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9 Jun 2011 - Sea of Cortez, Coming to the East Cape? Eat your Wheaties!
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: vseasport
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EAT YOUR WHEATIES!
There is nothing like the tail beat of a tuna. The
thump of their tail resonates up the line and can be
seen in the tip of an anglers bent rod. A small fish
goes thump..thump..thump.. A larger fish goes
thump....thump.... thump.... The bigger the fish the
slower the thump. Large or small there is not much
doubt that it is a tuna.
Fishing buddies Ralph and Lyle came for a visit this
week and fished on Jen Wren III. Their request was
to catch some tuna. One of my neighbors had done
pretty well the day before on the 88 spot so we
made the 33 mile run out there. Shortly after arrival
we could see huge tuna crashing and feeding.
Getting them to go was a different story. After more
than an hour Ralph finally hung what I know was a
monster. The fish ripped off more than a hundred
yards of 100 pound test line from Ralph's reel in a
short moment and never stopped before coming
unbuttoned. It was sickening to watch the line go
slack. He had the right fish on the right gear but I
guess it just wasn't the right time.
We gave the spot about another hour without a bite
and decided to move on. A school of bottle nosed
dolphin had been spotted about 10 miles from us
and the boats there were getting a few nice tuna.
Shortly after running to the dolphin Ralph got
hooked up and by the end of the day both anglers
had bagged a 100 pound class tuna.
Lyle toped it off with a wahoo.
I was really bothered that the big tuna we had
hooked on the 88 spot came unbuttoned. Yesterday
I had a day off and decided to go back out there and
look around. Fishing with a bullet tuna for bait it
didn't take long and I was on.
I don't think this fish was as big as the one we lost
but I have to say, it kicked my butt
After a 55 minute battle Jen Wren deck hand Diego
Romero sunk the gaff and ended the fight.
The yellowfin tuna taped out at 190 lbs.
Now I'm taking today off to recuperate from my day
off yesterday.
Mark Rayor
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