"Tammy Rose" Epic tuna bite 16 for 17!!! No BS!!!

[stew]

I am soooo tired but just a quick report. We had one of the best tuna bites that I can remember in a long time today. We went 16 bluefin's to the boat for 17 hook-ups and had another 6 or 8 bites. Just epic!!! We measured fish on the deck from 46 inches to 71 inches and all sizes in between. The fish we missed was a true giant in the 350 to 400 pound range and dumped our Okuma 80WII well into the backing and had us out over 400 yds and straightened and bent the 10\0 hook. UGH!!!! Just an awesome fish that everyone on the boat saw eat the left short rigger becuase he came at it twice and old Cappy Eric was yelling so loud from the flybridge that everyone was looking when he came back and ate it the second time!!!! Just a nice big fish. We fought fish for 4 hours today and could hardly get the spread out!! It was wide open and fish all over the place. I am back out there agian in the morning and then it looks like bad weather and then back out on Friday. The bite is on and I have some openings for this weekend. Call the shop at 508-240-0778 if you want in on this because it just doesn't get any better then that for action!!!! Check out our Facebook page for pictures and videoes. More to follow later. Capt. Eric

[johnnywalker]

Good to hear,

[GBarao]

That's unbelievable Capt. Eric, what a day.... Hope to see you out there soon....... Gil

[scottmori]

WTF nice work!!capt now im all fired up!
scott

[amarshall]

Everyone head to chatham, fish are jumping in the boats.

No fish in the bay.

[stew]

We had another great bite yesterday and went 14 fish for 16 hook-ups. We had three sets of doubles and you couldn't get the spread out for over two hours. I lost count of how many other bites we had too. It was nonstop, wide open, and crazy for hours!!! Will be back out there and on it again as soon as the wind stops blowing and we do have some openings this Holiday weekend so please give the shop a call as the weather looks good and the fish, well, uhh, are BITING!!!! 508-240-0778 if you want to go fishing with us. Good luck. Capt. Eric

[stew]

Well after the beginning of the week and that epic fishing we had and the fact that the wind had blown hard for two days, I left the dock on Friday wondering if the fish would still be where we left them. We got on location before sun up and saw nothing. No whales, no life, no bait, oh boy!!! We had a fleet of around 12 or 15 boats and many of them started to go south. I kept pounding the numbers but nothing happend on the slack. My buddy Capt. Eddie on the "Reel Attidude" was the one to hook up first and he was 12 miles to my south. I reeled in and made the run mid morning. When I got there we found the whales and the bait and the fish. The only problem was I couldn't get a bite!?!?!? I just felt like I could never get on the fish. I was chasing the bite the whole day. I stayed late and finally got rewarded with a bite at 1:30 and we had a nice slot fish on the deck. I should have left an hour ago but I just couldn't give up. Much to my mates dismay I jumped back up on the bridge and swung the "Tammy Rose" around and told him to set the spread again. It only took us about 5 mins when a fish expolded on the big black Hawk bar and started dumping line. We spent the next 20 mins and got the fish on the deck and measured him at 70 inches and out the door it went with a tag. I turned the boat for home and we hit the dock at around 5 pm. LOOOOng day. Now I knew where to go tomorrow.
Saturday we headed back to the numbers and had an awesome ride out, once we cleared the sound which was a real mess. I had a father and his 11 year old son onboard so I was hoping to get them some action. I really didn't want to troll for 7 hours to get our first bite. We pulled in and got three rods out and we were on. Nick fought the fish out of the rod holder and in about 15 mins. we had a fat 58incher on the deck. Dinner was served. We got the spread out and had fish up and we missed him. We spent another hour or so and had a few other bites and we finally went tight and Dad got in the harness and we had a clean tag and release on a 57 incher. The morning bite slowed and Dad said they had enough so we headed in. As we were leaving the bite went off and my brother caught three fish in about 35 mins. We ended up 2 for 5 and I was excited about Sunday's trip. There were some legal fish caught on the troll as well.
I called my Sunday's charter and told them to be at the dock for 3:30 as we had a long ride out. After yesterday's morning bite I really wanted to be there early. We pulled in and set the spread and had a fish up on the long rigger. Then we had fish up on 4 rigs at once and we doubled!!!! Nice way to start the morning! We then spent the next hour trying to set the spread and we couldn't get more than 3 rods out before we went tight!!! Brother Matt called me on the radio and he asked if he should make the long run. I said YES!!! Get here now!!! We ended up going 7 for 12 but my mate said we had more bites then that. I know we pulled a few hooks and broke one off but it was all happening so fast!?!?! Tough problem to have. Matt went 3 for 3 and took off early. There were some nice legal fish caught too, so when the rod goes off you never know what size it will be. Fish were caught from 26 inches to 80 inches and all sizes in between. Back out there in the morning. It's been a great October!! Capt. Eric

[Albatross32]

Great job Eric! Man, what an awesome bite out there this weekend.....RipDog ended up going 3 for 6 in 3 hours of fishing on Saturday afternoon. We had a wolfpack hit at 3:00 where 5 baits got crushed and 2 stayed tight.....firedrill to say the least with 2 guys in the pit and a 8 rod spread. Yesterday we went 5 for 8 and had a fish on the money maker shot gun bait before we had the 2nd line of the day out.

Can't wait to get back out there. Good luck the rest of the way Cappy....

-Droney

[stew]

Well we hit it again yesterday and had another great day trolling out east. This bite has been off the charts now for over a week. You never know what size fish you are going to catch with bluefin's from 38 inches to 85 inches being caught all week. A ton of upper 30 inch fish moved in to the area in the last two days so the action is crazy when you get into them. Still keeper size fish are being trolled up everyday too. The weather is going to turn bad so I think today will be the last trip for some for a while atleast through the weekend. Bummer. We raised 13 fish, had 12 bites, and landed 10 fish from 38 inches to 60 inches and we pulled two hooks, one of them was a much bigger fish, but, hey you only lose big fish!?!? Right?!?!?! LOL. All on splash bars with Keywest Special and the small Ghost bars being the hot colors. I took my store manager Dan Jones out as crew yesterday and he didn't let me down. If you know Dan, then you know if it swims Danny catches it. The highlight was watching a fish hit the short corner Ghost and watching Danny work his mojo getting the fish to come back three times and then hooking him!!! Lots of fun!! Just a great day for my clients and an awesome run for the "Tammy Rose". I knew this weather couldn't last forever. Good luck. Capt. Eric

[City Hands]

Eric,

What a great run you've had. Thanks again for the intel for Sunday. Crew had a blast and we would have been blind squirrels without your update.

Isn't tuna fishing always that easy?????

Catch em up

Matt (City Hands)