Huge Tuna Day

Troy Wartons and a few of his friends were in town for a party and decided to do a little fishing. They did not care what they caught, but just wanted some action. The edge was slow so we decided to go offshore and try our luck. After a little bit of trolling we found some birds over feeding tuna. There were tons of tiny minnows hiding under the sea weed and the tunas were having a field day. The fish were in a frenzy and biting everything in their path. We started getting double and triple headers and everyone was having a ball. As we got further south, the sea weed, the bait, and the tunas started intensifying. I would drive the L&H through the seaweed, blow out all the minnows, and there would be hundreds of tuna exploding behind the boat! Wes and I quickly figured out that the more rods we had out, the more tuna we would hook. Before long, instead of doubles and triples, we were hooking seven or eight tunas at a time. The fish were not real big, mostly five to ten pounds but it was so much fun! Blackfin and skipjacks were coming over the side faster than you could count. Wes was like a machine in the cockpit, constantly boating and unhooking fish. As the fishbox on the L&H began to reach the top I knew we would have to do the unthinkable and leave em biting. Our friend Kevin Nakamaru was coming to town so we were excited to have fresh fish for him and with a high demand for tuna at the marina none of the fish were wasted. Our final talley was seventy fish and several hours of work rerigging, respooling, and reorganizing, but it was a day we will all remember for a long time to come!