Dave and some of family went out with us for the day offshore fishing. Dave who fishes with me several times a year wanted to try tile fishing because I had given him some and loved the taste. With Tuna biting we headed out below the Point and lines in. Did not take long to find the bonito flipping and get hooked dup with a single bosco TUNA and one pull off! Line back in and get a nice double with another bosco and a 20 pounder. The sea conditions were slick calm which made easy spotting of skying tuna and flipping tunas. Trolling on the tip we get a Wahoo on the flat which slips to the planer rod. It did not trip the #12 planer but I noticed the rod tip was not acting right. Chip (OI Mate) thinks I am crazy and brings in the planer trips it and there is a 32# Wahoo! Dave wanted to catch his first Wahoo and we got for him! Troll around and get another 20 pounder and then get a double bosco with one not coming tight but get a 63# er! Dave's son Ben was on the rod and did a great job getting this fish in. At 11:45 AM Dave says he wants to go bottom fishing. We were in the game with tuna all around us and we were getting bites on the troll with no problem, but hey conditions were great so off we go looking. We stopped at several spots with no joy running as far as 9 miles before finding the honey hole. We start catching real nice tiles and sea bass hand over foot. Had our limit of tiles and 16 sea bass by just after 2 and headed for the barn. Dave’s brother and sister in-law with their son from Denmark had a ball and she was catching big tile and sea bass 3 and 4 at a time!
5 for 7 on YFT
1 for 2 Wahoo
25 tilefish
16 Sea Bass