We had Captain Matt behind the wheel this trip. With the recent spotty Bluefin fishing and the insurgence of Yellowtail offshore our game plan was to paddy hop, and obviously stop on any tuna in our path.
After about a 2 hour ride out we start to see some paddies. Each one we stopped on was holding fish, but we never did find one with the mother load. Stop and go fishing throughout the day with fun and steady action where we would pull anywhere from 1-10 fish on each paddy. A few times we had them boiling good off the stern, with sporadic bursts of free swimmers all around the boat.
We cruised past a few trash can lid size paddies where I visibly saw yellows under them, just not enough meat to stop the boat… but they are there. The crew spotted a dodo on one as well.
We didn’t spot any tuna throughout the day, or maybe the crew did and just didn’t want anymore bluefin blue balls. On the way back in Matt spotted large puddling tuna and told us to get ready with our heavy gear, but before we could even get close they sank out.
I ended up going 6/10 on the yellows. Lot of novice anglers aboard resulting in some hellacious tangles. They were chewing minty irons and fresh bait (if you could find one) bait was beat to hell. Very fun trip, summer is here. Hopefully Yellowfin in bulk aren’t too far behind.
After about a 2 hour ride out we start to see some paddies. Each one we stopped on was holding fish, but we never did find one with the mother load. Stop and go fishing throughout the day with fun and steady action where we would pull anywhere from 1-10 fish on each paddy. A few times we had them boiling good off the stern, with sporadic bursts of free swimmers all around the boat.
We cruised past a few trash can lid size paddies where I visibly saw yellows under them, just not enough meat to stop the boat… but they are there. The crew spotted a dodo on one as well.
We didn’t spot any tuna throughout the day, or maybe the crew did and just didn’t want anymore bluefin blue balls. On the way back in Matt spotted large puddling tuna and told us to get ready with our heavy gear, but before we could even get close they sank out.
I ended up going 6/10 on the yellows. Lot of novice anglers aboard resulting in some hellacious tangles. They were chewing minty irons and fresh bait (if you could find one) bait was beat to hell. Very fun trip, summer is here. Hopefully Yellowfin in bulk aren’t too far behind.
