biglakejake Report post Posted May 19, 2014 el nino baby, just el nino ! Mon May 19 2014, 01:07PM by Terentius We returned last night from our 2 day offshore exploratory trip. We covered a lot of water that looked really good, and had decent sign of bait. It took us a while and a lot of traveling, but we stayed the course and we were rewarded. We found a small water edge at about 3:30 in the afternoon. We immediately got a double jig-strike and a bait fish on Yellowfin tuna. We were pretty surprised as it is May and we could not recall ever catching Yellowfin tuna in May in this zone so close to home. We began to scout around and got into some cold water. We were going to turn up towards home to put ourselves into position for the next day. We decided to go back to the zone. We immediately got a stop for five Yellowfin tuna on a meter mark and a couple blind strikes. At that point, it put us to 9 yellowfin tuna. About 7:00 pm in the evening we saw a small spot of Bluefin tuna up feeding and puddling around. We slid the boat up swell of them, threw some bait, and they immediately came to the corner and under the boat. After some casualties and the initial shock, the blood on the deck, we ended up with 15 Bluefin tuna. We put the jigs right in the water as we left in the dark, and immediately got a jig-strike with two more Yellowfin. That put us at a total of 11 Yellowfin tuna. Day 2: We started 90 miles from Mission Bay and worked all the way up to the outside of the Coronado Islands. We saw lots of good water and water temperatures. We also saw some green water and cold water temperatures, which is a good sign because it gives us edges. Unfortunately, we hooked and lost one Yellowtail, one short bite on the jigs, and lots of empty kelps. We returned to the dock just after 6:30 pm with limits of smiles, and great optimism for our upcoming summer season. We would like to thank Mark Smith at Charkbait for his continued support of the Eclipse and we encourage you to visit both their Huntington Beach and Point-Loma locations. We would also like to thank Helms Brewing Co. for graciously donating the beer samples for our guests on the way out to sea. Tight Lines & Sharp Hooks! -Captain Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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biglakejake Report post Posted May 25, 2014 "Houston-we have liftoff el nino 2014!" http://www.976-tuna.com/e107_plugins/landing/audio.php?btrack.22.1400978118 http://976-tuna.com/e107_plugins/landing/audio.php?btrack.211.1400988760 http://www.976-tuna.com/e107_plugins/landing/audio.php?btrack.302.1400983747 http://976-tuna.com/e107_plugins/landing/audio.php?btrack.22.1400985446 30 fathoms of fish...that means a 200 foot deep school of tuna...thats metric tonnage...been there..done that..you should give it a try..viva el nino... lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biglakejake Report post Posted May 26, 2014 http://www.976-tuna.com/e107_plugins/landing/audio.php?btrack.7.1401053166 crushed ? usually that would mean about 1 in 20 that are hooked come to gaff. 70-100 lb bluefin on 40 lb gear is a world of hurt and a very poor catch ratio. but fun with a capital F. anybody headed out?..update - http://www.976-tuna.com/e107_plugins/landing/audio.php?btrack.7.1401074838 lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
