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Mingo
 
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| Ran a trip on sunday on the palmetto. Had some fabulous weather and was able to cruise at 40 mph all day. Started off by making great bait which did no good except catch us some small fish we could cut up for chum. Hit two floaters and had nothing to show for it except some cudas and small blackfin. The third rig was the charm though. This was the only rig we went to that we did not see any yf jumping but they were there. We started off with a chunk drift and first pass we doubled up on 30 pound class yf with 60 pound frenzy flouro and 6/0 circle hooks. The third fish we hooked was a man though and although we had it about 15 feet down we eventually pulled the hooks on teh 100 pound plus fish. Started off another drift and doubled up again on 30 pounders. The day went from a bust to a success in about 30 minutes. We ran out of everything else so we started chunking with a barracuda and immediately put a 96 pound yellowfin in the box. I told the guys we had time for one more drift and we were heading in. All three chunks were bitten and we tripled up. First two in the box were about 30 pounds and the last one in was an 86 pounder. What a way to end the day. We headed to the house with 8 yf caught in about an hour and a half. 
Ran an overnighter last night with Jimmy Campbell and friends. The goal was to get some yellowfin first and then finish off with a sword and sometimes things just work out right. The first two stops were bad with one undersized yf being caught on live bait in dirty water. We headed out to blue water and found some better action they werent interested in our livies so we started chunking with some skipjack and instant action. First drift was a 30 pound yf in the box and every drift after that was at least one if not two yfs bites until dark. The fish were biting on 60 pound frenzy flouro and 6/0 circle hooks. The best bite we got turned into a 92 pound yf while the rest of the fish were in the 25-35 pound range. We quit at dark with nine yf in the box and several more lost. WE then headed inshore for some sword fishing. Jimmy had hooked up several times before on swords but they had always come unbuttoned. This time when we got a bite the fish wasnt so lucky. The hit came around 4 in the morning and after a 20 minute battle Jimmy boated a healthy 51 inch sword. 
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Mingo
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Nice report Eddie!! Is that the first time you chunked Cuda for the Yellows? How long did it take your crew to land that "baby" sword?? =) Nice fish!!!
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Mingo
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| Yup first time I ever chunked cuda. The sword took about 20 minutes. All I need is the weather and I can get the fish.
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Trigger
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Man o man great report...too bad I'm banned from Venice ..lol just kidding its self imposed last two trips I've booked we had to cancell due to Hurricanes..the last one I booked was about 24 hours before Katrina showed up on the radar...
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