Dec 7th and 8th Fishing

Fish On

Here's Looking at ya

I swear he was this big!

December Mahi

Cruising down the channel on the way home!

This weekend we had Roger and Cheryl Flury, John Mentzer and a couple of their friends along. The targeted species were tunas of any kind. Friday was rather choppy despite the weather forecast for good weather and the fishing was so so. We caught a few nice Black fin tunas that day and got ruined by the big wahoos one time. Fishing fluorocarbon wind on leaders for tuna and having wahoos jump all over you just isn't in your favor. All in all we made it through the day with a few fish.




    Saturday morning started out with fog. We made our way down the channel in the fog and made it through the narrow spots ok. We got to the bar and it was breaking all the way across with a hard ebb tide and big swell. I could see the boat ahead of me on the outside of the bar and saw a lull in the sets, went for it and made it across safely. Once I got across I wasn't going back across until I could see better and the tide switched. The two of us stuck together and eased on offshore, it was kind of like an amusement park ride that morning with the swell and fog. About 20 miles out the fog cleared as we entered the hot water and the swell layed out with the current. We started out catching a few black fin and false albacore right off the bat then it slowed right down. During the afternoon the tunas came up top chasing bait and showing very well but no one could get them to bite. It's just that way some times and it's frustrating but there's not a thing you can do about it but watch them. It was a good show for a bit if nothing else. They are here at least. Thanks for the weekend guys and I hope you all have a Merry Christmas with your families. See you in the summer.