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Headed out this morning on our open boat tuna trip with Paul, Brian, Minor and John. Found some life and started to work the area. Got a few skippies and albies right away and then had a double of the right bites. Boated 2 under bluefin around 38". Continued to pound away at the area all day with a pick of yellowfins to around 60# with plenty of skippies and allies keeping the rods bent. Set up on the drift for the last hour and went 1 for 2 on the jig with another under bft coming into the boat and lost a fish on a sardine. Ended the day with 3 under BFT and 5 yellowfins.

 
 
 

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