OC Saturday 6/13 Bluefin / Sharking report

[snowranger]

Ran to the Hambone Saturday morning with John Adams (aka the Pirate) Franky and Jen Pettolina. Our plan was to catch a bluefin and some bluefish at the Hambone and then head back in to the Fingers for some sharking. We have only caught blue sharks so far and were hoping to finally find a mako.

Put out a lure spread (GM's, cedar plugs, etc.) and after a few knockdowns that didn't come tight, we hooked our bluefin and Jen whipped it in short order. The Pirate stuck it and in we were back on the troll looking for our bluefish. Minutes later, we were covered up with bluefish, picked up and ran to the Fingers. Started our drift on the NE Fingers in 68-69 degrees. Our first bite came an hour and a half into the drift and after one jump we knew it was the right one. Jen on the rod, Franky on the wire, the Pirate locked and loaded. 5 minutes later, Blackjack's first mako was lounging on the boat side hammock dreaming of the grill! I expertly bumped the boat into gear twice to assist in the team effort!

It was only 10:30 so I decided to troll east for a bit before mutiny occurred and we headed in a little after noon. Didn't have a camera on board but we had our picture taken at Ake while waiting for the bridge.

Had mako bites, grilled tuna and mako steaks at the Marlin Club to top off the day! Wow! Congrats to Jen on her first mako (2/3 of a blue slam as well) and to the crew for a perfectly executed plan!

Next weekend...Small Boat Tournament!

[SharkJP]

Thanks for the report.

We will see you out there for the Small Boat Tourney

[LONGFIN2]

Nice job Eric. We were out there on saturday and managed 4 makos. Should have killed the first one but we were only a half hour into the drift and wanted one a little bigger but the next 3 were all pups Good news is we had a 2 schools of bluefin come right up to the boat that were in the 150# class but they wouldn't touch a jig or anything. I wanted to get up on the troll for them but we were catching a mako every half hour so we stayed on the drift.

[Hroonk]

Good job! congrats....we busted a nice 6.5' mako off at the side of the boat sat. That and one other pull was it for us.

Your boat is the blackjack, right? Did you run out of the inlet Sunday for the airshow? If so, I think I got some good pics of your boat. I'll let you know once I get them off the camera.

Larry
My Turn

[snowranger]

Good going Lance. Sounds like you have a much better trip than last weekend! Glad you got out there and got the bites!

[Bert Rodgers]

Good news is we had a 2 schools of bluefin come right up to the boat that were in the 150# class but they wouldn't touch a jig or anything. I wanted to get up on the troll for them but we were catching a mako every half hour so we stayed on the drift.

I've heard that same story a couple times. Tuna in the chumslick. That tells me something that some OC guys don't want to hear.

But I wouldn't want to be the 1st to suggest the Cword.

Bert

[snowranger]

Larry,
Sorry to hear about that. Yes that was us. I would love to see those pics! My email address is eschline@hotmail.com.

Bert, don't even think about it!! Just a few more weeks...

[Bert Rodgers]

Larry,
Sorry to hear about that. Yes that was us. I would love to see those pics! My email address is eschline@hotmail.com.

Bert, don't even think about it!! Just a few more weeks...

Just kidding.....................but if Dad asks me too I might. Tell you what though,if I do I'll run down to Lumpy.

Bert

[LONGFIN2]

I've heard that same story a couple times. Tuna in the chumslick. That tells me something that some OC guys don't want to hear.

But I wouldn't want to be the 1st to suggest the Cword.

Bert

They didn't come from the slick side or even go into the slick. They came from the upwind side. Wanted nothing to do with the slick so keep your butterfish in your pants boys

[Bert Rodgers]

They didn't come from the slick side or even go into the slick. They came from the upwind side. Wanted nothing to do with the slick so keep your butterfish in your pants boys

Bert