Tuna death toll, 7/4 7/5, how many>???

Pilar · 07-07-2003, 10:48 AM

Hi, my name is John and I am a tuna fisherman. I have admitted to being helpless and I am hopelessly addicted to tuna fishing.

Ok, you knew all that....

Post here your results for whackage and stackage of the longfins. I am trying to figure out where fish were caught and how many. I'll go first. The numbers later when I plug in the plastic jesus and pry the numbers out of it.

7/2 .. Bust. Made it to the fishing grounds NW of Depoe and the boat went T.U. Towed in by the Coast Guard about 25 miles.

7/3 .. McGyver .. fix da boat all day. One Coho at last light.

7/4 .. Happy birthday America. 4th of July started about 9 am for my mate and me. Huge grins and more fun than a one legged man at an *** kicking contest. I pulled 15 albacore in about 4 hours. Gregotis98 was there with Sailfish in his Reinell. Thanks for the excellent company Greg. We gave the CG 2 of our fish for their mess hall. I cant thank those guys enough for the tough job they do.

7/5 .. If once is good then twice is better. We went back with a few of our friends. Jen and Houston (Southpaw) fished and I drove the boat. They knocked 15 longfins and we had a ball.

Numbers when I get home and I am writing the story for the log. I should have some pictures posted before the end of the day on my mates thread.

Pilar - 30 fish in 2 days. All good grade 20 + pounds with one at 27 pounds. Green feathers, purple and black feathers, tiny green hex head and mexican flag feathers were the ticket. Changing the speed from 6.5 to 7.5 once in a while almost always resulted in a hook up.

Next???

[ 07-07-2003, 11:49 AM: Message edited by: Pilar ]

seasquid · 07-07-2003, 12:17 PM

Rod-man,

Let's go! You have exactly 16 hours to get your Dory to Depoe Bay! You can hurl just as well on the ocean as you can from your bed -- makes a heckuva a chum line as well.

I hope you're feeling better.

ss

kamloops · 07-07-2003, 01:04 PM

Saturday July 5

3 Tuna on the Minaki. 125.00line & C.R...
60 Degree water, lots of good sign. Only fished 2 hours.
All fish on rods,outrigger tip lines, green Tuna Clones. Most, 2 hit letting jigs out.
3 Failed hook up's on hand lines. Green and Yellow Daisy Chain Mex. Flag color.
No hits on plugs.
Big loners one at a time.

Mello-Yello · 07-07-2003, 01:20 PM

3 months ago, I knew nothing...green as a bean.

July 5 - One 11# tuna, Charleston Marina Dock B.
$1.75 lb. [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

The guy gave me the funniest look when I told him I didn't want it filleted. "I want to do it myself!". [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

My buddy bought one too... [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img]

We had our own mini-carking station at home, complete with sushimi and soy/wasabi and lots of barley pop.

I've got the boat, I've got the gear, and now I've carked and scarfed fresh tuna. Only one actual tuna trip from becoming a Dog.

Soooooon........

PS...Happy Birthday Rod. Get well, NOW!

M-Y

wak'm&stak'm · 07-07-2003, 04:55 PM

7/5
Rj and I took the Wak'm & Stak'm out of Deopoe with the rest of the friends.

I could have sore I filled the tank, but our distance and time was limited...we still had 20 gallons when we returned.

We put 20 in the boat, and we were back about 1:00.

The boat is at the Servens this week, I need to replace the shifting kill switch, and replace most the electrical system, since it started back firing thru the carberator every once in awhile....grrrrrr......

The ocean is flat and no wind today....beautiful.

WildHawg · 07-07-2003, 05:33 PM

The Sea Jypzee (with Nancy as Captain of course), Ventured out 7/5 at 0' dark thirty to return with 24 dandy flyers. Again, great grade (20-25), and a hot bite at times with 3 triples. The poles long and outside did the majority of the bite getting for us, with purple and black the hot colors.
Sorry I didn't get the #'s to ya earlier Pilar. Things were hot and hectic, with Nancy on the flybridge (no radio), and us wading in blood. When I finally got a minute to wipe off, I grabbed the radio.
What a great day, and, as much as I hesitate to say it, the company couldn't have been better (even you Bob!)
Hope I didn't cheebob your thunder Nancy. I know you're gonna be busy at work for a bit, and just had to share!

Sea Jypzee · 07-07-2003, 05:47 PM

Dat's ok Wildhawg!! Thanks for posting.

Ok, numbers inc now. I posted them in the thread UG started on us, but will do so again here.

We started fishing around 45.05 lat, and 124.37 long line. Continued running west, weaving back and forth till around 124.40 or thereabouts. Most of our hook ups were around 124.38 in and around the 45.02-45.04 area. Up on the flying bridge I could get a good view of the temp breaks, which was where the fish seemed to be hiding. Very few birds visible feeding. Lots of kelp in the rips, and a few sharks roaming the area.

Most of the bite was on Purple/Black clone/zurker. (one on each side). Had several hook ups on Mexican Flag clones on the hand lines.

Fishing Dispatcher · 07-07-2003, 09:38 PM

My buddy and I didn't get there until about 1:30pm and headed back top Newport at 4:00.We took 6 home and lost that many also. It was a great time,hope the weather is good for this weekend.

El Shaddai · 07-07-2003, 11:02 PM

We fished Saturday...basically the same areas as Pilar.....we ended up with 34 for the day...all nice grade....bite was solid on all that Pilar named plus 4" cedar plugs. We left biting fish.....and it was a hard thing to do.....until we hit the dock and the carking began.....

Fished with Booja 1 (So Cal transplanted tuna expert) and had two new guys on board. I think it is is safe to say we have converted two more people.

07-07-2003, 11:27 PM

Only 6 tuna on Miss B. We were into lots of fish but after bottom fishing and searching we got to the tuna late in the day and had a long haul back to CR.

Glad to hear you got Pilar running

corrirod · 07-07-2003, 11:53 PM

7/4 Sick in bed. Puking all day. Even more sick after checking Ifish to see everyone carking tuna.

7/5 Sick in bed. Puking all day. Now sick and mad that everyone is catching tuna but me! [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img]

7/6 Sick but alive. Wishing for a miraculous recovery so I can fish 7/7.

7/7 Even more sick. Finally give up and go to doc for "the good meds". It's 1pm and reading about the tuna carnage, still sick, and of course it's my birthday. Some birthday. :depressed:

All I can say is god help the first tuna that hits my hook this year!

I might just drag him around for the entire day!

skein · 07-07-2003, 11:57 PM

I t'ink yer wife done poison you. Have 'em run a test for arsenic.

Get better, dude, you got fish to catch!!!

Skein

CAPT KUJO · 07-07-2003, 11:58 PM

The Black Rocket was out on a dive charter Saturday the 5th But Sunday the 6th. Left the mouth of the Nestucca at 5 AM and were at 35 miles in less than an hour and yelling "FISH ON".

We got 10 fattys on Sunday.

SAturday the 5th. Bottom time DIver went out in a dory and got 31.

Hope to see you all out on Satureday.

CAPT KUJO

Gregotis98 · 07-08-2003, 05:16 AM

Dispatcher, how was the ride back? It started to get pretty windy when we left you out there?

Popeye · 07-08-2003, 06:09 AM

Well....Wed the 2nd, my son Skip and I took a client out for tuna. We crossed the bar at 5:30. The bar and ocean were flat. We set a course NW, and poured the coals to 'er. We had only gone about 2 miles when we hit the leading edge of a front :shocked: Next thing I knew, I was pulling the throttles back. Before long I was down to 11 knots, which didn't change. At about 30 out, I saw a temp break and throttled down. I immediately realized that this was not going to work.....I could hear everything downstairs crashing, including the TV in the master stateroom. Sooooo I had to make a call. As much as I hated to, I powered back up and deliberately over ran the fish so that we could troll downhill. Went beyond the 45/125 (54 miles) and started back S/SE. Long story short...had 10 takedowns for 4 fish

Not good for a 13 hour trip. Ended up running in on the roll, parrallel to the sets....I was beat! Then there was these four guys that came over to the boat, and started arm twisting (thanks Fishplay & Threemuch)...So I finally gave in. We headed out Thurs. AM to travel NW into what appeared to be a repeat

After throttling down to 10 knots, we took a quick vote, and decided to head south for salmon, which turned into a lot of fun, and some nice fish :grin: .....Fri we stayed in, and Sat we slautered the Nooks. Lost a 40 plus at the net, brought in a 31,28,20,20,18, and two nice silvers.

Miss B Haven · 07-08-2003, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keta:
Only 6 tuna on Miss B. We were into lots of fish but after bottom fishing and searching we got to the tuna late in the day and had a long haul back to CR. Glad to hear you got Pilar running

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helv">Keta - "ONLY 6?" what would you have done with em, feed the whole Navy Base? We gotta figure out a better plan before a real canner/smoker slaughted ocurrs. You need to be headed South for a few days, not North!
:grin:

WP · 07-09-2003, 09:25 PM

First two tuna runs: 12 nice fish on 7/8/03...a little bumpy. 24 fish on 7/9/03 Great size and grade. Quit while fish still hitting. 7/10/03 still uncertain!
WP

Fishing Dispatcher · 07-10-2003, 04:59 PM

The ride back in wasn't all that bad.But it had change alot from when we left to go and find you guys. We was cruising at about 25 going out and only 15-20 coming back.

WP · 07-10-2003, 08:23 PM

23 more on the 10th and left biting fish for lack of capacity and ice....I have GOT to get a bigger boat!
WP

Mark Mc · 07-10-2003, 08:31 PM

Way to go Dave! Near yesterday's spot?? Similar kind of bite?

Aqua-Holic · 07-10-2003, 08:55 PM

Got any numbers.....Mark or WP ?

Mark Mc · 07-10-2003, 08:59 PM

See the other thread "Wed Tuna on Xta-Sea / Depoe"

WP · 07-10-2003, 09:02 PM

Inside a little from yesterday...steady and sweet bite...several doubles. Lost more fish today for some reason....lots of action and an early return...fished with Sea Jypsee and SeaSquid, among others. Great fishing...you all have a fine fishing weekend!
WP

WP · 07-15-2003, 08:44 PM

7/15/03
17 Albies for three rods. 61 spot for all of them. A little slow but a spectacular ocean! Warm blue water and SUNSHINE. Two more days this week.
WP

ANDYCOHO · 07-15-2003, 09:23 PM

Way to go WP, man from the sounds of it, your boat has landed more tuna this year than any other sport fisher! Good job! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

I hope to fish along side of you again this month!

WP · 07-16-2003, 08:54 PM

Today was a slow day for me...I was too busy watching Kujo and Ugly Green slaughter them. We only got 11 albacore plus a small silver. I am not going to go the rest of this week but with the weathermans help, I will hit it again next Tuesday!
Got to meet a bunch of Ifishers and Ifisher wannabies today...It was awesome!
WP