Family Day!

Much needed family day....We checked our traps and got 6 keeper lobsters then tried to make bait and found a good pile of keeper bass and blues.....Nice to sneak a family day in this time of year....Lobster and bass 2nite!

Snuck one in before the blow

I had Tom Leonard and crew and we decided to try and get one last trip in before the strong N-NE. Due to the forcast I opted to run out into the bay but didn't like what I found early on. NOAA blew the forcast and it was pretty flat so we opted to make the long run to where I have been fishing and it paid off immediately upon arrival. Tom got tight on a RONZ and fought the fish for 20 minutes until the hook pulled. During the whole fight I had a huge school under the boat so we wasted no time in getting back to fishing. After a few, Chuck hooks up and we are off to the races again. The fish was really hot and making Chuck do the tango. We decided to pass the rod off with everyone onboard in hopes of getting the fish in asap. No dice, the fish would have no part of it and after two turns each on the rod and over an hour we finally get color.

We end the game with a nice poon shot. Everybody is spent and we make the long run back to P town with a nice 67" fish in a saltwater brine.....

Great day OTW with Tom Leonard and crew!

Beeks vanished but .....

We still managed two fish to the boat yesterday. I'm sure they didnt go far but what a far cry from yesterday!!! I'm off today and regreasing my Stellas and fixing battle wounds on the boat....

For anybody interested, my schedule is pretty much wide open except for a few dates here and there the next month. Tuna fishing has been pretty good of late. I'd like to keep the boat running till the end of Oct at the latest but in order to do that I need to keep the trips coming....If you would like to get out on the water and experience this fishery then give me a jingle and we can set something up.

EPIC

The last couple days have been EPIC ....Not just because we have caught some phenomenal tuna on light tackle but because we have witnessed hundreds and hundreds of tuna blasting halfbeeks out of the water....Several times you would look as far as the eye can see and see white water and tuna jumping clear of the water blasting beeks. Not just one here and one there....I mean 360 degrees around the boat.....Wish to god I had a 300 mm lens for my still....I could of gotten some killer shots.

Today I had Marvin Lewiton onboard for a light tackle tuna....Right off the bat Marvin hooks up on the jig a RONZ and after a 30 minute tug of war in the harness I poon a 69" fish. Our largest this year on the spin. After some photos and prep we move out to yesterdays numbers and get back on the halfbeek action....It isnt long till my Ocean Lure Halfbeek gets CREAMED but I lose him on the set....I am giddy from just witnessing the greatest surface hit I have had in my chartering career!!

We get creamed a few more times but drop the fish due to poor hooksets...Eventually I come tight and with a drop down plate I whip another high 60 inch fish in short order to the boat...It is green boatside and we struggle to get it under control and I mean STRUGGLE...We pop the ocean lure out and the fish kicks and is on his way...A couple of high fives and we are back on it....Marvin knows I want one on the fly so drives the boat and it isnt long before I get tight on the Loomis 15. After a searing run the hook pulls...*sigh* but hey its the take that is 90 percent of the fun.....We put the fly away and Marvin is game for one more and gets crushed on the OCEAN HALFBEEK once again.....I leader and pop the lure out after a 10 minute battle and the fish is screaming away.....

Just a killer day OTW..........;)

A bit sporty out there today!

Jim Simms, Craig Johnston, and their buddy Silas from the UK went 10 rounds with the weather today and two round on this tuna!....

OTI rods and Ocean Lures were the ticket....

Albies!

With the weather of late, we made a run to Buzzards Bay to get in on the Albie action......We had 9 total, 7 on spin, two on fly. Heard the action was nothing compared to the day before...Still, we had a great time and got some good video and stills for the guys from Germany. Hopefully we can get out 2morrow and find some bluefin...

Guides Day

Today was a gift...I had the day free and Gil and Josh, both fly and light tackle captains and I had not fished together yet this year. So we piled in my boat and headed east...It was pretty lumpy and not alot of life but we found small pods of birds and jumping tuna underneath. Airoborne tuna. They were on some small 3 to 5 inch baitfish that we couldnt identify.....It wasn't long till I hooked up and fought the first fish which appeared high 50 inch range to the boat....The fish took a RONZ down deep and was released boatside. We putz around some more and hear that the fleet is not doing much at all and moving farther SE....We decide to stay put and are shortly rewarded hooking up to fish #2.....Josh fights this one hard with a ton of pressure but this fish is much bigger than the first....After 45 minutes and just 20; under the boat the owner hook opens up and the fish is free.....We never got a look at it but were guessing high 60 inch range.

Gil is up now and i approach a small pod of birds and before you know it, Gil gets drilled on an Ocean Lure halfbeak right at the boat....After a searing run it comes unbuttoned......

We decide to head a bit north and find bird pile after bird pile with nobody on them....In short order Josh is hooked up on an Ocean Lure swimming mackeral. After a killer battle, I poon the fish in the head and we have one for the box.

Great day fishing with these guys and wish we did it more often!

Tuna.....

The last week has been a good week. We hammered bass in cape cod bay on topwater plastics on all of our trips. I also set my lobster traps which I will be checking later today. On the tuna front we had two great days with 11 total hookups. Jigs and Ocean Lures were the ticket. The OTI casting rods were the balls and the Van Stall jiggers got the job done in short order with the Shimano Stellas.....

I've got a few days off and will probably see if I can stick a fish with the *PRIEST* aka 18wt Biscayne.....