“Our morning started out great,” noted the report from Intrepid January 1, “with fish hanging before daylight. Our first fish on the boat was a 241 for Nick Rekrut followed by a 208 for Joe Chinovsky. We finished off our day with three more coming on board after dark, pulling them from the sharp teeth of hungry Brown Sharks. We lost more than our fair share for a number of different reasons, but we did boat 28 fish from 140 to 241 pounds with probably 13 over 200. A final weigh-in at the dock will be the judge. Great weather, great fishing and a boat load of happy anglers.”
Whopping ‘Hoo
On December 30, American Angler reported, “The boat checked in last night with their first report. They had beautiful weather, a handful of tuna (including one 200-pounder caught by Bill Graham), but overall a slow start. They rolled in after the grey and had good sign, caught a few fish, had a few heartbreaks and then the light switch went off and never came back on. The rest of the day's efforts produced a handful of wahoo and a few smaller tuna.”
The Angler’s New Year’s Eve posting said: “The boat left a message last night reporting a much nicer day of fishing: 16 tuna from 140 to 217 pounds and five of those were cows. To sweeten the deal, there were a couple of wahoo, one of them a whopping 91-pounder caught by Zeke! Capt. Ray says all is well on board and everyone wishes their loved ones a happy New Year.”
Raising Bluefin
Tom Greene posted a very interesting video about raising bluefin in pens near Croatia. The video is excellent, and the translated information is right on. The fish are fed sardines, like they are here, and the aerial footage of the pens is stupendous. The tuna are raised for sale in Japan, and the pen company has recently merged with another one in Baja.
