Mass Bay Guides Tuna Report

[Captain Greg Sears]

We had a very interesting charter today. I had the pleasure of taking 6 Sushi aficionados from Japan. The plans where made months ago, they where coming from Japan to catch their own sushi and ship it back themselves. They arrived yesterday and came to the docks with Cameras in hand They could speak very little English and actually needed an interpreter to make the booking.

We left the dock late at 6am because lightning storms where passing through. The whole ride out I could not understand a word they said. I just kept nodding and smiling and pretended I could understand Japanese. I spent a few months in japan and I can't even read one word much less understand someone speaking.

So" we get to the fishing grounds and my buddy Eric from "Four Days Out" tells me there is a bite down where he is. We get down there and "Fish on" for everyone all the boats hooked up instantly. we got our bite after a few boats hooked up.

"Fish on" Nice" I start the Chinese fire drill. " Oh yea Japanese fire drill. Oh Boy they can't understand a word of English. Hey buddy you got the belt on upside down he says Hi. We said Hi this morning put the belt on right, He says Hi again. Now I got four Japanese guys on the same rod. And no one reeling in the other Riggs. Hey bud start reeling in the other rods, he says Hi again and goes back to the rod with the fish. I finally yelled at Kerry because he was the only one who understood me. OK now I got five Japanese guys on the same rod ( they really want sushi ) I think the guy in the middle was reeling the guy on the left was holding the guy in the belt. The guy on the right was holding the guy reeling. The guy in the back was holding the whole bunch and occasionally would help reel. With all these guys on the fish I had no idea where the rod was. We ended up landing a nice 71 inch fish. I finally got a fish that was shipping to Japan.

Twenty minutes later its Fish On again. I think it was the same 5 guys who reeled in the first fish but they rotated positions. Kerry had the leader in sight 3 times but every time the leader came they insisted on changing the rotation. Remember I can't speak Japanese and they can't speak English. To make a long story short we lost the second fish.

OK lets drown some Poggies. We set up the kite and let the poggie go "Smash" fish slamming the bait. it sounded like Dice K had just hit a home run. We lost four Poggies to tuna slamming them. We finally got one on the hook here come the five anglers except this time we left the bent but in the rod holder. It only took four anglers for this fish. We ended up with a nice 64 to 68" fish we released this one in good shape.

All in all we ended up having a hilarious day and they all went home with smiles and stories of how they caught their own Sushi.

By the way every boat in the MBG fleet went home with tuna today.

[dunn6253]

Hope you had the camera rolling today, as it sounds like todays trip would make an interesting video..........

[Fortunamate]

Originally Posted by Captain Greg Sears

We had a very interesting charter today. I had the pleasure of taking 6 Sushi aficionados from Japan. The plans where made months ago, they where coming from Japan to catch their own sushi and ship it back themselves. They arrived yesterday and came to the docks with Cameras in hand They could speak very little English and actually needed an interpreter to make the booking.

We left the dock late at 6am because lightning storms where passing through. The whole ride out I could not understand a word they said. I just kept nodding and smiling and pretended I could understand Japanese. I spent a few months in japan and I can't even read one word much less understand someone speaking.

So" we get to the fishing grounds and my buddy Eric from "Four Days Out" tells me there is a bite down where he is. We get down there and "Fish on" for everyone all the boats hooked up instantly. we got our bite after a few boats hooked up.

"Fish on" Nice" I start the Chinese fire drill. " Oh yea Japanese fire drill. Oh Boy they can't understand a word of English. Hey buddy you got the belt on upside down he says Hi. We said Hi this morning put the belt on right, He says Hi again. Now I got four Japanese guys on the same rod. And no one reeling in the other Riggs. Hey bud start reeling in the other rods, he says Hi again and goes back to the rod with the fish. I finally yelled at Kerry because he was the only one who understood me. OK now I got five Japanese guys on the same rod ( they really want sushi ) I think the guy in the middle was reeling the guy on the left was holding the guy in the belt. The guy on the right was holding the guy reeling. The guy in the back was holding the whole bunch and occasionally would help reel. With all these guys on the fish I had no idea where the rod was. We ended up landing a nice 71 inch fish. I finally got a fish that was shipping to Japan.

Twenty minutes later its Fish On again. I think it was the same 5 guys who reeled in the first fish but they rotated positions. Kerry had the leader in sight 3 times but every time the leader came they insisted on changing the rotation. Remember I can't speak Japanese and they can't speak English. To make a long story short we lost the second fish.

OK lets drown some Poggies. We set up the kite and let the poggie go "Smash" fish slamming the bait. it sounded like Dice K had just hit a home run. We lost four Poggies to tuna slamming them. We finally got one on the hook here come the five anglers except this time we left the bent but in the rod holder. It only took four anglers for this fish. We ended up with a nice 64 to 68" fish we released this one in good shape.

All in all we ended up having a hilarious day and they all went home with smiles and stories of how they caught their own Sushi.

By the way every boat in the MBG fleet went home with tuna today.

NICE!!!!!!





I was the mate for don soup today (doglover) and we got a nice 67" in the boat real early in the day and then went bass fishing due to the charter not wanting to go tuna fishing anymore so we left the good bite to go for not such a good bite but it was still a fun day and atleast our charter spoke english and understood me when i said clear the rigs

[doglover]

nice!!!!!!!!!

[sushi42]

How in the hell are you guys finding these charters that once one tuna is landed no-one else wants to tuna fish?
It's the ultimate experience!! But hey, I guess who cares as long as the money is good.

[Captain Greg Sears]

05:30 : Departed Scituate harbor (charter was late)
07:00 : Arrive east of the Cape 30 mile run
07:15 : Fish On : Tuna takes the close rig (trick or treat)
07:16 : Fish off : Line does not snap out of the out rigger and when I try to remove it we lose the fish.
08:00 : Fish Smashing the rigs every other boat hooks up!
08:01 : Ready to blow a gasket weeds on every rig.
09:00 : Loading my gun getting ready to shoot myself everybody is catching fish but me.
09:30 : Weeds are so bad Kerry is loading his gun ready to shoot me.
10:30 : I move out to another spot in hopes of no weeds.
10:31 : Everyone is hooking up right where I just left.
10:32 : The Passengers are loading their guns getting ready to shoot me.
10:33 : I realize I just left fish for a dessert.
11:00 : Back at the first spot.
11:30 : A buddy gives me some left over pogies the charter is liking me a little better.
12:30 : Fish On" finally got one hooked on a pogie.
12:40 : Fish off" Pulled the hook.
12:41 : Ready to pull the trigger.
14:00 : A fish steals our pogie.
14:15 : Fish On" false alarm big striper.
14:16 : The Gun jams.
15:00 : Licking my wounds.
16:30 : Just sprinkle a little water around and get me a gin and tonic. ( make it 4) Some days just suck.

[Fortunamate]

Originally Posted by Captain Greg Sears

05:30 : Departed Scituate harbor (charter was late)
07:00 : Arrive east of the Cape 30 mile run
07:15 : Fish On : Tuna takes the close rig (trick or treat)
07:16 : Fish off : Line does not snap out of the out rigger and when I try to remove it we lose the fish.
08:00 : Fish Smashing the rigs every other boat hooks up!
08:01 : Ready to blow a gasket weeds on every rig.
09:00 : Loading my gun getting ready to shoot myself everybody is catching fish but me.
09:30 : Weeds are so bad Kerry is loading his gun ready to shoot me.
10:30 : I move out to another spot in hopes of no weeds.
10:31 : Everyone is hooking up right where I just left.
10:32 : The Passengers are loading their guns getting ready to shoot me.
10:33 : I realize I just left fish for a dessert.
11:00 : Back at the first spot.
11:30 : A buddy gives me some left over pogies the charter is liking me a little better.
12:30 : Fish On" finally got one hooked on a pogie.
12:40 : Fish off" Pulled the hook.
12:41 : Ready to pull the trigger.
14:00 : A fish steals our pogie.
14:15 : Fish On" false alarm big striper.
14:16 : The Gun jams.
15:00 : Licking my wounds.
16:30 : Just sprinkle a little water around and get me a gin and tonic. ( make it 4) Some days just suck.

not so nice

[idigitu88]

My uncle bagged on at the SWC at 6am. If they showed up on time you'd probibly have stopped as they were tight for 45 mins till the 63" hit the deck Boat was Schoolie 28 Albin home by 10am. That was a funny report Greg thanx.

[gmoney]

that was entertaining,


talked to you on the radio the other day greg, I was looking for Fat tuna, u must of heard fortuna, o well,
go get em

[Kamo Gari]

Sounds like a load of Charlie Chan bullshit to me, and your apparent inference that Japanese fishermen are clueless, ignorant buffoons is offensive. Having lived in Japan for several years myself, as well as having a Japanese wife (and a large family of blood relatives as well as in-laws in Japan-- who we visit every year, BTW-- not to mention *my* being ethnically half Japanese), I'd like to offer you a simple F-U.

Your story probably went over fine with those used to buying and enjoying tales of simple, hokey clowns living out the stereotypes (pick your country), but not so well with those of us who have actually been around the globe a bit.