The next bite was a blue marlin under the same sceanario missed the long bridge rod on the first shot Capt. Mark dropped back the bait and the fight was on. While today s blue was caught on a ballyhoo 3 of them have been caught on new Canyon Runner lures we ve been field testing and will introduce this winter they seem to be working just fine.
Trolling all day was a slow pick with a nice bite just before dark and they ended the afternoon with 7 yellowfin in the box. They picked a few on the chunk and a few in the morning troll to end the trip with 13 yellowfin they tagged and released 4 keeping only 9 for the table.
Working that area into the dark they nailed 2 more yellowfin at 9 30pm on the troll and immediately set up there for the night. The night bite produced 9 yellowfin on the chunk and the morning bite produced another single for a total of 16.
The Peter Schoels charter was on the Ritchie Howell and finished up at 4pm with 25 yellowfin and the 375-400 pound blue marlin not to mention a white marlin as well. Our normal patter of 4 Canyon Runner Spreader Bars and tons of ballyhoo and big single lures is all we are putting out but there is not much thought to it with 69 total yellowfin to our credit for the day and probably close to 90 hooked.
They finished up the afternoon troll tagging and releasing yellowfin with a total of 24 fish with many tagged and released. They trolled fish all morning actually running away from yellowfin that were feeding on the surface to look for a big-eye.
Ok they are not true giants but they were great fish for a total of 20 minutes trolling on our way to the canyon. They arrived at the Bluefin grounds by the Chicken Canyon and once finding the life put out the lines and within 10 minutes of trolling had a bite on the way back ballyhoo.
Trolling with Derrick s two sons and their friend (9 year olds and 11 year olds) we had fun with mahi and a nice yellowfin very quickly to get the kids settled in but then they really got to experience offshore fishing. The morning boat saw another couple mahi but no other tuna.
The night was again uneventful but the morning was far from that. Trolling from 4 30am to 9am they boated another 11 yellowfin and tagged and released 2 for a total of 16 yellowfin in the 40-70 pound class.
With the Pete Guaditis charter on the boat, Capt. Phil Dulanie, Capt. Mike Zajac and Capt. Hook headed to the Hudson Canyon for a one-day trolling trip. With the charter more than happy with that many tuna they released another for a total of 15 and then put out some bigger lures Capt. Hook brought back from his 8 years in Kauai, Hawaii it worked.
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