PTN
07-14-2014, 04:30 PM
I was invited out by Jonathan (ToadsOnly) to hop on a private overnight charter on the Pride out at Seaforth Landing. :Fishing Hole: The boat was full at first but then some spots opened up and Arthur (Wingnut) told me to get on. I got down to the port around 730pm and there were a couple of guys I recognized that I didn’t expect that were on the boat too. Mikey (exfactor), Robert (Murrieta Angler), Tre (Robert’s son), and JerryG were standing around talking. :Cool: I saw my friend Jim, who has taught me a lot about kayak fishing, with Danny. Jonathan and his buddies, Jimmy and Eric, were eating. We killed some time waiting for Arthur, Binh, Sohka, and couple of other guys. Introductions were followed up and on the boat we went.:Titanic:
There were 18 anglers total. We set out to sea and the water was choppy and I think most of us got a little sea sick that night and slept early. :Embarrassed: There was a fireworks show by Sea World and Jonathan pretended he used some of our money to entertain us. :LOL: Next morning, we get to a spot and everyone was already up while I was barely hopping out of the bunks. This was my first tuna trip and everyone was giving me a good ribbing about eating a heart the night before. There were 5 other guys who would join me as well. The captain and the crew advised us to fish fly-lined sardines on 30lb/40lb fluoro top shot. We were lucky to have sardines since we heard we would be fishing anchovies before. The captain and crew were spot on about the gear we needed. The spot didn’t produce and the captain decides move to another spot. This is when my fate was sealed to keep the tradition of catching your first tuna.:Twisted:
The first batch of anglers hooked up which was about 4 or 5 guys. I watched how the guys fished their baits and was hoping I’d be lucky enough to hook one. I think about 1 of out 5 guys got their fish on deck and the captain was pissed and told us to fish harder. Soon after, the hook ups really start to happen and we had as many as 7 anglers hooked up at once. These blue fin tunas were flying over the rails and pure chaos ensued. Guys would be chasing their fish around the boat and the crew was jumping around the boat trying to gaff and untangle lines. I can’t say more than enough about the crew (Captain Dave, Cody, Ricky, and Aaron) went beyond and they definitely were working their asses off. They got us untangled quickly and we might have not lost any fish due to tangles but rather just equipment failure or knot failures. I still couldn’t get my first tuna so I decided to drop my fluoro leader down to 30lbs. JerryG saw my 30lb setup and said my leader wasn’t long enough so he generously tied on some of his 30lb seaguar line for me. He says “you’ll definitely catch one now”. Arthur and Jerry caught their first few tunas and sat on the sideline chatting and taking pictures. 90% of all the photos were taken by Wingnut. Jerry was right and I finally got my first tuna on the line. Arthur followed me around the boat the entire time taking pictures. He did the same thing when Binh and Sokha got their first Tuna too. It took me 30 minutes to finally get this speed machine on the deck. My forearms were killing me. Some of the vets already had 3 or 4 tunas on board! This was the hot spot of the day and we picked off about 60+ BFT’s. All the vets got their fish on and were helping all the first-timers get theirs. Arthur handed off about 4 fish to Sohka and he landed only 1 out of 4. He kept teasing Sohka and even said “I tied that hook on myself, just to let you know”. Of course he loses the fish because the hook came off:ROFL:. Arthur and Jonathan were mercilessly teasing Sohka until he finally landed his first Tuna. My line gets cut and I tied on the Lucky Craft 30lb fluoro to see how well it held up. I was 3 of 3 on BFT’s. They were in the range of 25-30lbs. Some guys weren’t lucky enough and lost a bunch of fish and we lost many, many fish. There were some 40 pounders that made it onto the boat too. :Envious:
The guys started to change up tactics to see if they could entice a tuna to bite some odd rigs I’ve never seen. Mikey was notorious for this, but his old school ways humbled all of us as he was pulling in fish after fish. He even dropped down to 15lb line and got it to the boat.:Worship: . At one point Mikey didn't want to wait for the gaff and he was bouncing Tuna on board. :Shocked: We joked around at one point to wear some surf waders and bring the surf gear out next time. The bite was wide open and even had a kelp paddy drift next to us at one point. Some guys caught some yellowtail as it passed by.
Robert started to be the Troll King with his Xrap and picked up a bunch of yellowfin tunas. Deckhand Cory had me hold a pole with a plastic swimbait on it. Arthur and Robert decided to mess with me and bump the back of the pole making me think there was a fish biting at the bait. Oldest trick in the book and I fell hard for it…:Rolls Eyes::Embarrassed:
We came to the last stop of the day and the bite was wide open on YFT’s. When it finally slowed down, the Captain decided that it was ok to troll some lures even though it was getting late. Of course, the epic bite picked up and all 4 trolling lures got bit and people started throwing baits out and we just couldn’t leave the fish biting. The captain and the crew were gracious and generous enough to let us get our last ounce of energy to fish and we called it a session finally.
I appreciate all the help I got from everyone and the crew. Thank you to everyone and I’m glad I was lucky enough to be on this trip and fulfill one of my bucketlist items. There was so much more I would like to talk about this trip but I think I wrote enough that anybody would want to read. Enjoy the pictures as it has a story-telling of its own.
Hope to see you all again at the HG6 Surf Fishing Event on September 27th.
(Photo credits to Arthur) :Thumbs Up:
JerryG and myself.
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Binh, Mikey, Arthur and Sokha.
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Wingnut and ToadsOnly.
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Tre and Robert
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Arthur & Robert
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The fireworks went off as we were leaving, must be a good sign.
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The Pen.
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1st hook up for Binh.
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Binh (BadBeat) First ever Tuna! :Applause:
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He's just a little happy, lol
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Getting ready to gaff JerryG's Tuna.
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Commander Wingnut's first of 6 Tuna for the day.
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Danny on a Bluefin.
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Nice fish!
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Danny with another one.
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Hong on a fish
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I'm getting worked at the rail! :LOL:
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My 1st ever Tuna. :Big Grin:
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I looked a little dazed, lol
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Wingnut spent more time taking photos than fishing... But still managed to catch some nice fish!
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Mikey (Exfactor) aka Yoda.
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Sokha hooking up... again... he lost at least 5 fish! :mad:
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Mikey telling Sokha "Stand up straight soldier!" :Big Smile:
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There were 18 anglers total. We set out to sea and the water was choppy and I think most of us got a little sea sick that night and slept early. :Embarrassed: There was a fireworks show by Sea World and Jonathan pretended he used some of our money to entertain us. :LOL: Next morning, we get to a spot and everyone was already up while I was barely hopping out of the bunks. This was my first tuna trip and everyone was giving me a good ribbing about eating a heart the night before. There were 5 other guys who would join me as well. The captain and the crew advised us to fish fly-lined sardines on 30lb/40lb fluoro top shot. We were lucky to have sardines since we heard we would be fishing anchovies before. The captain and crew were spot on about the gear we needed. The spot didn’t produce and the captain decides move to another spot. This is when my fate was sealed to keep the tradition of catching your first tuna.:Twisted:
The first batch of anglers hooked up which was about 4 or 5 guys. I watched how the guys fished their baits and was hoping I’d be lucky enough to hook one. I think about 1 of out 5 guys got their fish on deck and the captain was pissed and told us to fish harder. Soon after, the hook ups really start to happen and we had as many as 7 anglers hooked up at once. These blue fin tunas were flying over the rails and pure chaos ensued. Guys would be chasing their fish around the boat and the crew was jumping around the boat trying to gaff and untangle lines. I can’t say more than enough about the crew (Captain Dave, Cody, Ricky, and Aaron) went beyond and they definitely were working their asses off. They got us untangled quickly and we might have not lost any fish due to tangles but rather just equipment failure or knot failures. I still couldn’t get my first tuna so I decided to drop my fluoro leader down to 30lbs. JerryG saw my 30lb setup and said my leader wasn’t long enough so he generously tied on some of his 30lb seaguar line for me. He says “you’ll definitely catch one now”. Arthur and Jerry caught their first few tunas and sat on the sideline chatting and taking pictures. 90% of all the photos were taken by Wingnut. Jerry was right and I finally got my first tuna on the line. Arthur followed me around the boat the entire time taking pictures. He did the same thing when Binh and Sokha got their first Tuna too. It took me 30 minutes to finally get this speed machine on the deck. My forearms were killing me. Some of the vets already had 3 or 4 tunas on board! This was the hot spot of the day and we picked off about 60+ BFT’s. All the vets got their fish on and were helping all the first-timers get theirs. Arthur handed off about 4 fish to Sohka and he landed only 1 out of 4. He kept teasing Sohka and even said “I tied that hook on myself, just to let you know”. Of course he loses the fish because the hook came off:ROFL:. Arthur and Jonathan were mercilessly teasing Sohka until he finally landed his first Tuna. My line gets cut and I tied on the Lucky Craft 30lb fluoro to see how well it held up. I was 3 of 3 on BFT’s. They were in the range of 25-30lbs. Some guys weren’t lucky enough and lost a bunch of fish and we lost many, many fish. There were some 40 pounders that made it onto the boat too. :Envious:
The guys started to change up tactics to see if they could entice a tuna to bite some odd rigs I’ve never seen. Mikey was notorious for this, but his old school ways humbled all of us as he was pulling in fish after fish. He even dropped down to 15lb line and got it to the boat.:Worship: . At one point Mikey didn't want to wait for the gaff and he was bouncing Tuna on board. :Shocked: We joked around at one point to wear some surf waders and bring the surf gear out next time. The bite was wide open and even had a kelp paddy drift next to us at one point. Some guys caught some yellowtail as it passed by.
Robert started to be the Troll King with his Xrap and picked up a bunch of yellowfin tunas. Deckhand Cory had me hold a pole with a plastic swimbait on it. Arthur and Robert decided to mess with me and bump the back of the pole making me think there was a fish biting at the bait. Oldest trick in the book and I fell hard for it…:Rolls Eyes::Embarrassed:
We came to the last stop of the day and the bite was wide open on YFT’s. When it finally slowed down, the Captain decided that it was ok to troll some lures even though it was getting late. Of course, the epic bite picked up and all 4 trolling lures got bit and people started throwing baits out and we just couldn’t leave the fish biting. The captain and the crew were gracious and generous enough to let us get our last ounce of energy to fish and we called it a session finally.
I appreciate all the help I got from everyone and the crew. Thank you to everyone and I’m glad I was lucky enough to be on this trip and fulfill one of my bucketlist items. There was so much more I would like to talk about this trip but I think I wrote enough that anybody would want to read. Enjoy the pictures as it has a story-telling of its own.
Hope to see you all again at the HG6 Surf Fishing Event on September 27th.
(Photo credits to Arthur) :Thumbs Up:
JerryG and myself.
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Binh, Mikey, Arthur and Sokha.
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Wingnut and ToadsOnly.
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Tre and Robert
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Arthur & Robert
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The fireworks went off as we were leaving, must be a good sign.
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The Pen.
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1st hook up for Binh.
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Binh (BadBeat) First ever Tuna! :Applause:
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He's just a little happy, lol
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Getting ready to gaff JerryG's Tuna.
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Commander Wingnut's first of 6 Tuna for the day.
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Danny on a Bluefin.
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Nice fish!
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Danny with another one.
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Hong on a fish
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I'm getting worked at the rail! :LOL:
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My 1st ever Tuna. :Big Grin:
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I looked a little dazed, lol
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Wingnut spent more time taking photos than fishing... But still managed to catch some nice fish!
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Mikey (Exfactor) aka Yoda.
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Sokha hooking up... again... he lost at least 5 fish! :mad:
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Mikey telling Sokha "Stand up straight soldier!" :Big Smile:
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