That s how I missed a very impressive bluefin tuna catch that Nick made last month when he was fishing with Capt. Brien Keating on Defiance and a 180-pound bluefin hit a Savage lure cast on a Shimano Sragrossa 10000. Fighting a tuna that size in our area is a better deal for the angler, as it will surely stay down, but the deepest water during the Nick s epic battle was only 250 feet.
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It turned out to be a day of negative firsts in my northern fishing career as I watched big sharks strike poppers and witnessed carnage by them on hooked tuna that I only previously saw in tropical areas. At our first stop, Lou Grazioso jigged an under bluefin, and I lost one after a few secnds, while Chuck Many had a blast on his popper that turned out to be a big dusky or brown shark after a tough fight on spinning tackle.
Made our way offshore and Mike landed his first tuna ever, lost a few more and bite was a very slow pick landing some short unders. After that did some sharking with Mike landing a 100lb Hammerhead.
Yet on June 29 last year I caught two in the Bay Head surf, along with eight small blues, to finally broke the ice with them in the N. J. surf at an unprecedented time of year. Allen Riley made his first surf trip in some time, and tried a bit south of Sandy Hook yesterday morning.
Lots of looking around till you can find a patch of fish you can stay with for awhile. Everyday has been a new challenge to find the keepers, but we are finding some!!
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