Babylon/Jones to the Hudson - June 25-26

chumtini · 06-27-2008, 10:24 AM

Just walked in the door. More small YFTs along the cooler water along the edges of the eddy around Block and Hudson. Water around 70, in 1000' plus. Stuffed 6 in the box and a bonus.

Hit the edge near the dip at sunrise. Spread was out for 30 min(?) and bang, fish on. After letting the fish clear the lines, I handed the rod over to Taylor, a 14 yo fishing machine on his first canyon trip and on his first tuna

He made short work, pupming the fish to the back of the boat a quick check and it's a keeper. (We tried to talk him into doing the tuna heart thing on video. No go

) A couple more small yfts and things quieted down.

Turned S and fished deep in the warm water and it paid off...the man in blue, a 200-250# blue marlin, baby! Tore off 2/3s off a 50W spool in seconds. Cap Andy screamed out, f**k the tackle, spin the boat, chase the fish....OK... Didn't get much vid on this one. It took off too fast. Lost a favorite NZ lure. We got the fish boat side with a clean release.

Came back towards the canyon wall late wed afternoon. Hit the shelf below the 100 square, when someone mentioned a bait ball on the scope and whammo. The spread is swarmed with small yellows with 6 on and tuna everywhere.

Great stuff!

Setup to chunk on the ledge. Long, quiet nite. Beautiful starry nite. Finally, the squid are finally around in big #s with purpoise feeding in the lights for hours. Will have to check the underwater cam to see if it works. Still too early in the season for the chunking game. Picked up and got on the troll first light Thurs. It didn't take long with a few more yft's and another for the box. Then all quiet. It's a morning and late afternoon yft bite with marlin in the afternoon. Not a bad way to spend the day. Fishing is still slow. But, the weather was dynamite.

Will post more after I look at the cams.

-Steve

Boonebird · 06-27-2008, 01:08 PM

You guys are on fire. Way to go. Sounds like fun.Keep it up.

backman · 06-27-2008, 10:07 PM

so much for my fears of NW wind - good for you.

Anythign above 50# on the yellows?

chumtini · 06-27-2008, 10:30 PM

Same as a couple weeks ago. All smalls. Biggest was probably 40-50#s. We were thinking of heading over to Atlantis. But, the last SST image looked like the small warm "finger" was fizzling. Fishing is OK, not great. Still too early for nite chunking. It's non-exsistent.

fightingcouch · 06-28-2008, 12:37 PM

good to here you guys got on some fish, Congrats.

thanks for the invite.

06-27-2008, 10:24 AM	#1
chumtini I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mass Posts: 1,528 Credits: 2,578.3	Babylon/Jones to the Hudson - June 25-26 Just walked in the door. More small YFTs along the cooler water along the edges of the eddy around Block and Hudson. Water around 70, in 1000' plus. Stuffed 6 in the box and a bonus. Hit the edge near the dip at sunrise. Spread was out for 30 min(?) and bang, fish on. After letting the fish clear the lines, I handed the rod over to Taylor, a 14 yo fishing machine on his first canyon trip and on his first tuna He made short work, pupming the fish to the back of the boat a quick check and it's a keeper. (We tried to talk him into doing the tuna heart thing on video. No go ) A couple more small yfts and things quieted down. Turned S and fished deep in the warm water and it paid off...the man in blue, a 200-250# blue marlin, baby! Tore off 2/3s off a 50W spool in seconds. Cap Andy screamed out, f**k the tackle, spin the boat, chase the fish....OK... Didn't get much vid on this one. It took off too fast. Lost a favorite NZ lure. We got the fish boat side with a clean release. Came back towards the canyon wall late wed afternoon. Hit the shelf below the 100 square, when someone mentioned a bait ball on the scope and whammo. The spread is swarmed with small yellows with 6 on and tuna everywhere. Great stuff! Setup to chunk on the ledge. Long, quiet nite. Beautiful starry nite. Finally, the squid are finally around in big #s with purpoise feeding in the lights for hours. Will have to check the underwater cam to see if it works. Still too early in the season for the chunking game. Picked up and got on the troll first light Thurs. It didn't take long with a few more yft's and another for the box. Then all quiet. It's a morning and late afternoon yft bite with marlin in the afternoon. Not a bad way to spend the day. Fishing is still slow. But, the weather was dynamite. Will post more after I look at the cams. -Steve __________________

06-27-2008, 01:08 PM	#2
Boonebird Stop staring at my Avatar. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Glastonbury, Connecticut Posts: 355 Credits: 64.0 Boat: SS Gotem Yesterday Home Port: Old Saybrook , Connecticut Best Catch: 400lbs of sea scallops in 2 hrs. Occupation: Fighting fires and slaying tuna	You guys are on fire. Way to go. Sounds like fun.Keep it up. __________________ You can find me from the Hudson canyon to Atlantis and every where in between.

06-27-2008, 10:30 PM	#4
chumtini I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mass Posts: 1,528 Credits: 2,578.3	Same as a couple weeks ago. All smalls. Biggest was probably 40-50#s. We were thinking of heading over to Atlantis. But, the last SST image looked like the small warm "finger" was fizzling. Fishing is OK, not great. Still too early for nite chunking. It's non-exsistent. __________________

06-28-2008, 12:37 PM	#5
fightingcouch Bite me Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Branford,CT Posts: 238 Credits: 1,471.7 Boat: 32 luhrs,and 20 mako Home Port: NE CANYONS Best Catch: 267 Bigeye 2007, many others Occupation: Fishing,and living the life	good to here you guys got on some fish, Congrats. thanks for the invite. __________________ Blake Conlin tightlinzzzzzzzzzz \|

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06-27-2008, 10:07 PM	#3
backman Stop staring at my Avatar. Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mass Posts: 388 Credits: 1,896.7 Boat: Carolina Classic 28 Home Port: Falmouth	so much for my fears of NW wind - good for you. Anythign above 50# on the yellows?