thing for my customers that have been fishing with us for years, it's only fair I take them because they deserve the experience. Without them I would not be in business. I can afford to lose fish early in the year when the quality is very poor, however august and on it's not worth the risk for me. If anything, anyone of my regulars are welcome anytime free of charge to fish with us at this time of the year. No, not 6 persons, but 2 max. And yes they do come.

I think that's a very fair deal.