Late season Albi run!! Oct 7

Genie Aye · #1 10-11-2012, 12:08 AM

Well--as usual---NOAA blew the forecast on the wind--not the swell--Swell was 4ft at 20 seconds--Nice---but the 15 to 18 knot winds sucked for sure. Luckily we got 4 boats to work together as a chum line to keep a huge school of tuners at the boats. We plugged the 282 grady with Tuna along with a Kill bag full. We had one guy that hooked up and played the tuna for about 7 minutes then it started stripping line--so he put it in a rod holder, got a bottled water and then picked the rod back up--still spooling line---about 20 minutes later we get it to the side of the boat---what a PIG--40lbs albicore. Most were in the 25 to 35 lb range.
A great way to end a season of tuna!! Spent 5 hours today processing Tuna today--whew.
Only have 1 picture of the tuna--was busy cleaning fish and the boat--sorry.

step up here · #2 10-11-2012, 09:14 AM

Awesome! How far offshore are your longfins? Here in Jersey its at the canyons about 75 off. But we have all turkey albacores from the beach out.
Good going you folks know how to fish!!!!!!!!!

Blue_Runner · #3 10-11-2012, 10:30 AM

Genie, strong report. Glad ya'll got on em.

Genie Aye · #4 10-11-2012, 11:28 AM

We got lucky--they were just about 36 out this time--normally closer to the 45 mile run. My normal run in my boat for tuna seems to end up being around 140 miles with trolling.

We have had a GREAT season for tuna here for sure--I put in around 40 tuna in the freezer or canned this year.

macojoe · #5 10-11-2012, 06:40 PM

Congrats!!!

They have been running here for a while now, but all about 5 pounds, they get them here on deadly dicks and cripple herrin trolling. I have never done it and wanted to this year but the weather has been awful here this fall!!
They say we are going into the 20's around here sat morning and the wind has been blowing all week highs 50, I am going to hate this winter!!!