Fish Report for 6-17-2010
Royal Star Fish Report
6-17-2010
Royal Star
This turned out to be a fun day of fishing. I can't report that the catching was spectacular; the vast majority of the bluefin tuna we pursued were very reluctant to bite, but we consistently coaxed a few onto our lines per afternoon stop, and enjoyed a tremendous surface show in the process. It was an action filled, visually stimulating day of fishing that kept all of us fully engaged, and fired up for the next stop. And stops were plentiful. After 1400 it was basically a pick an choose affair on the bridge as we had our choice of four or five different spots within sight at all times. Granted none of them were big boomers, which in the day and age of Armageddon purse seining is a good thing, but there was enough fish to create competition, and motivate a few to climb on our lines almost every afternoon stop.
Success is always relative. In today's case I have to say my recent memory does not produce a scenario when I was more pleased with the results of twenty two bluefin tuna for a day's effort. Regardless of the numbers, it was a good day of fishing. The fact that we were always busy, always looking at something, and perpetually stopping with fish crashing around the boat made for a good time. To an individual every angler felt like they had a good chance of hooking a nice bluefin the entire afternoon and evening. Though we didn't load up on big quantity, it's amazing how gratifying a day like this can be. Fun fishing. A definite success from my perspective.
With at least a half day to work offshore up above, we will head to a new zone tomorrow and resume the search. It sounds like things are waking up all around, and there are much more favorable conditions rapidly developing. As such we are looking forward to the morning of fishing before throwing in the towel and returning in preparation for the next trip. Look for reports to continue.
One final note is don't hesitate to jump on a 1 1/2 or two day local voyage this weekend if you can squeeze it in. The set up is definitely better and fishing appears to be on the upswing.
Photos today feature anglers Brian Brownlee and Dennis McNeely with their twenty two pound class bluefin tuna landed yesterday. Both of these wily devils succumbed to the Megabait style jigs that have been very effective during the past week. Good fun.
Tim Ekstrom.
Photo Here...
Success is always relative. In today's case I have to say my recent memory does not produce a scenario when I was more pleased with the results of twenty two bluefin tuna for a day's effort. Regardless of the numbers, it was a good day of fishing. The fact that we were always busy, always looking at something, and perpetually stopping with fish crashing around the boat made for a good time. To an individual every angler felt like they had a good chance of hooking a nice bluefin the entire afternoon and evening. Though we didn't load up on big quantity, it's amazing how gratifying a day like this can be. Fun fishing. A definite success from my perspective.
With at least a half day to work offshore up above, we will head to a new zone tomorrow and resume the search. It sounds like things are waking up all around, and there are much more favorable conditions rapidly developing. As such we are looking forward to the morning of fishing before throwing in the towel and returning in preparation for the next trip. Look for reports to continue.
One final note is don't hesitate to jump on a 1 1/2 or two day local voyage this weekend if you can squeeze it in. The set up is definitely better and fishing appears to be on the upswing.
Photos today feature anglers Brian Brownlee and Dennis McNeely with their twenty two pound class bluefin tuna landed yesterday. Both of these wily devils succumbed to the Megabait style jigs that have been very effective during the past week. Good fun.
Tim Ekstrom.
Photo Here...
