Widowmaker - Scallop Boat Bruiser Bluefin...8-22-08

[MAKO19]

We have been having some really kick a$$ Bluefin fishing lately with a lot of variety of techniques working to put these bad boys in the boat. Last week we had success trolling these fish behind scallop boats, chunking the lumps in 30 fathoms and our last trip took us to the vicinity of the Elephant Trunk for some scallop boat fishing.

Our last trip took us to the Elephants Trunk in search of Yellowfin, Wahoo, and Dolphin on the troll with My Dad, Geno, Marco, and myself. After searching around the tip we made our way down the East Wall with little life around we spotted a fleet of Scallop boats in the distance and made our way that direction. We trolled unsuccessfully around the boats and switched up to using the fresh guts we got off one of the boats. It had to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen when the Scallop guys were lowering down guts to us I seen at least a 100 pound Bluefin rip across the surface eating the scraps flowing out of this boat ! What a cool sight!!! After setting up on the drift right next to the boat I hooked up the first fish of the day which Marco fought for well over an hour before we broke him off . We ran back up to the boat and had another fish on in a matter of minutes which we fought for a while until a giant tiger shark bit the tail off. He didn't get any of the meat and we were able to get the fish in the boat. After that it was all catch and release since there were no fish under 47" under that boat. We released 2 more fish to about 150# before everyones arms were too tired to reel anymore in. The last fish of the day which was by far the biggest was getting followed to the boat by at least a 500# tiger shark. As the tuna was making his turns the shark was hot on his tail. Not wanting to harm him or get him eaten by the shark we cranked up on the drag and got him to the boat for a quick release where he then left the tiger in his dust !!!!

What a great vacation week it was!!! I have some pics and videos of the last trip that I will post later on. Here are some pics of our chunking trip last Monday.

[LadyAngler]

Great pics and awesome report!!! Can't wait to see the video!

[hubris 1]

looks great.....and dont get me wrong BUT!!!!!!!!! whats with the finger thing? for the life of me i dont get that. what the f does that even mean? do that to your boss and see what it gets you, then call me. really.........great pictures but the stupid finger thing is young, stupid, lame, and.........real women think its a sign of stupidity! now that i got that off my chest, great trip.

[laxkeeper29]

lreal women think its a sign of stupidity!

That can't be true because no one actually knows what real women think And yeah, it sounds like you had a great trip, sweet pics too

[Contender27]

Hubris why would you say something mean to these guys. They are kind enough to post their report and pics and you have to chime in with some negativity.

[gman]

nice report and what does it matter what his hand signals are if he is having fun and catching fish? Hang loose? Im cool? secret sign to his college friends?? doesn't matter I highly doubt at that point he was trying to impress anyone including his boss or girl

Great report

[hubris 1]

hey, go back and read what i wrote..........if your gonna express yourself, at least be able to explain what you mean. perhaps im too old to get it. help me understand things that make no sense. thats all. i think you should at least own what you do and who you are. if that isnt possible then maybe im right. it makes no sense. nice fish though.

[MAKO19]

Thanks to all who posted the positive comments!

hey, go back and read what i wrote..........if your gonna express yourself, at least be able to explain what you mean. perhaps im too old to get it. help me understand things that make no sense. thats all. i think you should at least own what you do and who you are. if that isnt possible then maybe im right. it makes no sense. nice fish though.

As far as what you said, I really didn't think there were that many haters on here than there is on the other site. Anyway, I am used to dealing with it, no big deal. From what I understand Ronnie James Dio a famous Rock singer from back in the day started doing that at his shows and it just caught on as something to do when your rocking out at a concert. It is referred to as the "devil horns" and has been a popular heavy metal symbol ever since. We were just real excited when fighting this fish and it just came out in the heat of the moment.

Take another look at the picture and insert these words, "Rock N Roll man we are hooked up again waaaaaahhhooooo!!!!"

[fountain-boy]

personally i dont care what the hand sign means. i thinks its f'ed up that someone would chime in like that and make an awesome report into another bashing thread. i think the next fish the guy catched he should pull down his pants and moon you in the pic while his rod is doubled over!!!!!!!

[Capt-D]

The man is a douche. Ignore him and move on...

Great report man glad to see ya got on them!

-D