The Bluefin Tuna Report...

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The picture above is of Capt. Steve Riley with a 719 lb. giant taken off Georges late last week. They boated one other and broke a third off. Nice going Steve!

Well, as I mentioned in the opening the weather is the "X" factor in the tuna game right now. With it blowing for five days or so then laying down for a day or two the window isn't there for a trip to Georges. The fish are still there, but the word I am getting is that there are waves of fishing passing through on their way down from Canada. There are mixed classes of fish being taken...both size wise and quality wise. There are fish being taken that are getting from $5.00 a lb. to $15.00 a lb...and from shorts to 900 lb. fish.

The fishing seems to have settled into a pattern out there. For the most part it is a two day event to catch three fish. The guys that I have talked to get a fish in the morning, another late afternoon or early evening, and another the next morning. Pretty predictable...but a long ways off! There are schools of big slammer blues on georges, and the "dogfish" of Georges appears to be big cod. Guys are getting pretty frustrated when they put a nice mackerel stickbait down and have it swallowed by a codfish.

There were giants being taken around the "BB" buoy up untill the gale last week. As of yesterday they haven't showed back up yet. Everyone is expecting the fish to move in like they did last year. Lets hope so.

There were also giants being taken on the SW corner of Stellwagon last week. That bite seems to have disappeared with the action now off Race point. The tuna are following the whiting boats as are the fishermen. There have been some nice fish caught...

If you can make it offshore, good luck! Dave

As a side note, there are still bass off Chatham, and there is a real good bite happening off Block Island.

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