Day/Date: Mon 9/3, Tue 9/4 overnighter
Target/Type of Fishing: Tuna Chunk (anchor)
Moon Phase: Last Quarter
Sun Rise/Set: Mon Set 7:26pm; Tue Rise 6:25am
Water Temp / Water Color: 74 / Blue (hard break before 100fath line 71 v 74)
Wind Direction/Speed: S / 20 to 25 knots (gusts to 30)
Current Direction: wind against current for part of night (but not too bad)
Weather/Seas: Clear and Windy / 4 to 7
Departure / Return Time: 2:30pm / 1:30pm
Lines In/Out: 7:00pm / 2:00am
Starting Location: A few mile south of the 150 050 in 575’ of water

Sorry I have not posted in a while. My computer broke and I just got a new one.

• 14 for 17 on 80 to 100# YFT before we stopped at 2am
• Most on bait (butter, sardines, live squid – did not matter), 5 on the jig
• Start with 60 and 80# floro; switch to all 80# after an hour
• Most at a depth 60’ to 150’ (caught a few on top between 11:30pm and 12:30am)

It was a rough ride out Monday and a bumpy night, but it was well worth it. I headed directly to a break on the sat shot near the 150 050. There was a break from 71 to 74 degrees short of the 100 fathom line. There were about six boats set up or setting up in the area of the 150 050, so I head north up the 100 fathom line to find some room, but found myself heading out of the 74 degree water. I made a U-turn, headed south and dropped the hook a few miles down the 100 fathom line. We were still in the water, but a good mile and a half from the nearest boat.

We had fish right from the get go. We were setting the second line in the water, just got it 100 feet down and we hooked up to a nice 85lb yellowfin. As soon as we boated that fish and began setting the lines out, the next fish hit. It went on like that for most of the night. All the fish were 80 to 100lb. There were only three of us, so we all got pretty beat up. Because there were only three of us and these were large fish, we stayed away from double headers. We went 14 for 17 on YFT before we called it quits at 2am and waited for the sun to come up before heading home. We could have caught fish all night. The screen covered with bait and tuna from 40’ to 200’. You could see the streaks from the tuna tarting up from below into the bait (a really cool thing to see).

I will post the pictures tomorrow evening at http://www.indyattheedge.com/photo-gallery/.

Thanks,