Over the past week we have been running several 3/4 trips. Most of these trips were spent fishing in the 30 mile range. Amberjacks and King Mackeral were the main targets and we were very successful in landing good numbers of Jacks and several King Mackeral. Not only did we catch Mackeral and Jacks, but found several nice Grouper and Black Bass to throw in the mix. We did have one added bonus on one trip. While the Amberjacks were schooling under the boat, I noticed a nice Blackfin Tuna swimming along. I quickly threw several live baits out to try and fire the tuna up, but the Jacks were so quick they ate the baits before the tuna had a chance. I then threw out a handfull of dead cigar minnows, which the Jacks usually don’t mess with, and sure enough the tuna ate every minnow. Well at that point I definately had him willing, and threw one more dead minnow out, but this time I had a 5/0 single hook hidden inside. The blackfin turned and leisurely swam toward and ate the bait. Every thing was in slow motion till I set the hook, and he then started acting like a tuna, stripping almost all the braid off the Penn Spinning Rod. Forty-five minutes later the tuna was in the boat and everyone was hollaring and high-fiving each other. The fishing is definately on fire, so come on down and lets go fishing.
Capt. Patrick Bryant