60 Canyon Runner 7/6-7- 25 Yellowfin (4 Nice Ones) and Small Mako Released

Capt. Mark DeCabia took the 60 Ritchie Howell out on Monday/Tuesday with the John Scheon charter. Capt. Mike Zajac joined with Capt. John Timken. They left the dock at 1pm and hit the west wall of the Hudson at 5pm and got in 4 hours on the troll. They were pulling all big spreader bars looking for another big-eye but nothing transpired. They put out the regular 9" squid bars and ballyhoo and picked 3 yellowfin with one nice one in the 50 pound class before the night set in.

Their drift took them off the bank but all they had to show for it was a small mako released and a brown shark. Up on the troll early in the morning found a very slow yellowfin bite turn on after 8am and they started picking away on double, triples and quadruples. They finished the trip with 25 yellowfin with 4 in the 25-50 pound class.


60 Canyon Runner 7/5-6 - 15 Yellowfin (6 Nice Ones)

Capt. Phil Dulanie, Capt. Mark DeCabia and Capt. Mike Zajac had the 60 Ritchie Howell out Sunday into Monday with the Damien Romeo charter and got to the grounds early Sunday morning in hopes of an early bite but it did not materialize for us. Trolling bigger lure and the largest Yamashita spreader bars we have we were hoping for lightening to stike again but it was not our day. 5 big-eyes were caught Sunday among 15 or 20 boats but not us.

They ended up trolling all day putting 15 yellowfin in the boat releasing 9 of them. Those fish ate ballyhoo, tuna clones and squid bars. At night saw nothing but a brown shark and a blue shark. They got up on the troll early Monday morning for a few quick hours on the troll but no picked a big-eye on Monday so they came home.


48 Canyon Runner 7/5-6 - 56 Yellowfin (11 Nice Ones)

Capt. Mark DeBlasio, Capt. Peter Doran and Ryan DiBaggio took out an open boat trip Sunday to Monday and started right where we left off Friday afternoon on the west wall of the Hudson Canyon. Trolling in the early afternoon did not do too much but the fish came up around 6pm and from 6pm to 9pm they troll 25 yellowfin. They put 4 in the box with 2 in the 40 pound class. Canyon Runner rainbow green machine bars, and Canyon Runner purple/black squid bars in 9" squid were the key.

At night it seems that the mako fishing has slowed as none were seen. They did pull a brown shark or two but nothing to write home about.

Up on the troll in the morning they got the bite they were looking for as a big-eye exploded on the lure trolled between the two Canyon Runner spreader bars but it never came tight. This was at 6:30am and they spent the rest of the day lamenting about the one they missed. What made the rest of the day easier is they caught another 31 yellowfin ending up with 11 in the box with 3 over 40 pounds, 3 around 25 pounds and the rest around 30 inches.