10-01-2002, 02:27 PM
I got a chance to go tuna fishing on the Indian out of San Diego over the weekend. A two day that our church chartered, through Simon's Net kids fishing Ministries. We left at about 9;30pm on friday. The Indian just got in from a one day about 2 hours before, and back out with us that quick! What a great Crew & Boat, and the food "yikes" it will take me some time burn this off. It was great! We ran on a heading of 235' from Point Loma to the Mushroom Bank, about 105 miles out. We got up at daybrake in the rain. (it has not rained out here for over 6 months) But the ocean was calm & alive! We started trolling at first light. Soon after we were hooked up! With schools of Albacore following the hooked fish to the boat, bait fish hookups came fast & strong! We had easy limits of Albies the first day. The fish were mostly 20 to 30 pounds. Then about dusk schools started showing up on the boats sonar deep! And soon we had a 42 pound Bluefin on the deck and a few smaller ones,20' to 30'. The second day I had one more fish to make my two day limit and most of the boat had Albacore limits. We stopped on a trolled strike and the captain said there were fish deep. So I took a small heavy jig and went to the bow. Dropped down and jigged it once and BAM! it was like I just snaged a rock, what a fun fight. My first Bluefin hit the deck. Five pounds short of the jackpot. we came back to H & M Landing with full limits of Albacore, 6 Bluefin and one Dorado. My hats off to the Captain and Crew of the INDIAN. They worked extra hard to catch us fish and keep us happy. A great trip!
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