YeOldeStonecat
09-21-03, 04:20 PM
Dave's World and I went fishing early this morning. We went for flounder and fluke. Not much luck in the morning except a huge porgi I caught (and let go..I'm not fond of them). Went here and there for a few spots. Saw some seals going after blue fish schools which were going after the small frye. One surfaced right by Dave...popping his cute head up for a looksie. Then the wind died down nicely, and I figure on trying out the middle of the sound, which is normally too rough for my boat.
So we head out there...and see the water absolutely boiling from tuna chasing small frye to the surface...simply tons and tons of tuna jumping totally clear out of the water chasing dinner around.
So we're sitting there with light gear for flounder/fluke...8 pound test line. But we couldn't resist, changing from hooks with fresh sand eels...to some casting jigs Dave had (forget which ones...some bass ones from Maine since he mostly fresh water fishes).
We zip around following the schools of tuna...trying to get the boat in front of their fast moving schools.....getting some casts out in front of them. No luck for quite some time...Dave changes to some other lure...first cast...BAM...hit. Now he's a fresh water fisherman, only been salt water a couple of times. Anyone who's fished....tune give one_heck_of_a_fight, all pure power. So he clambers up on the bow of my little ski boat, and we proceed to gently try to tire the fish out. Let him take line, gun the boat in zig zags taking up slack, then he dives, or takes off behind us, or another direction. 45 minutes of zig zag, reverse, gun it, left, right...I was worrying about running out of gas in the middle of the sound. 45 minutes! Gets close, then dives, we traveled a couple of miles around the sound. Guys in big bucks fishing boats must have gotten a chuckle, see two guys with light gear in this little Baja ski boat with a rod bent over hard...being pulled around the sound.
Anyways, finally bagged it. Just got done eating my share of it...did cajun pan blackened style with fresh wasabi. Mmmm...good.
Anyways, here's a nice congrats to Dave to an increbile job bringing in this tuna on gear that normally would have snapped...I mean look at this fish...brought in on an 8 pound test line. Poor guys arms/wrists are gonna be hurting something terrible tonight.
So we head out there...and see the water absolutely boiling from tuna chasing small frye to the surface...simply tons and tons of tuna jumping totally clear out of the water chasing dinner around.
So we're sitting there with light gear for flounder/fluke...8 pound test line. But we couldn't resist, changing from hooks with fresh sand eels...to some casting jigs Dave had (forget which ones...some bass ones from Maine since he mostly fresh water fishes).
We zip around following the schools of tuna...trying to get the boat in front of their fast moving schools.....getting some casts out in front of them. No luck for quite some time...Dave changes to some other lure...first cast...BAM...hit. Now he's a fresh water fisherman, only been salt water a couple of times. Anyone who's fished....tune give one_heck_of_a_fight, all pure power. So he clambers up on the bow of my little ski boat, and we proceed to gently try to tire the fish out. Let him take line, gun the boat in zig zags taking up slack, then he dives, or takes off behind us, or another direction. 45 minutes of zig zag, reverse, gun it, left, right...I was worrying about running out of gas in the middle of the sound. 45 minutes! Gets close, then dives, we traveled a couple of miles around the sound. Guys in big bucks fishing boats must have gotten a chuckle, see two guys with light gear in this little Baja ski boat with a rod bent over hard...being pulled around the sound.
Anyways, finally bagged it. Just got done eating my share of it...did cajun pan blackened style with fresh wasabi. Mmmm...good.
Anyways, here's a nice congrats to Dave to an increbile job bringing in this tuna on gear that normally would have snapped...I mean look at this fish...brought in on an 8 pound test line. Poor guys arms/wrists are gonna be hurting something terrible tonight.