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[GeorgeJ]

Todd, Thanks for the report. As of right now we're thinking Hydro. Friday - Saturday



Sea N Red ch 68

[tmack92]

Heading to Hydro, welker or ocean depending on water and intel. leaving early am sat and coming back sun. ch 68, 72. Bill

Just spoke to my friend some more, they really hammered them at Oceanographers, and lots of Big Blue Marlin around.. If you have the range, this is the place, regardless of what the temp shots show... Bill said the temp shots they had didn't show what they found... Fish in 75 degree water and loaded...

Should be a report soon enough, look for the STRADIVARIUS report for more in depth details....

[Tunacious-45]

Thanks Tmack. I appreciate the info. I will let you guys know how we did.

[backman]

The only place to go ever is where the reports from 2 days ago were

[tmack92]

Actually they left them biting yesterday morning Things do change, but with the amounts of bait and fish, its probally just as good as any other place..


Heres a bit of a report he started to put up on another board..

Arriving at our destination, 8 miles just to the west of Oceanographer's northern end, we plunked the lures in and commenced our troll at roughly 0815. By 0845 we had our first knockdown and the first yellowfin of the day was gaffed and brought aboard. Finding a 7 degree temperature break (this water is moving westward), both biological indicators (Sargassum weed beds & lines/shearwaters/water coloration change/breaking skippys) and noting that the hits came on the low end of the thermometer 75.02- to- 75.11 F rather than on the warmer 78.6 F and higher side, we commenced putting a serious hurt on these tuna. We had five fish on at a time several times and never lost a fish running in the 35- 80 lb range. Green bars and 'hoo rigs worked best, but all of the lures took hits that resembled depth charges going off. We easily limited out on fish by 1100 hours and were just having fun from that point onward. It was more than reality, it was dream fishing and a fitting baptism of gouts of tuna blood for the STRADAVARIUS.


As Jay has already noted, blue marlin were among the mix of deep water predators on the prowl, and after dropping one with another chasing a 30 lb yellowfin up to the transom (it wanted to be gaffed!). We knew that we had to be ready to battle one of these beasts at any moment. We had a big blue on and had another follow a 30 lb yellowfin right up to the transom all 'lit up.'
Several 'bite offs' were probably wahoo hits (we had some deep diving lures down, but they ate what appealed to them). The STRADIVARIUS is a true battlewagon of a boat (and a piece of artwork) and is a true fish magnet that simply raises the various species of pelagics that swim along the edge of the deep eastern canyons.


We trolled until just after 2100 catching yellowfin right into the full dark of night Even at that hour, multiple hits were common and it was noted that the fish had gravitated to the warmer 78 degree water after the sun had set. Chunking produced a single yellowfin and a 0-Dark-30 (0300) wakeup call on the sword rod. At the moment when a 25- 30 knot tropical rain squall enveloped the boat, the deep wand 'went off' with a bang' and all aboard though that it was 'showtime.' Mike maneuvered the boat masterfully through the wailing wind and 6 foot breaking waves, and after a 25 minute tussle, Nick had (to our collective disappointment), a Dusky Shark at hullside (it was cut off and released) with a $12. Mustad 'Z-Steel' hook in its maw. Resetting the gear, chunking resumed with no takers what-so-ever. Early morning, showed a red sunrise and a stiff WSW wind with waves running in the 6- to- 9 foot range. Most sportfishing boats would have picked up and run towards the beach with those sea conditions, but not this vessel. She was built to fish the blue waters of distant canyons, and that's what she did with a vengeance. Pat, Jay, Nick, Will, and Chris worked as a team to get the lures out (running them short and low) and it wasn't long before the rods were going off. All of these fish went back to see their aunts, uncles, and cousins as what we'd caught was tucked away in the STRADIVARIUS's massive fish/chill box below the beautiful mahogany cockpit deck. The final tally was an astounding 42/43 fish brought up to the boat and another couple of dozen swings and misses that did not come tight.

[rirockhound]

Alas, those of us w/o the range will have to fish to the west. for shame

Does sound like a hell of bite way east though.

[Thynnus]

If you have the range go to Oceanographer, the bite is lights out. All our fish came in 74-76 degree water as well and there are blue, whites and wahoo in that water too. Good luck guys, rip lips for me!