greg
09-26-2009, 11:08 PM
At the last minute, jumped on the Grande since all the other 1.5 day trips were sold out by 2 am on Wednesday, 9/23. :Rolls Eyes: Left with 36 passengers (:Shocked:). We returned with full limits of YFT (8-15 pounds), 9 fat albies (30-35 pounds), some dorado and dink yellowtails. :Big Grin: I picked my limit of YFT and 2 of those albies - one would have been the jackpot but it was caught on the troll and the second fish in the JP. :Razz: The JP winnner was a real jerk - sticking his hand in the bait wells when he was 3 or 4 passengers back from the bait tank, casting over people then sqeezing his way in to fish, yelling at the others when he lost his fish, etc. Plus he gave a $10 tip with his $300+ JP in his pocket. Most of those albies were caught with a big 'dine on the slide. Dealt with thick fog in the morning but that cleared up. The water was flat with the Santa Anas blowing back home. :Cool: There were some huge kelp 85 miles below Pt Loma. We had big and small 'dines for bait. When the bite turned to a plunker bite, 20 or 25 pound fluorocarbon leader with size 2 hook and small baits got the tuna. :Secret: Some passengers never been out tuna fishing before - dropping their bait in the water (on the wrong side of the boat) stripping line off the reel then getting in big tangles. :Evil: Some were seasoned fisherman, able to untangle them selves without the crew jumping in (they were too busy with the newbies). :Wink: Food was decent. I may jump back on again in 2 weeks...