A.D Mitchell and his group of buddies climbed on board this morning at 3:00 A.M. and we set off for the deep. The ride out was as smooth as silk and most of the guys slept or just dozed even in the sea that was behind us. The weather swamis said that it sould be fine and the NW wind would quit When we got offshore, the wind was more North and tooting pretty good. Well, we were there so we might as well fish and we did. We started trolling and the first rod went off and Steve grabbed it. The seas were probably 4-6 but we sat in the swell and kicked some butt. Shortly he had the first Yellowfin inthe boat.
Not too long after that, AD hooked up and we had another.
Then, after I made the turn to get back on the fish, JB hooked up and as he was fighting his fish,
something large ate a skipping hoo on the long rigger. After 3 guys and a bit over an hour, we boated a 63" Bluefin.
That fish was really , as JD said, 'A real man". He was as tough as any i have caught and gave us fits in the seas that were running. We drifted and boat handled for over 1 1/2 miles as we tried to get him. Eventually we did
As I started toward the beach, we caught several more YFT and ended the day 8 for 10 on yellowfin and 1 for 1 on the big bluefin.
The smiles are lacking in this pic simply because they were worn out by the fishing.
The fish ate hoos and green machines behind a bird and spreader bar. Oh gee, I have to do it again tomorrow. Oh well.
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