Hah!. Now I have your attention.
I will make a quick report until the Captain fills in the details.
Fished on Silverfish with Captain Ron M, Jeff (moniker unknown) and Adam (lurker).
Friday, late start on Tuna due to weather that blew thru. Once it blew out the ocean was nice. Hunted tuna hard for hours almost to the 125 line and west of the ranch. Temps ok, water mostly clear, blue/green color. Not much life, NO tuna. We came back for halibut and our fishing luck got better in a hurry at the ranch, around 4-5 PM. We were the only boat but it was hot fishing by my standards. Got our triples and doubles there.
Saturday: went to ranch and picked up a couple halibut. slower fishing. hunted tuna, went to the area of 125 10' and a bit south of the Ranch (near a seamount). picked up 3 very small Albacore. Smallest I've seen (out of 10 trips or so). Slow for an hour then three more good sized albacore. A very long, wet, cold, bouncy ride home. But we got home w/o problems. Ron M and his boat handled the sporty seas well. Silverfish isn't pretty or comfortable. . .but it is a tank. I think we were about 55-60 miles from Newport, 5 hrs home. .
Sun: pulled crab pots. Decent numbers. Good eating but not great, still a little soft.
Mon: Coho. Decent fishing. One keeper, several long line releases, two natives released. Travel constraints shortened our day.
Dylan
Newport Report , Aug 1-4 (Tuna ~60 miles)
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