The Judge, Chunky, myself along with 2 total green horns teamed up with Holton in hopes of finding some early season meat fish. Got alittle bit of a late start but the ocean was forgiving and we had a fast, comfortable ride out. Had to drive around alot more than I wanted but I finally found the water I was looking for at 11:30.
Chunky and Holton were giving me a hard time by the lack of fish in the box when two rods went down. Pretty much non stop action from here on. Chunky and Holton ran the spread to perfection and our two green horns cranked them in. To have zero experience offshore FB and John did very well and did not make any rookie mistakes. I do think they are both sore this morning.
Hotbaits for the day were the LEHI sqwitch that boated our biggest tuna at 31 pounds 3 ounces and Full Pull Captain Ed baits.
Lines out at 4 and enjoyed a slick ride home.
10 blackfin
4 dolphin
1 wahoo
couple of reef donkeys that were released to destroy someone else’s bait another day.
Highlights:
Beautiful ocean, nice weather and a very fun crew.
Watching 2 guys that had never caught a blue water fish put a meat fish slam together on their maiden voyage.
Hearing John say in almost a disappointing voice “Aw, another tuna!?” We all laughed.
Just found a short video of this on dad’s camera.
Had 2 occasions with double knock downs and 1 occasion with a triple knockdown. The crew boated everyone. Very good job doing the cockpit dance and keeping them untangled.
Nice job, how big were the dolphinfushes? Looks like the cats will eat well.
Mark
Mako 262 Twin Yammaha F200s
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
Scoutin im not sure what happened to one of the tunas last night i think a cat got a hold of one of them all that was left was some soy sauce and wassabi on the deck of the boat!!
Nice job, how big were the dolphinfushes? Looks like the cats will eat well.
Mark
Mako 262 Twin Yammaha F200s
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
About average for this time of year. Nothing terribly exciting. We did let the smallest go to keep the fishing gods on our side.:wink:
Obsession give me a call anytime. I will let you know the next time we head out. If nothing else we can drink a beer on the back of our buddies new mezzanine.
JordanOnaYak, not sure what the spots are. Had them on a few of the tuna though.
Skinny if you have never fished with Chunky it is worth the price of admission, i have personally seen him gaff them in the head,tail,guts,eye socket,lips but never in the daisy chain i think S4G holds that title for that still.
Skinny if you have never fished with Chunky it is worth the price of admission, i have personally seen him gaff them in the head,tail,guts,eye socket,lips but never in the daisy chain i think S4G holds that title for that still.
You mean that you've actually fished with both Chunky and S4G at the same time?!?!? Wow! I don't know if I am willing to put myself through something like that! Those Claredon boys are a handful!!!
