First and foremost we want to extend out heartfelt thanks to all of our Military Personal and in particular out Veteran's. We don't look at Memorial Day weekend as a 3 day holiday - it's a lot more than that. Thank you all who have served our great Nation!
As for the fishing - as good as it gets really for any time of year – but flat out outstanding for the end of May. Trips from Wednesday through Sunday on both Canyon Runner boats saw double digit catches of 35-65 pound tuna.
Capt. Deane Lambros with second Capt. Kevin Muller working the pit found great action on the troll right at home base – the Hudson Canyon - during 3 overnighters with the Barry Simpson charter, the Anthony Bencivenga (and 8 year daughter Lily) charter from Marlboro, NJ and the Saturday/Sunday charter - Capt. Craig Angelini worked. Capt. Phil Dulanie got in on the action with the Pat Cuozzo charter as well.
Trolling was the way it used to be with the “old stuff” catching almost everything. White Canyon Runner Squid Bars 9” and blue silver Canyon Runner mini-mambas bars accounted for most of the strikes but a lot of the fish came on ballyhoo as well. Joe Shute and Ilanders over the ballyhoo was the key – mostly white and white/blue. The fish were mostly in 500-700 feet of 63-64 degree water although a few were caught in cooler water. Perhaps best of all is not what we caught but what one of our Canyon Runner Fishing Report Members caught there on Monday – YELLOWFIN!
Details from the first three trips are below. Our finally trip of the stretch was with the Alan Freedman charter and they had the best of it Saturday to Sunday nailing 17 bluefin out of 25 hooked up in just 4 hours of trolling Saturday. After that they went looking for warmer water and a place to set up for makos. When they did finally stop the sharking was second to none with over a dozen sharks, mostly blue sharks plus a tiger and finally right at first light a 175 pound mako. The morning troll really was just to clean up the cockpit and get ready for the ride home.
Folks – it’s flat out as good of early season tuna action you can expect as it’s only May 31 and we’ve already caught over 70 tuna in 5 trips. So get your boats ready, get your tackle ready or call for a charter and get your crew ready – it’s game on!
Below are some shots from Sunday - hope you enjoy.