TEAM 57 on board the Condor!
July 19 I jumped on the Condor (Fisherman's landing) for a 1.5 dayer.
Accompanying me were 7 guys from Arizona, some of which were totally
new to fishing, and others had never tuna-fished before.
I brought a total of 12 tuna setups for these guys, which was a particular pain in the butt the week prior as I had to get a few re-spooled and lubed up (some of these setups had not seen action in a very long time), and made a hook & weight packet for everyone except my buddy Scott (whom some of you on FNN have fished with before).
All in all it was a tough tuna bite for our boat.
90% of the fish came by way of jig-troll strikes. We ended up with only 23 passengers, but had a final albie count of approx 33, and a smattering of bluefin, yellowfin and a quick one time flurry of baby dorados. Everyone on the boat got at least one fish, which was nice.
I had a great time throughout the day coaching by buddy's father-in-law and father during the trip, in a desperate attempt to get them to experience a live-bait fish, as opposed to a jig fish. I fished a bit toward the end, and never got a strike at all on the yo-yo despite changing up colors and what-not.
I ended up with one solid albie on the slide with my new Kencor 800QNZ
setup w/Avet SX (Thank you Kencor pro-staff for introducing this to
me and for the hookup!!). Jackpot was a monsterous 46lber (on the
digi), and quite a few other jig fish in the 40s. I'm not so sure fluoro
would have made a difference on this trip, as nearly all bait fish were on the slide.
The usual colors worked for the jig-troll (but keep them jigs smallish), and as far as fishing the slide (which this boat encourages, unlike some others!!) the usual albie colors worked....though I did see one guy nail one on a bright green & red 6 inch plastic.
I would heartily reccomend the Condor, as the captain (Scott Meisel)
and his crew are truly professionals that embrace the concept of
friendly "customer service", and leave the tired old "macho crap" to other
boats in the fleet. I always reserve staterooms where possible, and
while their stateroom is a bit small, the advantage is that it is above deck
and super convenient to access during the day.
Hopefully ya'll out there get a better shot at the BFT and YFT than I
did this week. I think I won't be out in the big blue until Aug 16
weekend.
Bluefin "Dan": it was a pleasure fishing with you! See you around!
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Originally Posted by sansou
We should fish together sometime Rich..........OFG
