Tuna Fishing

[RandyMarshCT]

So I searched around for a while for a recent saltwater fishing post to add my pic to, but didn't see anything very recent. I had the excellent opportunity to go out on a 30 hour trip with the Canyon Runners over the past few days. It was totally awesome and I brought home a lot of fish. This is the first time I ever packed a freezer with fish... plenty of venison, sides of beef, and pigs have filled my chest freezer, but never tuna. We got a 180 lb Big eye, 4 decent yellow fin, 3 long fin, a very small mahi, and maybe or maybe not a swordfish that was 46" to 47" depending on how hard you pulled on it (47" is the min). I highly recommend these guys if you're looking for a canyon charter in the NY area. One of my biggest customers took us so we didn't have to pay, but I'm pretty sure it runs about $6000 (plus tip). The boat was 60 foot Ritchie Howell.

[pfshine]

Nice haul. Now for the game of pick the shiner.

[RandyMarshCT]

S3 shirt might give it away, haha

[pfshine]

Didn't even notice. Ha I knew it.

[goose eye]

Ole boys have hand limned em before the old Hawaiian way.
they ever break the surface let go the line cause they goin streight down.
Keep your thumbs out of the way cause the big ones
Will pull you over.

So I'm tole

[Halfbaked]

Them fish sure look nice. Id have to say yellow fin is one of my favorite fishes. You did real nice.

[jedneck]

Looks like quite a few meals to go with ur good spirits.

[woodshed]

Looks like quite a few meals to go with ur good spirits.

Tasty. And the man makes excellent spirits. Shirt was a dead giveaway.

[gemcutter]

I hope you "lubricated" the crew with some home made along with a tip

[Kegg_jam]

Dang sharks kept going after ours. Got two of them, almost got a third one.

Outer banks, NC

[StillLearning1]

Dang sharks kept going after ours. Got two of them, almost got a third one.

Outer banks, NC

I was there about two weeks ago. All those sharks sure didn't slow anyone down from swimming in the ocean!

Fishing from surf was good. Sea mullet, crokers, and pompano were all there.

[Bushman]

Now your getting me excited, I leave Saturday for Canada on my annual fishing trip for the trophy salmon and halibut. Will be in a place where the only way in is by boat or seaplane. Looking forward to the get-away!

[rager]

Now your getting me excited, I leave Saturday for Canada on my annual fishing trip for the trophy salmon and halibut. Will be in a place where the only way in is by boat or seaplane. Looking forward to the get-away!

did the same for a few years in Canada as well fishing for trophy northern pike and walleye . best times of my life. got dropped off just me and a buddy of mine for 15 days in the bush with a cabin, a boat and our will to survive. haven't done it in years, fuck I miss bob lake

randy, holy shit man. nice catch man. that must have been a hell of a trip

[bitter]

Nice catch! Bet that was a blast!!!

I went on a Lake Ontario fishing charter 2 years ago for the first time ever caught a 20+lb laker! was a blast! this past weekend I took the kids fishing upto the camp I own part of. We caught a good amount of 3-4.5lb small mouth bass.. kids had a blast! and so did daddy!

Bruce

[RandyMarshCT]

Ole boys have hand limned em before the old Hawaiian way.
they ever break the surface let go the line cause they goin streight down.
Keep your thumbs out of the way cause the big ones
Will pull you over.

So I'm tole

I can't even imagine trying to hand-line one of these fish, even one of the 40 lb long-fins. Those guys are more man than me, that's for damn sure. That big eye dove straight down 5 times as soon as we got him up to the boat. Reel spinning so fast I'm surprised there wasn't smoke coming off of it. My old man tells me stories of the swordfish they caught in the 70's, upwards of 500+ lbs. The captain of the boat (Phil Dulanie) has a record (one of many) for catching 2 giant Bluefin over 1000 lbs in the same day. That was in the 70's too. It's hard for me to fathom fighting a fish like that. The big eye we caught took over 45 minutes to land. Had a couple of grown men completely exhausted. A 4+ hour fish battle would have wiped all 6 of us out. I never realized the beating it puts on your back.