Yellowfin Thursday

[29topaz]

Fished North of Veatch Canyon(14080/43389) on Thursday. I had been watching this warm eddy for a while and since most of the other reports from the edge were not that great we decided to make the longer run and give it a shot. Not having any reports from this area we knew it was a risk. Found the temperature break and it went from 66 to 74 degrees in less than a mile. Worked this edge for a while but there were no signs of life, so we continued to the south west looking for the western edge. About 5 miles in we found some hi-flyers with a bunch of mahi and immediately hooked up with a couple. While we were fighting the mahi a nice yellow hopped on, #1 in the boat for the day and I can breathe a bit easier now. Next we found some porpoises and picked up another yellow. Continued to hammer the area and found more and more signs of life. The hi-flyers had bait, nice rip lines and another 1 degree temp break. Birds were now working so there was no reason to look much further. Final tally for the day was 6 yellowfin to 60 lbs, a bunch of mahi and skipjack, 1 wahoo cut-off, 1 blue marlin chaffe off and a few dropped fish. All the fish came within a 2 mile radius of each other. Like they say never leave fish to find fish...
PS. It really pissed off the crew LOL, when I came out of the tower to work the cockpit for a while. As soon as I moved the pattern around the next strike was a double, followed by triple.. They say it was SH#T LUCK.. I said it was skill
We also had a hitchhiker on the trip back. Check out the last picture. Worked this guy so hard that he couldnt keep his eyes open even while the rest of the guys were fishing(background). I guess this gives a new meaning to the old saying that "Fishin' is for the Birds".

[Let It Ride]

Good trip and nice pics. How far is Veatches from your dock? I'm out of NIantic and have thought about making the trip. I have the fuel capacity, but would be cutting a bit cloer than I like too.

Mike

[WAHOONBOX]

ANOTHER GREAT AND WELL DEFINITIVE REPORT....GREAT LINGO,PICS, ETC AS USUAL.........
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I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT KNOWING BUT ARE YOU A CHARTER? OR ARE YOU JUST LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO AND GO AND GO!!!

YOU SIR OBVIOUSLY HAVE YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!

[chumtini]

Hey Topaz, looks like it was FAC out there. Great way to break in the 1st day of Fall!! I was just looking at the sats and see the eddy your were watching. As of yesterday, it was still there and drifting west (and closer). Good call. Lucky, lucky Good job!!

Ride, I'm out of Falmouth, Cape Cod and Veatch is a haul (~130 mi). I doubt RI is any closer. According to the loran #s in his report, Topaz was about 20-25 mi N of the canyon (40 16'N/69 41'W) between the canyon and the shipping lanes. That's still a haul.

[Let It Ride]

Thanks for the info Chum. I think my best bet is to make it a multiple day event with an overnight up you way for fuel and rest. With gas prices the way they are I think I'll wait til next year and hope they come down some. Thanks again.

Mike

[29topaz]

Marty,
Thanks for the kind words and compliments, they are much appreciated!!
To answer your question; yes and yes.
I do charter but unfortunately the economics dont work for me to be able to make a full time gig out of it. I am lucky enough though to have a flexible work schedule that allows me to go and go and go!!!!
Here is a screenshot of the watertemps for that day.

[chumtini]

Marty, WE ALL HAVE JOBs like that up here. Especially this time of year. The contractual words in the hiring contract are "if you have a boat that runs, you may take non consecutive days off as long as you invite your boss LOL.

Topaz, I found the orginal pic... hahaha

[74Formula233]

Good trip and nice pics. How far is Veatches from your dock? I'm out of NIantic and have thought about making the trip. I have the fuel capacity, but would be cutting a bit cloer than I like too.

Mike

Sweet trip, 29! That's a nice catch, makes the run worth it!

Mike, did you get yourself another boat? Do tell