Canyon Runner Report - 10/21-22 - 11 Yellowfin & 1 Longfin on Day Chunk

[Canyon Runner]

Captain Mark DeCabia and Phil Dulanie took the Kurt Panzer charter out on Thursday for the first of a few day chunking trips to the canyon. I say the first of a few as the trip was quite successful as the yellowfin seem to be biting during the day now on the chunk. They left Manasquan Inlet late as the charter was flying in and did not break the inlet until 3:30am. They arrived on the west wall of the Hudson Canyon at 7:30am and dropped the hook. They immediately had a bite and went 1 for 3 in the first couple hours. The tuna started to school under the boat around 150-200 feet but did not start feeding until around 10am when they started a steady pick.

By 1:30pm they had 10 yellowfin on 1 longfin in the boat. The yellowfin were all right around 30 pounds the longfin a little nicer. They added another yellowfin just before coming home fishing off the trip with 12 tuna in the box. Most of the fish were caught jigging down deep around 200 feet but some were also caught on bait.

Based on this performance it looks like we got another 2 weeks of fishing but of course based on the usual weather for this time of year if we get out twice a week we would be thrilled.