The got there early enought to put out the trolling rods and went 3 for 3 and 2 for 2 on nice longfin that ate Canyon Runner Squid Bars and Melton Cherry Jets and zuchini tuna clones. They decided to set up just on the edge on the hook and they immediately got the fish going on the chunk.
They found it late and anchored in 610 feet of 71 degree water. They fought that first big-eye for 30 minutes and put it in the boat it was 160 pounds gutted.
They then got a call of a good bite up in the Carteret so they picked up and ran to 26390 42729 where they set up in 605 feet of water. They had good quick pick of 4 yellowfin on sardines and live squid at 60 and 100 feet but the bite turned off as quickly as it started.
They went right to where they left off in 550 feet of water but found that the water had cooled so they put out a couple bonita plugs to troll fast to the south looking for the water and maybe a wahoo on the way but the weeds proved horrible to fish. The fish ate almost exclusively live squid and jigs.
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Dr. John Bednar charter from Cherry Hill, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Saturday to Sunday after a last minute decision to try to get another trip in as the forecast let up a little. They ended up going 12 for 20 as Dr. Bednar and his Dad were 12 for 12 but the other crew did not put a fish in the boat.
They continued to fish until 6am and release another 10 yellowfin for a total of 34 for night. Jigging again with the Penn 16VSX proved very successful as they got a third of their fish on jigs.
The fish we eating everything including the sword bait on 250 pound test leader. After midnight they were hand feeding them behind the boat on sardines and 60 pound flouro leader.
On that troll they pulled 2 nice yellowfin and a 60 pound wahoo that ate a bonita plug. They had a nice sword on immediately that they lost at the boat and starting picking yellowfin.
They had a ton of bait around the boat all night and by 11pm got the fish going on hammered diamond jigs and squid on 60-flouro down 80-100 feet. They finished the night with a 100 pound yellowfin at day break that they put in the boat in the fish bag.
They stayed the rest of the evening with just sword rods out on 250 leader and Owner Jobu hooks with big squid looking for that big swordie but no bites came. The yellowfin were 50-80 pounds and ate everything - squid, butters, sardines and jigs.
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