Late albacore/yellowtail report (Pics added)
Well last weekend we had our annual men's fishing trip for our church. We had chartered our usual boat the Mustang out of H&M landing. The boat left the dock at 9:00 Friday and we headed for the tuna grounds. Our bait consisted of some large sardines and anchovies. At daybreak we set out the trolling rigs as Captain Wayne looked for kelp paddies. It wasn't long before he spotted one. We set up for the drift and it wasn't long before yours truly was the first to be bit which resulted in a nice yellowtail. We continued paddy hopping and picking up a couple of yellows here and there until Captain Wayne metered a school and set up a chum line. Several of us got bit. I hooked up using a large sardine and since my son had never caught a pelagic before I handed the rod to him. He did a fine job and the result was his first albacore which weighed in at 24 lbs. It would have been a contender for the jackpot but since it was a hand off it was disqualified. Oh well the smile on his face is worth it. We ended with 10 yellows, 4 bonito,and 10 albacore (for the boat). The deck hand said that the albacore were some of the first caught on bait instead of the troll this year. I will try to add some pics later.
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