They put them in the water just inshore of the bombs and worked right along with the Canyon Runner where they started to pick a couple fish boating one yellowfin and releaseing one. They did not have much going on until after 11pm when the fish started coming through the slick.
The yellowfin ate Canyon Runner Rainbow and Purple Black Squid Bars and ballyhoo. The charter was excellant on the rods and we ending up boating 14 big yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class at night releasing (10 of them) for a total of 24 for the trip.
The fish were eating almost exclusively sardines on 60 pound flouro down 60-80 feet. Sea conditions were not bad as they had a ground swell but only a 2-3 foot chop on top.
They continued to have the tuna slowly come through the slick and picked all night long putting 10 yellowfin in the boat missing another 5. They spent the morning running from pot to pot as the charter wanted to pick mahis all morning and that they did.
Throughout the night we picked 8 yellowfin and 1 longfin and added a nice fat 58 110 pound sword. In the morning we ran over to the west wall in 500 feet of water and picked 10 tilefish in 45 minutes from 5 to 20 pounds.
They got a call from Capt. Mark DeBlasio who was working the east wall across from the bombs and started picking longfin over there so they picked em up and ran to him where they picked a nice 70 pound yellowfin and lost another. All the yellowfin on the chunk were nice 70-pound fish.
Both Capts Phil Dulanie and Mark DeBlasio took the Canyon Runner and Hooked Up 2 back out to the area they've been fishing between the Hudson and the Toms Canyons and got half way there Friday afternoon and the wind came up. On the chunk Capt. Mark sat at 500 feet and Capt. Phil sat a mile south in 550 feet again halfway between the Hudson and Toms.
They put 8 yellowifn in the boat on the troll from 2pm to 6pm and Rich s girlfriend Megan fought a blue marlin in the 175 pound class to within 5 feet of the leader before the hooked pulled. All the fish on the chunk were in the 30-50 pound class and squid on 60 pound flouro was the key as well as alot of fish being taken on hammered diamond jigs.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio took the Steve Roberts from Philadelphia charter out Tuesday to Wednesday on the Hooked Up 2 and went right back to where they finished up on the troll Monday night in 300 fathoms between the Toms and Hudson and put the lines in the water on the troll as they had the yellowfin up on top immediately. As they were leaving they had yellowfin busting the water all around them.
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