We had a great trip. I met many great fishermen as well. Capt Tomeny was great. First stop took us to a rig loaded with AJs. I hooked up on my first drop and lost my favorite jig in the tug of war with the AJ. I went on to loose several fish and did not manage an AJ. I redeemed myself the first night by landing a nice YFT that likely was 120-130 pounds. Unfortunately, no scale at the Capt Tomeny's. I would say the fish was at least as big as a 118 pounder I caught 2 years ago. This YFT was caught after about 4 or 5 casts with my Stella 20K. Now that is a way to break in a reel. The pics below are of the large YFT.
I lost a large YFT that I could never pull close enough to the boat despite maximum bend on the OTI 50 pound spinning rod. I fought it for about 45minutes and then handed it off as I was beat. I had heavy pressure on that fish from the time it was hooked until it broke free. It was only about 15 yards away when it broke free. This tuna hit an OTI popper. That fish was tough!! I hope he got away uninjured.
The night surface bite was on and there were plenty of flying fish.
2 nice wahoo were caught on the troll. I think they were 40-50 pound class fish.
I must thank Jim for putting together a great trip!!!
The jig fishermen were out in full force. They put me to shame!
