For the fourth year in a row we were lucky and fortunate enough to place into some major money in one of the East Coast s Major Tournaments including a three year in a row run at the MidAtlantic putting us at over 1. 1 million in tuna winnings in 4 years. The Canyon Runner Team this year headed up by Capt. Deane Lambros at the helm of our 48 Viking - enjoyed another very fun, very eventful and very successful week at the MidAtlantic Tournament. You can bet we ll have both Canyon Runner boats back in the 25th Anniversary MidAtlantic next year. In the end, this was a huge team effort as it extended well beyond the 4 crew members on the boat in particular Capt. Phil Dulanie and Carl Geiger have to be mentioned as with 2 boats running full time it takes all of our guys to keep the boats and the tackle in tip top shape.

Phil Dulanie, with Kevin Muller and Craig Angelini put together a solid trip with the John Lindal charter fishing Monday for only 8 hours on the troll they nailed 5 big-eyes out of 8 hooked in total, 5 longfin a bunch of mahi. Craig Angelini, Kevin Muller and Evan Millas the end of last week and a handful of yellowfin. Even Capt. Deane Lambros and Adam LaRosa got into the mix while blue marlin fishing (pre-fishing for the Blue Marlin World Cup Thursday).

As mentioned below the Canyon Runner Dredge was a big hit with the big-eyes last night. The side of the boat with the white dredge had all 5 bites and they even switched sides once and only trolled one dredge for a while while cleaning up and all bites came on the dredge side with the white dredge. The 48 Viking with Capt. Evan Millias and Kevin Muller had a big-eye of their own and added a few very nice yellowfin and mahi to round out there trip. That's 18 big-eyes for June - 8 more than we ever did before in any year. We are hoping to go back out tomorrow if the winds slack off overnight so hopefully the fish are still there.

Both charters were happy but boy would we have loved to stay as the big-eyes are going to snap tonight. Anyway - I guess the happiest charter was Dr. John Bednar as Capt. Phil Dulanie, Craig Angelini and Evan Millas put him on two nice big-eyes as part of a double header - the bigger one below is 71 and probably wieghed 200-210.

3 more big-eyes in the boat tonight for the two boats and they are still up on the troll. 8 for Capt. Deane Lambros and Evan Milas. 50 50 we get back out tomorrow but looks like Thursday to Saturday is good weather so hopefully a few more will come our way with some luck. Canyon Runner Margarita Bars (Yellowfin Mini-Green Machine Bars) and Reel Seat White Glow mini-green machines bars are doing a number on the fish in the last few days. Both boats caught about 20 yellowfin today too - half decent size half rats.