bayfisher86
08-26-2009, 04:27 PM
A Deckhands account of the day(my day off):
With no reservations at 5pm we didnt think we would make it out, but 15 eager anglers showed up.Captain Kalen gave everyone a speech on the game plan and that was we had no trip tuesday night so we were goin LONG and this trip would most like be a day and a half.with no extra fuel surcharge our passengers were stoked(and nervous too haha) with everyone ready to go we loaded the boat everyone rigged up found a bunk and fell asleep.We woke our passengers at 6am approximately 95miles offshore.with only one skipjack to show for our efforts by 10am everyone got nervous. one yellowfin on bait about an hour later our hopes grew..over 100miles offshore by 2pm we spotted a large school of free swimming Dorado."BRAIL IT BRAIL IT" came over the loudspeaker and Chad brailed heavy..our free swimming Dorado instantly turned into a foamer of 30-40lb yellowfin in the corner.with no dorado to be caught we "settled" for the tuna. i made a perfect cast into the corner and i was bit on 20#.. fish nearly spooled me on a 229...had i known the grade of the fish the 20# woulda been in the rack..ooopps! 6 or 7 trips around the boat and an hour an 20minutes later..as i watched tuna after tuna hit the deck...Kalen and Chris finally stuck a gaff in my fish..over the rail she came and i was wiped...with my fish easily pushing 60+lbs i stood back and watchd the mayhem as fish blew up on the skip jig, live bait, and even dead bait tossed in the corner.....after 2 and a half hours and way too many casualities to count we had deck 19 big yellowfin. out of bait and everyone exhausted we made the 10 hr ride home...all in US Waters.this grade of yellowfin was the best ive ever seen. Guys the Thunderbird is back at Daveys Locker and better then ever! Come fish with me, Chris, Chad, Mikey, Kalen, and Joel.
http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/vv304/fearnofish86/S4010305.jpg
With no reservations at 5pm we didnt think we would make it out, but 15 eager anglers showed up.Captain Kalen gave everyone a speech on the game plan and that was we had no trip tuesday night so we were goin LONG and this trip would most like be a day and a half.with no extra fuel surcharge our passengers were stoked(and nervous too haha) with everyone ready to go we loaded the boat everyone rigged up found a bunk and fell asleep.We woke our passengers at 6am approximately 95miles offshore.with only one skipjack to show for our efforts by 10am everyone got nervous. one yellowfin on bait about an hour later our hopes grew..over 100miles offshore by 2pm we spotted a large school of free swimming Dorado."BRAIL IT BRAIL IT" came over the loudspeaker and Chad brailed heavy..our free swimming Dorado instantly turned into a foamer of 30-40lb yellowfin in the corner.with no dorado to be caught we "settled" for the tuna. i made a perfect cast into the corner and i was bit on 20#.. fish nearly spooled me on a 229...had i known the grade of the fish the 20# woulda been in the rack..ooopps! 6 or 7 trips around the boat and an hour an 20minutes later..as i watched tuna after tuna hit the deck...Kalen and Chris finally stuck a gaff in my fish..over the rail she came and i was wiped...with my fish easily pushing 60+lbs i stood back and watchd the mayhem as fish blew up on the skip jig, live bait, and even dead bait tossed in the corner.....after 2 and a half hours and way too many casualities to count we had deck 19 big yellowfin. out of bait and everyone exhausted we made the 10 hr ride home...all in US Waters.this grade of yellowfin was the best ive ever seen. Guys the Thunderbird is back at Daveys Locker and better then ever! Come fish with me, Chris, Chad, Mikey, Kalen, and Joel.
http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/vv304/fearnofish86/S4010305.jpg