Tuna Slam;Bigeye -Canyons-Saturday

[johnnywalker]

After a tough bite in the AM we made a move and found life and a good bite

Went 1-2 and probably 1-3 on nice Bigeyes (1-2 on first bite after a cutoff 20 minutes into fight, most likely from the other BE we boated) Another big runoff on a 70 later in the day felt and acted like another BE,, never know.

The boated bigeye went a good hour beating down the anglers before settling into one corner and producing a stalemate as he worked the corner, decided to back off the drag a bit and bring him to the other corner in the hopes of confusing him and breaking his stride, it seemed to do the job and after 2-3 minutes we gained the edge got him to come up and a POON shot ended his day.

Worked the area hard for few more hours and put a few YFT, couple nice 35Lb Albies and also about a dozen Mahi in the boat coming and going made for a nice "Tuna Slam" and Mahi bonus day.

Great condition day turned a bit late in the afternoon and made for a sporty ride home in the 36 Yellowfin, but still was able to make 32-40Kts with some good air

Good time on a fun boat with good guys.

[storm petrel]

Nice.....great photos. Er, WHERE were you?

[bilda]

Congratulations on the BE. Heard you on the radio. We started about the same location but we kept moving east to try to find the break. Spent a couple of hours in deep water where the temp remained constant 76-77. Had a couple knock downs with a blue and white marlin. Didn't last long. Overall pretty slow only boating 3 yft. We were planning on staying but pulled the plug when we heard the updated forecast saturday afternoon. Nice fish.

[BIGJAHOOTIE]

NORTHEAST CANYONS???
NICE BE, A NICE BITE THIS YEAR
GOT LUCKY ON A 204 WEEK BACK IN GRAND PRIX
GREAT JOB

[JoeyM]

looks like a great trip, congrats!

[johnnywalker]

Thanks, trip was a good one,
Fished Tails and then moved East until we found some good water and eventually good life.