Hit the water this morning at 04:00. It was the first (mostly) calm day I’ve had in over a year. We ran out at 30+ knots and were on the banks by sunup. Quick hit on the long rigger which felt like a Spaniard then got bit off on the 4” squid teaser ahead of the hook. A few minutes later we picked up a marlin on the same lure and promptly got bit off again. Bloody Spaniards.
So I rerigged the teasers on cable and deployed again. Wasn’t long and the shotgun went off and porter brought in a baby longtail tuna.
We got didn’t make it much further and he picked up a yellowfin.
We made another pass and three lines went down, all of them hooked up but we lost the one in the rod holder while we landed the other two.
They’re hardly bigger then bait but still good eats.
Then we went 4-4 on the blacks. Stuck every hook and landed all of them which is an improvement due to me rigging all of the lures differently after doing some reading. There’s a story or two to be told in there but it’s bed time. We are going to give em hell tomorrow too and 03:00 comes early.
I’ll write it up a little better after tomorrow’s fun.
