Kai is from the northeast and came down to fish a half day with us on the L&H! The wind was out of the east at about fifteen knots and the seas were running two to four feet. We decided to head offshore to the gulf stream and look for mahi and tuna. At first the action was slow, but then I saw some birds off in the distance. As I got closer to the diving gannets, we could see nice size tuna feeding underneath! Our first pass yielded a triple hook up and things were starting to look better. I stayed with the birds (and feeding tuna) as they traveled north with the gulf stream current. Kai (our star angler for the day) continued to catch nice size tuna one after the other. Finally after a couple hours we had to leave the school as we were getting pretty far north and had to fight the current to get home. I steered the L&H down the same line that we followed the tuna school earlier and we still managed to catch a few more of the hard fighting fish. Just before it was time to start heading for the marina, we spotted a frigate bird and decided to check him out. As the L&H motored close to the diving frigate, a couple of nice dolphin raced in and got hooked up. Then a big dolphin appeared and Kai hooked this fish on light tackle! Again, Kai showed us his superb angling skills as he battled the stubborn mahi all the way to gaff! Jim reached out and sank the gaff in the mahi and pulled the fish over the rail! By now we were running late for our afternoon charter and our team raced for the dock! Kai decided to get his trophy mahi mounted and we cut up some nice tuna fillets for dinner. It was a great half day of fishing and we are looking forward to fishing with our pal Kai again soon!
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