Albacore update

[TunaHead]

The albacore bite is INSANE just now off of my corner of California. *The tuna show up every year but are often 70 to 100 miles off shore. *Every few years they drop in closer. *This is one of those rare magical moments when the stars align to produce near shore fishing and a flat ocean. *2 foot seas predicted for tomorrow with boats today reporting 20+ fish per boat 12 to 20 miles out today. *My mechanic flaked on me again so I'll be heading out at 4:30 in my buddy's boat. *Pictures and stories tomorrow ;D

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Good luck Tuna. ;)

Good luck TH.

You can get by with a little help from your friends.

[Sean]

Nice, Good luck!! ;)

[charlie_the_tuna]

why you miserable son of a . . . . . . .

our little tunny and bonito come in around august/september and thats no guarantee.

gotta run and gun em and they sound at the drop of a hat.

however, picture this.
twelve pound spinning gear and an eight pound green tuna on a tear.
strips a hundred yards off the reel in a matter of seconds and you cant slow him down.
sweat dripping in your eyes and hes into the second hundred yards.
finally you slow him down a bit and start to regain some line.
he rips off a hundred fifty yards and you get back twenty.
man i cant wait.

[TunaHead]

I typed out a great post and then somehow screwed it up and it was lost... >:(

To make a long story short, the National Weather service lied to us! *We ran out ~25 miles before dropping our lines in. *We had our first small peanut albacore in 10 minutes. *Dean, Todd, Shea and myself went 36 miles out when the water became rough with a bad wind chop. *Lots of fog but no real swell. *Dean's 19' Trophy is NOT a dry ride so as the wind picked up we pulled the plug on the trip and headed for the barn at 10:30 AM with 6 tuna, bled and sitting in an ice slurry. *We stopped in calmer water 5 miles off shore and cut the loins from the fish. *After a lunch of Subway sandwiches, beer and a good BS session we headed into port. *I grilled alabacore on the BBQ tonight. *It was served with Janine's homemade mango/avacado/red bell pepper/cilantro/rice wine vinegar slasa as well as grilled artichokes and sautee'd bok choi from the garden.

I love the sight of a bloody deck.


Shea and an albacore. *I'm not sure whether Shea was craving fresh sashimi or looking for some albacore lovin'. *Either way, the fish looks a little creeped out.


Dinner! *Bad picture but you'll get the idea.

[bassarama]

That is a good post and great pics.

The food ....its just darn good living :)

Nice!!!!!!!!!