late 4th and non-yak tuna report

[madscientist]

Joined the crowds on the 4th, found this little guy...



Got the chance to hop on the Islander for a 3 day that afternoon. They knew where the fish were but unfortunately the weather beat us to them. First day was a slow morning with some YT and a dodo for me. Nothing happened all day until about 5:00pm, when we found some schools that wanted to play. We plunked away on some yellowfin and bluefin from 20-50lb. Second day was spent looking and looking, but the fish just were not there anymore. Picked some YT off some paddies on the way back up but that was it. Had a great time all the same for my first west coast tuna trip, and I managed to represent the plastic nation pretty well with 1 YT, 1 dorado, 1 YFT, and 3 BFT.



BTW, I know it doesn't really count, but the YT on the first day made 5 consecutive days with a YT. Guess I'll settle for tying Ken's 4 day run on the yak. Think I might take this weekend off (or do some work), 10 straight days of fishing is wearing on me.