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Unread 06-06-2019, 07:06 PM
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Great video, best part is you stayed true to your school and still fly your V-20 colors
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Unread 06-24-2019, 08:26 AM
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Got this 55" Bluefin, we're guessing 75 or 80#, near the Princess on Saturday afternoon, then we came in and gassed up for a Toms canyon run on Sunday. Seas were not as flat as predicted but we went anyways. Tried the Princess at sunrise on the way out with no luck. Got to Toms at 1030. Found edge of warm gulf stream eddy 71deg. We missed out on the good Bigeye bite at sunrise. Reports of mahi between Toms and Hudson. Got no bites trolling so switched to tile fishing. We quickly limited out on Bluelines. the first bite was immediate and a 50 bent butt was really bent, came up with a double with one monster and the bottom hook and weight gone

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Wed/thurs/Fri is V20 weather. Your chance to run 40-45 miles from Manasquan for a really good shot at Bluefins.
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Nice report skunk. Great photos. I spent all weekend putting in laminate flooring
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Nicely done with great shots!!!
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Talking more tuna! and Mahi

left at 7pm Wed to run to the Princess. put lines out short of there before we lost light. just a small bluefish but that made a fresh shark bait. drifted for shark/tuna all night
bluefish got bit in less than 30 minutes ...small Dusky.
covered in squid under my new blue light stick. they didn't bite very well we got less than a dozen for baits...left the throw net at home...
dolphins and pilot whales came thru every hour and filled up on squid.
got a very small mako about 2 am. no tuna bites.
started to troll at 430am, first bluefin 46" at 5am, second bluefin 52" at 520am

headed to the tip of the Hudson Canyon. searched for tilefish for a couple hours with no luck just a handful of spotted hake, a whiting and a tiny rosey.

Hit the lobster pot markers on the way in and found some beautiful mahi.
One pot had an 18 pound bull and 12 pound cow and another 10 pounder.






My 1/4 share of tuna...18 pounds!!! and 5 pounds of mahi!
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Now that's a catch!!!! Beautiful pictures.
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here is some video

https://youtu.be/KH1BD8kyxR4

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NICE!
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OH YEAH!!!!!
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