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We have started to run a special trip off shore in addition to the day troll and 24 hr overnighter we have always had. We leave late in the afternoon, run off, and chunk all night. Then, run in just after daybreak. We are at the dock by 10:30. Yesterday, after I heard the report, we ran this trip. Good idea! I spoke to Len Belcaro on the sat phone as we ran off and he mentioned that there seemed to be an edge of warm water that extended from the Lindy to the Baltimore. Sounded good to me so we went looking for the edge and found it 13 miles inshore of the edge. We had a 4 degree jump but I pushed off hoping to find even warmer water. Good move. I did not find any warmer water but i did find the YFT and they were very hungry. There was a swell but only 10 kts of wind and the night was beautiful. We had our 1st bite at 11:30 on a jig and caught him. Then the jigs did not work untill 3:30 but the bait sure did. We used Sardines until the squid overran us, then went to live and dead squid. For the rest of the night with 1- 45 minute lull, we hammered them. We fished until about 6 A.M. and we kept 10 and released 16 more between 60 and 80 lbs. Most were on bait down 0- 100 ft with about a 2 oz weight but we did catch some on jigs as well. It got a bit hectic at times.
Bloody but still catching- They came so fast that at times we could not keep up.
Capt Bob and I were very busy making sure that the chumchucker had chunks and collaring tuna. At times we had 2 or more on. We could have caught more but at 3:00 A.M., I stopped fishing bait and the guys just jigged them. I have not seen the sign on the ff like it was this whole season.I would say that we probably had 40+ shots and the guys had a ball.We were blessed with good anglers who actually knew what they were doing and they had a ball catching and releasing these fine fish.
By the way, I do have a couple of dates open for anyone who would like to put together a group and beat up on these tuna.
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