Left the dock at around noon Saturday for the long trek to the rigs. Had a 5 man crew with my son Ross, Scott (Lite Catch), Rich (Reel Crazy), Jim and myself. Hit a few spots on the way out. First stop looked good on bottom machine lit up like a Christmas tree, but couldn't get bait/lures or our catch past the huge baracudas looking for an easy meal! Oh well, we hit a couple other spots in hopes of some Scamp, which did not cooperate, several throw back AJ's and 2 keeper AJ's in the box, not a bad start.
Got to the Marlin rig a little before sunset and as soon as we idled down saw Yellow Fin working some bait...fish were skying completely out of water. Ross grabbed a spinning rod with a top water plug, made a perfect cast and there was an instant EXPLOSION, FISH ON!!! Took a little time to get the fish tothe boat on the light tackle but Ross did a great job working the fish and Scott decided to show us how NOT to gaff a fish but eventually we got him in the box!
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We started chunking and jigging, picked up some Blackfin, Ross hooked another YF on top water, couldn't get the fish turned and lost herin the rig. Boated two more YF on chunks then the dolphin showed up and fishing shut down. Dolphin were eating full size Black Fin we had hooked up, pull in nothing but a head. Fought that for a while and decided to head to Ram Powell. Several boats already at RP,plenty of bait but no tuna for us. Hit the Marlin again hoping the dolphin had moved on, which they did, but no more YF. I think it was around 1:00 - 1:30 Sunday morning,everyone a bit worn out, fish weren't cooperating, so we headed in. Long rough ride, with what I'm calling 2'-5' seas, stirred up like a washing machine!!! Got home around 4:30 a.m Sunday.
Ended up with 3 Yellow Fin, one @ 50lbs, one @ 60 lbs, one @ 66 lbs: two keeper AJ's, one small king, and 4 blackfin in the box.
Good trip with a great crew. Oh yea, almost forgot....2nd YF was a bit "green" when Scott put the steel to him, heard Scott screaming like a drunk sailor, I turned around to see nothing but the label on his Levis and the bottom of his tennis shoes!!! Luckily we wereable to grab him in time to stay in the boat and get the tuna in the box! Got some mileage out of that little episode.
It's a long hard trip to the rigs, but worth the effort. If you get an opportunity to go, jump on it. The tuna are here and man do they eat good!!! Blackened some Sunday evening and it was a wonderful meal!!
Here's the proof/pics:
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Got to the Marlin rig a little before sunset and as soon as we idled down saw Yellow Fin working some bait...fish were skying completely out of water. Ross grabbed a spinning rod with a top water plug, made a perfect cast and there was an instant EXPLOSION, FISH ON!!! Took a little time to get the fish tothe boat on the light tackle but Ross did a great job working the fish and Scott decided to show us how NOT to gaff a fish but eventually we got him in the box!
okeWe started chunking and jigging, picked up some Blackfin, Ross hooked another YF on top water, couldn't get the fish turned and lost herin the rig. Boated two more YF on chunks then the dolphin showed up and fishing shut down. Dolphin were eating full size Black Fin we had hooked up, pull in nothing but a head. Fought that for a while and decided to head to Ram Powell. Several boats already at RP,plenty of bait but no tuna for us. Hit the Marlin again hoping the dolphin had moved on, which they did, but no more YF. I think it was around 1:00 - 1:30 Sunday morning,everyone a bit worn out, fish weren't cooperating, so we headed in. Long rough ride, with what I'm calling 2'-5' seas, stirred up like a washing machine!!! Got home around 4:30 a.m Sunday.
Ended up with 3 Yellow Fin, one @ 50lbs, one @ 60 lbs, one @ 66 lbs: two keeper AJ's, one small king, and 4 blackfin in the box.
Good trip with a great crew. Oh yea, almost forgot....2nd YF was a bit "green" when Scott put the steel to him, heard Scott screaming like a drunk sailor, I turned around to see nothing but the label on his Levis and the bottom of his tennis shoes!!! Luckily we wereable to grab him in time to stay in the boat and get the tuna in the box! Got some mileage out of that little episode.
It's a long hard trip to the rigs, but worth the effort. If you get an opportunity to go, jump on it. The tuna are here and man do they eat good!!! Blackened some Sunday evening and it was a wonderful meal!!
Here's the proof/pics:
