The good news is that the Tuna showed up last week with a
vengeance!! One of the guys made it to the new spot Tuesday and was rewarded
with 7 Yellowfin! Thursday some of the boats made it out in really nasty seas
but still got the Tuna. Friday was the day. Warm flat calm waters brought lots
of Tuna. Peace had the best day with 7 Yellows…. one weighing as much as 190lbs.
The other boats had 3 to 5 Yellows weighing in at 100 -150lbs. The high point of
this report is a 731 lb. catch of the day by that James Peters. Good job
James!!
The bad news came Saturday with a different story. With a
powerful cold front on its way dropped the pressure and drove the Tuna to vacate
the area. Josh Howard had the only Yellowfin of the day. A couple more pulled
hooks and broke off 150lb at the side of the boat as the first bait was sent
down. On a better note, we still had none-stop action with Kings and Bonita.
My crew finally realized that the tuna had no plans to show
up and decided to make the best of things, so they got the spinning rods out and
started throwing poppers. The Kings really put on a show!! Some of them were
coming out of the water 20 feet!
We stopped on the way back home and grabbed our Amberjacks
and went back to the house.
I think that the Tuna will turn back our way once we get some
warm weather and higher pressure for a few consecutive days.
The Tuna fishing is still hit or miss but if you hit it on
the right day you'll be VERY GLAD you were there!
I forgot to mention that there was a 798 lb. Mako weighed in
on Saturday. Sunday due to high 30 knot winds we decided not to fish.
I have this Friday and Sunday open if anyone wants to give it
a try.
God bless!
Capt Jerry
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