8/2-3 Toms Canyon

[norter79]

Headed to the toms canyon with Joe C. (sledge), and first tried to find some tilefish.

A bit on the slow side, decided to get on the troll after a few drifts and 4 tiles in the boat.

Within 30 seconds of getting on the troll had our first yellowfin, a nice 55-60 pounder. it inhaled a purple/black jr islander over ballyhoo.

Did nothing until 7:30pm when a white tried to eat a ballyhoo/islander behind a bird. had the fish on momentarily but it jumped off.

Set up for swords and sharks at night and our first fish was a 50 pound yellowfin that took a sword bait.

Released a monster blue shark at 1:30am and then fought and boated a 72" mako at 2:30am.

had one more fish take a sword bait at 4:30am and it ended up being another legal sized mako. as we were reaching for the leader with the knife, its teeth cut through the mono.

got back up on the troll and had two single yellowfin bites before 7, one on a canyon runner 9" rainbow squid bar and one on a mylure jet over a ballyhoo.

reset the lines and had a white pile on a purple/black canyon runner jet over a ballyhoo. Joe C took control and the fish was released after about a 10 minute fight.

had a 3 bagger of longfin on the northeast side and landed two. the two fish we landed ate 9" canyon runner rainbow squid bar and a yellow/green sea witch over ballyhoo.

finished up with some more tilefishing and put another 6 tiles to 40 pounds in the boat before heading home.

[PortlyRedhead]

Stew - Do I need to FedEx you one of these on Pepper's' dime?

CJW III

[gradywhite273]

wow , that was an active night out, outstanding job guys.

[norter79]

thanks grady!

cj, i have a bunch of those things in a drawer in the cabin.. i don't know what they're for..

[paul708]

great trip nice report

[striper101]

Hey Stew, That's pretty much a successful night! Joe, nice work on the White!

[Stripersniper]

That sure sounds like a great night to me!!! Congrats

[sledge]

Stew I just woke up from my fishing-induced coma. I got my first mako,blue shark,longfin,fought my biggest tile ever(40ish), got a white, throw in some 50-70lb yellowfin and it sounds like the description of a great season. THIS WAS ALL IN ONE TRIP. It is tough doing an overniter with 2 people but it was well worth it. Thanks for a great trip and even more for the offshore fishing knowledge I have gained from all our trips together. Can't wait to get on PEZ(Fishing) Machine again soon.