Laura-Jay Charters 7/9 Giant Tuna Fishing
No charter today so we broke out the 130’s and went out east looking for Giant Bluefin.
Settled in out on the East Side of Stellwagon with good #’s of breaking fish around. Mixed bay of tuna there with 100lb – 200 lb class fish with some real Giants showing from time to time. Had 1 bite on a live bait pretty quickly, but we couldn’t stay pinned to him. Not sure on the size – could have been another one of the 70″ class fish that have been so prevelent this year. Makes me feel better to think that than having lost a market fish.
We got chased off the bank pretty quickly as the numbers of huge bluefish and Stripers there made it impossible to get to get a livie through to the tuna. Stripers are fun, but when they are eating live baits that cost $5 each, – not so much.
We went way out to the East where one of the Spotter pilots had been seeing good #’s of fish, but unfortunately there was zero visibility Offshore. It can be pretty hard to troll when you can’t even see your spreader bars.
Highpoint of the day was seeing a 4-500 lb class Bluefin come up and absolutely smash a dead bluefish that was floating on the surface. He took two good shots at it, coming all the way out of the water – I couldn’t hook him, but it was still fun to see
Good to be out there, back Striper Fishing tomorrow with another charter
