The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.This weekend held a bit of each for us. The Ugly certanly had to be the weather. It rained just about all weekend and the wind certanly was higher than the 5-10 knts that was forcasted. Yesterday it blew over 20 most of the day.

On Friday, Mike, Billy and Darryl smoked the tuna. The fishing was solid with Mike being the top boat. The fish were right where they had been. I had the pleasure of spending the day bringing my boat back down after being in the shop for a while. It really felt good to get her back down where she belonged.

Saturday the weather was much different than the forcast. Rain and high wind kept most at the dock but my crew and I decided to give it a shot. We had a bit of a tough time making bait but when we got to where we were going, our work paid off in spades. Our first bait never made it into the rigger clip. We went 5-8 in a very short period of time and managed to pop off a nice dolphin in the process as well. Then it slowed. We waited a bit for our next bite but when we got it, we knew something was different. The fish took a lot of drag and was very eratic. When Matt finaly got color, we could tell that it was a big fish. I put a gaff in her and called for a second gaff and when we thumped her on the deck, we called her 160. One hack of a vellowfin for this time of year. We made the call to head for the hill after that one in the face of some pretty nice storms. When we got her to the scale, she went 159.9. My initial guess was pretty darn close. That was the good.

Sunday was an entirely different day. The wind blew all day and the rain was nonstop. We pushed hard running through some serious storms to get back to where we had fished the day before. By one pm we had had one bite and lost it, due to some difficult angeling conditions, no doubt. With rein coming down side ways and the wind blowing 22, we called it and headed in. That was the bad.

Capt. Mike fished a completly different area from me on sunday and the storms didn't reach him until it was time to come in. He had a tough morning but the fish turned on at the end for him. He ended up putting 6 in the boat in the last hour of fishing. Not too shabby. Peace fished not too far from me on Sunday. He said that he pounded it out to get there and they ended up pretty good considering the conditions. I didn't get a number but he cleaned fish for a while.
Darryl had a special guest for an overnighter on Saturday. The weather being what it was, they left very late, and probably would not have left at all if Morten had not come all the way from Denmark to try to catch a yellowfin on fly. Durring the course of the night, they hooked four! Unfortunatly, 20 knts is not too good for light tackle and they broke all four off. They did manage to land a couple of nice dolphin in the process. Hopefully next time we will put one on the deck for Morten.

We have a couple of openings later in the week if anyone is looking to get in on some good action. The forecast is suprisingly good considering the tropics. We are also looking forward to seeing everyone at this years Fishing to hear rodeo on Sunday.

Reel Peace Charters
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