Day 2 CCB BFT report

[jig42na]

Well the last day of the trip was not much short of spectacular, and I’ll start out with this photo to get started.

Brand New Baby Runboh

We knew we had to make it happen as the weather was going to turn for the worst by lunch time. We made our usual run in the grey light hour. This time we decided to push a little further north then our previous trips especially know that we had the help of other great fishermen now. As the sun reach full growth the tuna started to show. Before long we had an epic showing of feeding tuna acerbating mid air chasing half beaks. It is a sight to see!! The boat was literally surrounded by 150-180lb BFT. We had no clue of where to start. We ran to 2 pods and then let the wind do the rest of the work. We had a double header in no time. We took turns on the first hooked fish by Greg and then Mike quickly brought in his fish. We were not sure whether to kill the first fish or not, but we decided but the fish did not, as I missed with the gaff on a green 170lb tuna. I hit the leader and off went the fish. This was my first missed tuna and I held my head in shame. But now we had to focus on Gregs fish.

Now this fish was a different beast. We never saw color but Greg, Jesse, and myself all had 1-2 turns on her, but she wanted nothing to do with it. Greg even had to rethink and got confused out there, at one point he thought he was using a conventional rod and had his stella upside down. (Sorry Greg had to do it) OTI makes some nice gear, but the Tuna Sniper is an ass kicker. After about 30-40 minutes she popped the hooks.

After we recovered from this frenzy of action, we pushed to the next feeding pod. Some of us had hits but non of the fish came to the boat. This action continued for quite some time. Jesse even had a moster totally blow up out of the water smacking his plug about 2 feet from the boat just missing us. I will never forget that site. I finally managed to get a good hook after missing a fish on the same cast. She bent the BD100 for about 15 minutes and then Greg and Mike slid in double gaffs. I had the fish to leader in about 5 minutes, but it changed its mind and headed for the bottom, so I really enjoyed the battle.

All in all it was a great trip, and I wish the guys up there great success the remainder of the week. We’ll see you again on Saturday. We left the boat there as this is the best fishing I have ever experienced. I could like to thank Capt Dom and Capt Chip for being such good help and company. These guys are great to be with and even better fishermen. They are just fishy guys that love being there. They are not caught up in the tackle, the looks, or the fame. They really remind me of my closest fishing friends.

[Sea Draggin]

Whoa. That runboh got its feelings hurt.

Great report and pics. Regarding the tuna sniper, do you mean its tough on the angler. I have noticed a faster action in the pictures. Faster than the BD I mean.

Thanks again. Looks like a great trip.

[paul708]

nice report trav.
glad to see you got another one.
and you got that right about the OTI stuff

[jig42na]

Whoa. That runboh got its feelings hurt.

Great report and pics. Regarding the tuna sniper, do you mean its tough on the angler. I have noticed a faster action in the pictures. Faster than the BD I mean.

Thanks again. Looks like a great trip.

I feel the BD100 and the Sniper 40-60 has the same power, but the OTI hurts the back alot more. The BD100 is smoother on the taper. Both good rods. I've seen some newer rods coming out and they are the bomb compared to these. I hope to have my hands on some prototypes soon.

[Parker21]

The rod that Greg had was the TS 60-80, i doesn't bend as deep and can put a hurting on the angler.

[Sea Draggin]

There is a BD for sale on 360T for $490. I thought about it, but ordered a 2nd Gen 200g Eastern Tackle special from Paul instead.

I guess I'll just keep waiting on the popper stuff. I keep saying I'm going to buy a fly rod instead any way.

[Parker21]

Sea,
Let me know if you any fly gear, i got piles of high end gear that has been collecting dust for years. I fly fished for 15 years and am totally over it for any kind of saltwater fishing.

[Sea Draggin]

You got it. I was thinking about maybe getting a 12 weight to cast to jacks

I might be crazy, but it sounds like fun.

[jig42na]

Ahh, I thought that was the 40-60, not 60-80. Sorry for the info mess up.

Video on the way tomorrow.

[jig42na]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWOvBY3_5rU

Filming started about 2 minutes after the fish was hooked up we have us running to these fish casting, Jesse stops filming to cast, there are some hookups, and Jesse stops casting and starts filming again.