Offshore Cinco de Mayo Bluefin

[towerfab]

left Marina Del Rey on Bill Graska's 78' "Thunder" mid day Thursday and on the grounds below the Coronados that evening. We stopped on 3 sonar hits for no bites. After the third stop we made our way towards the banks outside Ensenada. The sun came up and we passed through an area holding life but no bites on the spreader bars. As we continued south the water cooled and so did our hopes. The decision was made to head back up the line a bit. The water warmed back up to 61 degrees and we started to see life. We switched out the spreaders to the Mad Macs then at about noon it turned on. Ended up with 3 bites, lost one but but put put two on board. Beautiful weather, great boat and even better company.

 

[DOGHOUSE26]

Now thats a great day with the current conditions. Were your bites on the Ensenada Banks or did you go all the way back to the Hidden? 78 footer thats Livin Large! Thanks for the report!

 

[AndyJ]

nice BIG sled and great catch.

 

[pacificscout]

Sweet dreams....


Awesome post!

 

[mrkrabs]

 

[lowprofile]

View attachment 1482538but put put two on board. Beautiful weather, great boat and even better company.

Just goes to show that pushing hard Anavar giving up pays off!

 

[ChoeMan]

 

[Hustler]

Damn Tom, you back on the juice - you ripped motherfucker!

JK ...

Oh yea, nice tuna!

 

[towerfab]

Damn Tom, you back on the juice - you ripped motherfucker!

JK ...

Oh yea, nice tuna!

yep, orange juice and almost daily supplement of iron, (plates that is...) lol

 

[Bend Session]

damn - I need me some TRT

 

[lowprofile]

yep, orange juice and almost daily supplement of iron, (plates that is...) lol

Orange juice makes me fat. I’m on straight turkey, avocado and water

 

[skrilla]

Congrats! What color Mad Mac?

 

[Sammy108]

What an epic trip that was! Had a blast with you guys. Can’t believe that school at night didn’t bite!

 

[Tunahead]

TWO NICE ONES! Great report and pics! Solid work guys!

 

[watersdeep]

I'm under the impression Bill is the man!

 

[aguachico]

@towerfab congrats. How fast were you trolling?

 

[towerfab]

@towerfab congrats. How fast were you trolling?

Sammy was at the helm, he could tell you exact speed but im pretty sure it was sub 13k

 

[towerfab]

What an epic trip that was! Had a blast with you guys. Can’t believe that school at night didn’t bite!

Thanks again Sam for getting us on the fish. You and Ernie deserve the props!

 

[aguachico]

What an epic trip that was! Had a blast with you guys. Can’t believe that school at night didn’t bite!

@Sammy108
Hi Sam; good day fishing. How fast were your trolling when you got bit? My friend's Rivi like 9 knots So this year we are thinking far far back at 9 knots instead or the diesel guzzling 14 knots.

cheers

 

[Valiant]

Damn looks amazing, well done!

 

[towerfab]

I'm under the impression Bill is the man!

He is indeed, as boat savvy as they get and an amazing host!

 

[lougio]

Wow, thats some boat! What electronics is he running? A Furuno Searchlight would fit nicely in that beast. Thanks for the post, excellent trip.

 

[ErnieG]

Yeww Tom! Nice to see the report on here. That was a blast. Let's do it again soon.

 

[towerfab]

Thanks again Ernie, you and Sam did a great job. To give some perspective, the Shogun ended up with only 6 fish on their 3 day and they had some serious talent on the boat. Hope to see you guys again in June

 

[Black Cat]

That's a shot for muscle magazine for sure......nice BFT too!