wow...great weekend for us...as I said earlier we put some nice fish up on day 1 and were in 10'th place overall so we knew we needed to put a PIG in the boat the 2nd day. We discussed our plans that night and decided to run big bates, islanders and big spreader bars looking for a Big-Eye....we trolled some pretty nice water with no hits so we moved into the 68 Degree green water where and started seeing Flying Tuna again. About 1000 or so we get a nice hookup on the shotgun big pink spreader bar and Otter is on the rod. Get him to the boat and he's a nice 40# class YFT, not what we're looking for but we've got skunk off the boat....troll around the area and get a couple hits that don't come tight, then right at about noon I'm trolling over my mark where we caught the first Tuna the day and I get a Fantastic Mark, I didn't say anything but just was listening for the sound and then I hear it....SCREAMING Drag off a 50wide Tiki Bar with a Hawaiin Eye islander trailing...I keep the boat in gear hoping for multiple but nothing else comes up...Steady24 is on the rod and he yells, he's got half the spool out !...OK, slow the boat down and clear lines...put the Harness on steady and he gets the fish under control. This fish put a hurting on steady, about 35 minutes we get him to the boat and everybody is all business when we see color....Dude, that's a big ass fish Rock'n Robin (Mike) said quietly....Steady's got about 20Pounds of drag on this fish and it's bending my Custom FINRAZOR rod almost all the way over...finally Don gets on the Leader....Mike Hits the fish in the throat and otter is right behind him with a 2nd Gaff...that fish hit the deck of Still Think'n and it was on, we knew we were in the running...lMahem ensues on the boat for about 15 minutes as we're high fiving and cleaning up...Steady is done for the day !...big ass fish....no more hits until three and then lines in...hit the scales and fish goes
106#'s giving us a total of #211 for our biggest three fish...we missed first place biggest fish by .5 pounds...somebody weighed in a 106.5# big eye.....same boat put #215 on the board beating us by 4 pounds....we get 2nd place angler, 2nd place over all weight and 1st place outboard division.....awesome time....Big thanks to Steady 24, Don, Mike and Otter.....and a huge thanks to Dave (billable ours) for loaning me a gaff for day 2....Otter kinda had an accident with my new gaff on day 1 hitting a nice fish....Thanks Dave....here's some shots...Bob

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thats a great story. Glad you guys got the check and the memories. 106 is a big fish. Not to mention the bragging rights at OI and PC.

We knocked it out fellas!!!

Great great weekend and placing in the tourney was even better!!! To fish with the best tuna fleet on the East coast and come in second is big. Goes to show "O"-Boats can do it too!!

Great fishing with the team of Still Think'n as always!!!!


Congrats to our fellow VBSF member m1golf on board Sea Wolf. They placed 3rd in total weight!! Great job guys...pretty boat!!!

The cool thing was on day one, Friday, when we came across tuna busting the surface...full on flying through the air, rolling on baits. Boats were stopped BAILING 50 pound yellowfin....totally insane to see!!!

Awesome job guys! Hats off to you all. nothing like a great team offshore

great job folks! always nice to get a double gaffing in! pretty bigeye for sure ...

bo

Pretty work fellas !!

Great job for sure!! How much was the payout?

Great Job, sounds like you not only had a lot of success but fun to. It's pretty cool to rank right up with the big boys.

again, awesome job guys, I am proud of ya!

Great work!

You da man. Nice job and congrats.

Great Job

Congrats to everyone!!

Tom

Gentlemen, that's the way to do it! I'm proud as hell of all of you and turning eight shades of green with envy!!! I used to fish.....now I have a job.....

Good job fella's !!!!

Nice job fellas, congrats


-Chris

Nice job guys. I'm really glad you did so well. What a memory maker!

Congrats, to you all...

Great Fishing guys!!!!

Well congrats to m1golf and his crew as well on his third place effort. Second and third - a pretty awesome weekend for the VBSF Team.

Still Thinkin - u guys are awesome - congrats

IM IMPRESSED!


PRETTY WORK!

Great job guys!!

Pretty work Bob, Otter and the rest of the team!!

Great job Bob.Excellent to finish 1 and 2.Tried to reach you out there but we went south and went for the gaffers.

nice work guys. pretty fish!

Congrats to you all!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats on the team effort !
Todd

Very good job. Congratulations!!!!

Well done, Gentlemen! Congrats -- and I'm certain that Dave's gaff made all the difference!!!

Thanks everybody.....Big Thanks to the crew...I just put em on the fish....they put the fish in the boat.....Don, Mike, Otter and Steady all did what needed to be done to put nice fish in the boat.

We now call Don 50 Fathom Don because he turns into a different person once we cross the 50Fathom line. Mike is the cool cat when it's game time, nothing but business until the fish hits the deck. Otter and Mike are cranking machines, and great at keeping everybody pumped up....

I can't say enough about Finrazor Rods, we put some major pressue on the big Eye and those rods handled them great.....

All in all it was a fantastic effort.....Dave ( Billable Ours) rode along with us on day 1 and got some pretty good video of 50 Fathom Don which I'm sure will be making an appearance soon.

Oh yea...there's a picture of the new Still Think'n Fighting chair in Don's camera that he needs to get posted...I think people will find it very interesting....Bob

Great job on the placement Still Thinkin crew. We just couldn't get that second big eye to bring the total up, but who's complaining. Pretty weather, beer, fish, and good times. I actually got a picture of Still Thinkin fishing next to us out there. I will get it downloaded and put up. Again congrats.

Mike

Congrats to you as well Mike....Don told me you were there but we didn't get a chance to speak....maybe next time...>Great job on the tournament for you all also.....those were some nice Eye's being weighed....Bob

INCREDIBLE! Hats to you guys ~

Mike...I can't wait to see that pic. You said you guys were next to us when I was fighting a fish. You propbaly got me when I was being "50 Fathom Don" and not my usual mild-manner self!!
Great meeting you at the party...see you on the water!!

Check the BS board for the new fighting chair on Bob's boat...We know how to get things done!!!

http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=8779

Congrats. "Damn - that's a big ass fish"! Great quote and so true!

HOLY CRAP!!!! Great work guys!

Sorry Don, maybe while watching you fight a fish, I was thinking of taking a picture. Anyhow, here is the one that was on my camera.

Mike

Cool shot Mike!! That's Otter on the rod. Thanks for the pic.

You guys fishing this week/weekend???

The Sea Wolf will be entering the Big Rock Tournament. I am heading up to Canada next week for 10 days of trout fishing in the mountains so I will have to sit this one out.

Best of luck to the Sea Wolf in the Big Rock and good luck trout fishing!! Have a safe trip and let us know how you do.

WTG Team Still Think'n Bob, Otter and the rest of the team nice placement on boards! Can't wait to join you all one day catching some fish this summer! /chants Tuna!!Tuna!! Tuna!!

Nice catches keep the pics coming for us non boat owners!

Chris

Bob,
Great Team work and a pleasure to watch and record some of the moments...however, Guy Harvey I ain't, but got some pretty good footage. I was hanging on on for dear life with the camera in that shot, wanted to jump on the rod so bad....not my job this time. You and Team Still Think'n are a moving force and serious about Tournament fishing. I know that sponsors will quickly realize what great ambassadors for the sport you guys are, and jump on the Still Think'n bandwagon. Best of luck, I'll lend you gear anytime!
Dave

Thanks Dave....I know it was painful to watch those tuna rolling on the surface and have a camera rather than a rod in your hand. But we do appreciate it. Good times.

Talked to Don tonight, 99% sure I will see ya on Friday.

Steadman

Holy cow!!! Nice job guys!!! I was on vacation in CA for the last week and didn't have access to the net...I was wondering how you all did in the tourney, looks like you all did awesome!!!!

Finally got a few more pictures down, here they are. Our biggest was the 98 lb Bigeye and the yellowfin was 63lbs.

Great job guys and what a season for the VBSF members. Kicking #!@ and taking names in tournaments . Keep up the great work everyone.