Tuna Carnage Part II - the preview

Dr Strangelove · 09-04-2005, 11:17 PM

I'm leaving tomorrow to live bait fish albies out of Westport with a couple friends and a colleague. I'm gearin up with Owner ringed hooks (4-2/0), Seag Fluro 25# leader, and my Avet MXJ4 2 speed with 25# Big Game on a Calstar black glass 15-40. The bags are packed, camera ready, and I'm gonna bring pics like this from last year.

ketchumfast · 09-05-2005, 07:06 AM

GOOD LUCK!! I will be leaving next Sunday for the same place to do the same thing. Are you going out on a charter, or private boat?
Looking foreward to your reports and pic's. of lots of silver bullets.
Tight lines and bent rods to ya
and remember,
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Booja 1 · 09-05-2005, 07:07 AM

Have a good trip Doc,,,,,,,,let Wayne catch a few too and try some of his riceballs...... :smile:

Les

Mark Mc · 09-05-2005, 08:35 AM

Nice lookin bait tank. Is that the Mr Magoo?

Zodiac-Fisherman · 09-05-2005, 09:12 AM

Bring a Sumo Jr jig, in chrome and blue on one side and "glo in dark" tape on the other. This jig really put fish in the boat when we were unable to get them bullets on livebait. Mainly because these tuna were boat shy.

DB_Cooper · 09-05-2005, 10:15 AM

The Ms Magoo. My Uncle's shop made that tank around '91-'92. We didn't have much luck back in July but I'm booked for next year. Great boat, Captain and crew.

Booja 1 · 09-05-2005, 11:05 AM

That is the Ms Magoo Mark..........

Les

Dr Strangelove · 09-07-2005, 11:57 AM

short report; pics to follow

8 guys
190 20-35lb albies
my arms hurt to much to type
zzzzz

Pete · 09-07-2005, 12:04 PM

That sounds like almost 3 tons of tuna ... WHAM! Time to call the paramedics to the carking station. Someone has a load of work to do!

Boatdog · 09-07-2005, 12:05 PM

190

Can't wait for the stories! 190 of these-->

Miss B Haven · 09-07-2005, 12:42 PM

What? That's ONLY 23.75 fish apiece.

Zodiac-Fisherman · 09-07-2005, 01:53 PM

Wow, thats alot of fish and carking. Who took care of all that carking? Each individual? Were most fish caught on Livebait?

ketchumfast · 09-07-2005, 01:58 PM

WOW Way to go Dr.

Sure hope the weathermen are wrong about this weekend !!!

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remember,

Sakana · 09-07-2005, 07:46 PM

Was on that trip with the doc. Basically the majority of the fish were caught in one day by 6 anglers, as 2 were newbies. All fish were carked by the deckhans at $3 a fish. Believe me it's worth it. I've fish many years in the big blue and this trip is near the best ever.

Pete · 09-08-2005, 04:11 PM

Did you ice the fish when you caught them?

Dr Strangelove · 09-08-2005, 04:28 PM

30 degree recirculating brine bath in an insulated subdeck hold...pics will be posted by weekend hopefully.

CATCH AND EAT · 09-08-2005, 04:31 PM

WOW! WHat a hall you guys made.

What the heck are ya going to due with 24 tuna DOC!? Yikes, that is a lot of canning, smoking and vac packing to do.

wdlfbio · 09-08-2005, 06:17 PM

Holy

Sounds like some serious decisions had to be made about whether to cast out again or take a short break!!! SWEEEETTTT

Pete · 09-08-2005, 06:30 PM

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5-Cents · 09-08-2005, 07:09 PM

Holy Snikes!

Is this a private boat or a charter... I sure would be up for some charter action like that once a year!

Flush Release · 09-08-2005, 08:30 PM

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Dr Strangelove · 09-08-2005, 09:09 PM

Pics are still not available, but will be soon. I got the last of the tuna given away today to colleagues, patients, employees, many friends; Otto's has 30lbs pepper smoking and my freezer is stuffed with fresh steaks, chunks, strips, and loins. My 150qt cooler was full to the brim and was not capable of being moved from my rig for the last two days. I doled it out wearing a colonoscopy smock and rubber gloves. What a blast. The last 12 loins were donated to my buddy to practice for the BBQ/Smoke tourney circuit he's scored a place on. He promised to have me be an official taster!

Sea Lilly · 09-09-2005, 07:19 PM

I have been fishing on the Ms Magoo for years and I can tell you this, The Skipper "Dave"
try's the hardest of any charter boat operator I have ever been out with, he loves to fish
and it shows in the effort put forth. last August I took my son on his first Tuna trip, a three
day WOW did we have a blast, 10 of us caught 240 Tuna. What a trip......As for the Ms Magoo
I would recommend it to any one that wants to go on a Tuna charter.

Jennie@ifish · 09-10-2005, 09:19 AM

I don't get it. That's a neat load of fish, but why are they on the deck and not in ice?

I always thought you had to ice them really carefully? I have a lot to learn about Tuna fishing, but that's the first thing I learned.

Wow! What do you do with all of that dead meat?!?! That's a bunch!

Jen

Booja 1 · 09-10-2005, 09:52 AM

Jennie,

They have pulled the fish out of the fish hold down below the deck where they were refrigerated nicely, you maybe can see some of the fish appear to be frozen but are really just super cold. They are getting ready to fillet and bag em up..............with all the meat,,,,,can you say it's canning time...............

Les

Jennie@ifish · 09-10-2005, 10:02 AM

yes! That I can say! So, these are Tuna on display? :smile: Like, everyone wants to smile like Charlie tuna? LOL

Jennie@ifish · 09-10-2005, 10:03 AM

The picture makes me want to jump in and roll around with them. How come?

Deepslayer · 09-10-2005, 11:17 AM

I thought that's what your dog does when he finds dead fish Jen? Sounds a little strange to me!

Dr Strangelove · 09-29-2005, 10:04 PM

Well unfortunately I only have one pic so far from Wayne. On the left is my buddy Noel, a family practice doc. I'm on the right. Most of these fish averaged 30lbs. Nice sunset. Unfortunately, most of the fish-pile pics are not available due to the fact we were sleeping as they were carked in the wee hours. I will post update pics as Noel gets me them. Doc.