Locked and loaded for the triple 0's tomorrow. Water looks good, weather looks pretty awesome and we've got triple rigged outriggers now !....Gonna pull a combination of Get REEL Lures and G&H Lures which have kindly been donated to me by DON and Gusman (For scientific research). Leaving Owls' creek at 0400.....Bob

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr ...........Cant wait ..............cant sleep, I'm too amped from those fatty stripers today and the thought of the pullage tomorrow .

See you down there. Leaving Rudee @ 4AM.

Rich

Good luck guys. I will be off the ES catching rocks.

ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls...IT's PARTY TIME....TUNA STYLE...Good luck out there everybody.....BOB

leavin for oi in a few mins

Hope you did better than us...we got nadda..nothing...1 knockdown....There were some fish boated but there was no consistant bite....Offshore Season Over....Striper Season on !....See you all within the 3 mile line....Bob

We bit it too BOB. Had one fat albert and that was it. There was a suspicious Banana that came out as we were coming in to port. Wonder who planted that ????????? Had a great time on Dave's boat. Was a pleasure fishing with everyone. And the Play went fine. My acting Abilities as a Blind man were awe inspiring.

We caught a fat albert..that's it...along with the a$$ whooping!! 3-5 stacked up sucks!!! Good times though with George, Jeff, Mark, Joe, Fred and Dave...Pete on the other hand I'm thinking was a plant from Team Still Think'n...he showed up with a BANANA!!!! We'll still let him come back, but he has to be reformed!!

Sorry to hear that you guys weren't far enough south -- we limited out in 2 hours!!!!!!

What a terrific bite!!!!!

We turned right and went back in 3 feet of water where the big blue fin was caught - dynamite!!!!!!


I'm awake now that was my dream last night - we got one fat albert - striper time!!!!

Great time today, plenty of work running the boat, but the fish didn't cooperate. Tried to find the temp break and fish east of the Cigar. Best we hit was 65.5 degrees. Marked fish mostly at 50 feet and deeper, fishing in 125 feet. Ran out a downrigger to target deeper along with the surface spread. One Fat Albert released, three other knockdowns that didn't come tight. The downrigger was hit once, Blue/White Mini onc, Squid spreader bar once, but best of all, the False Albacore was caught on my cedar plug daisey chain that I learned to make from Marlin Maniac who was fished aboard BillableOurs with us today. Thanks George. Had a great exchange of info with a boat out of Rudee, Three Decks. NIce guys and great teamwork. Thanks guys, hope we get on the fish next time. Shifting gears to Striper fishing.
Tight lines,
Dave

Are there Blackfin out there?? I'm pretty sure I caught one. About the same size as a FA, but definitely not a FA. Broad vertical stripes, black fins, black finlets.

4 hour butt whoopin back in....

Rich

Eva K...that's sounds like A Skip Jack Tuna you had....Does it look like this ??

Owen's dream should have been a reality. All the conditions were right - nice temp break where the water went from the mid-low 60's to 72 degrees. We marked a lot of fish - but they were deep and would not come up. Mostly charter guys out there - only a couple of small boats.

On to stripers. Funny how we measure time by what type of fishing is taking place.

Bob - I did some digging on the web and I'm convinced it was a blackfin - vertical bands on the sides, spots along the flanks, black fins and finlets and a huge eye. I always thought blackfins were further south.

There are definately Blackfin caught up this way...Not as consistent as down south but for sure it could have been a Blackfin...Here's a PIC

Felix - you got some serious MOJO. I'm going to follow you around any chance I get. What does your boat look like? Nice work!

Had a great time fishing with Dave and the crew on Billable Ours. Don and Jeff are certainly entertaining. Looking forward to another trip sometime. Thanks for a great day on the water!

I heard and read some other reports that guys did get into some fish later on in the day. You know with the moon rising so late and the clear skies, they may have been feeding late night early morning and not hungry...just thinking of an excuse why we didn't get any fish!

That altimitry subscription service that Owen won at the party following the billfish tournament showed the area we were in as red - All the fish we marked were on the bottom, around 400 feet. I think something was keeping them down - that may have been where the baitfish were.

Don thanks for the call back sat nite, Report left owls creek 430 followed Wave Runner charter 75 miles SE 120* little bumpy. found water from 64*-70* small area of 70* got a 50lb class YFT to the gaff and lost it (inexperience.my fault ) Caught on a green machine way back. got to see it hit it 2 times before he ate it. 6 boats around us also caught fish. waves really stacking up 4 hour WET ASS WHOOPING BACK IN. I really had no business being out there. Thank God we got back safe. Ill be sticking alot closer to shore from now on. Summer time dolphin out of HI will be my offshore in my boat .
any way thanks to all of you and the info !
Todd

I was out Sun with Fishdad on Seaduction. Saw Eva K and think I heard Bob on the radio. We went 5/7 with the YFT in the 40-50lb class. Nice trip, a little snotty on the way back. Heres some pics

Todd,
Glad you got back in okay. I saw on another board that you won the Brass Balls award for being out there!! I was wondering if you made it out. We were much further north then you guys.

Naved, Congrats on those fish...great job!!!

for sale 1 set of used brass balls..... will trade for common sense !
im too hold for that shit
Todd

for sale 1 set of used brass balls..... will trade for common sense !
im too hold for that shit
Todd

What did you guys go further east or stay longer, where did bob and Dave run to in relation to where seaduction caught the fish?

Just trying to research and learn.

Eric

I started off south and deeper than where the fish were caught. Dave Trax and I were out around the 950 line in 500 plus Fathoms. That was the warmest water in the area and we were marking fish really deep. One problem I had that day was NO SPREADER BARS. They were sitting in my garage waiting for me to load them on the boat. We had one hit in that area that didn't come tight.

We worked our way into the 000 - 015 area where the fleet was and worked it for about an hour. We called it around 1245 or so and headed in. Wasn't feeling it so we called it early.

All the fish caught Sunday were in 50 Fathom area around the 000 - 020 line, very small area with a ton of boats in the mix......Bob

Naved!!!!

Way to go. What a bloody mess. I love it when that happens to my boat!

We had one fish early at 012 line at 50 fa. Since we had good marks, I decided to stay and drill that area. Nothing for the next 3 hours, then one fish around 1230 (while eating lunch, sandwhiches flying through the air), then the triple around 1 pm. Did not have the desire to leave that area because (1) it was too snotty to run anymore (2) didn't hear much happening anywhere else and (3) had good marks and temps (67-69). After that snotty run home, I think I'm for sure, most likely, probably done for the year. Tuna in December...whoda thunk it.

Erik did a a video of the trip. Here it is, enjoy.

Triple Zeros 10 Dec 06

That is a way cool video!!

Congratulations again guys!!

Sweet video with lots of TOOOONNAAAA action. Looks like a great day on the water and a triple to keep things interesting.

--Brett

Nice Video

Great video and tunes. Not sure what language it was, but I was dancin just the same! Congrats on a sucessful tuna trip!

Loved the video, I did not see any chaos going on you guys looked in control. It did look somewhat rocky out there.

Eric