Early bird gets the worm . TUNA

[hammer4reel]

Left again well before ODARK THIRTY.

great seas and little moonlight had me 70 miles off before the fireball came out of the eastern seas..

my buddy had left fish in the area the night before.

got set up and was like a light switch . Whales and dolphins crashing bait ..

one on , two on, three on, and four goes off .

we clear the other 3 rods as those 4 reels are screaming line off .

but instantly as the boat starts to slow we have a cluster fk and are tangled . 
Quickly making the right moves before we get burned off .

4 guys fight four tuna to boat side .

but they aren’t blue fins , they are all yellowfins.

quick work ,  and they are in the boat, bled and gutted.

Then swimming in an ice slurry  in the ice hotel..

 

set up again , a single yellowfin , then one more single going 6 for 6..

us releasing those 2 to fight another day , as one tuna each was plenty today .

 

look at my watch it’s not even 7 am yet.

looked around in the life for more tuna , but as boats  started to show the bite was over.

made a long run to the area that’s been loaded with bluefin the last week to find a ghost town.

stopped at a few other spots finishing at 1 without another sniff.

still a great day out with Austin, Edward , and Chris..

running in  on flat seas was just icing on the cake.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2020 by hammer4reel

[Lunatic]

Nice job hammer !!! 

[deadonshot2]

Got it done early. Looks like a great day.

[Buckeyes11]

Wow. Ur def on the meat!!!! Congrats

[tpr1921]

Another great catch!

[JHbowhunter]

way to recover from the Mongolian cluster #### when that happens!    Nothing wrong with yellowfins, i actually prefer their taste a little better.   Congrats.

[Bojaffa]

Time well spent. Good for you and your buddies!

[SPEARFISH]

Nice quad.

[bushden]

Great day Nice catch!

[_X7]

That's a good morning. A thrill for those gentlemen I'm sure.

[hammer4reel]

While they are both College Grads , and now grown young men they will always be kids to me.

known them every minute of their lives, and have spent a lot of time fishing and hunting with them and their families .

was awesome seeing them catch their first tuna ever , and them to get to enjoy our NJ sea world show up close .

 

[cantw82start]

Looks like a great trip!

[mightyhunter]

Awesome!

[allmann]

Crushing the tuna this year. congrats 

[Buck154]

Congrats. Looks like you are enjoying those new motors over the old ones. Putting some hours on the them with confidence.