Evening Quicky

Tightlines667 · May 11, 2018, 08:18:39 AM

I went out for a quick evening of trolling with a friend of mine. We trolled high speed 9" jets out to the 500fa, and worked the edges of some small kine Aku piles w/no bites. Ran into the 40fa, and switched to ballyhoo/Sea Witch combos. We took a good hookup on the long rigger 30 minutes after sundown. Landed a 40lb Shibi (Yellowfin Tuna) in 15mins. Got the fish spiked, grilled &gutted, and iced. Dropped him on the block 2hours after gaffing him.

My first tuna of the season is in the bag.

Nice way to spend the evening.

John

ReelFishingProblems · May 11, 2018, 09:25:41 AM

Nice way to end the day!

Donnyboat · May 11, 2018, 03:47:17 PM

Nice John, thanks for posting, cheers Don.

Gobi King · May 11, 2018, 03:49:03 PM

Nice!

wailua boy · May 11, 2018, 09:11:25 PM

Yum yum. Nice one for dinner.

ReelFishingProblems · May 11, 2018, 09:16:57 PM

Let me know when your neighbor's house goes up for sale.

David Hall · May 11, 2018, 09:17:48 PM

Glad you got the first one down the rest should just jump in the boat when you troll by.

Tightlines667 · May 11, 2018, 10:48:35 PM

Quote from: David Hall on May 11, 2018, 09:17:48 PM
Glad you got the first one down the rest should just jump in the boat when you troll by.

I wish it was that easy

Tightlines667 · May 11, 2018, 10:49:17 PM

Quote from: wailua boy on May 11, 2018, 09:11:25 PM
Yum yum. Nice one for dinner.

Thought about cutting it up, but I ended up selling it.

Turns out I only got $2.90/lb, should've cut it up for Sashimi.. oh well.

John

Tightlines667 · May 12, 2018, 06:03:55 AM

Picked up another nice little ono on a short evening run tonight. Lost a good wahoo on an Islander down deep, and had 3 fish chop cut the baits. Maybe give it another try tomorrow evening.

John

Jigtosser · May 12, 2018, 08:42:37 PM

Now I hope you kept that Ono!

Mmm, now that's good eating...

Put some more on the boat!!!

Dan

Bill B · May 13, 2018, 08:04:59 PM

Good job brother...Bill

Tightlines667 · May 13, 2018, 08:53:23 PM

14hours yesterday, not I knockdown.

Plenty of Aku out there though.

Sold the ono for $4/lb and covered my 3 day trip costs.

Jim Fujitani · May 14, 2018, 03:42:49 PM

John,

Ono is one of only three fish that my wife will eat, and I have to bread it and deep fry it! Anyway, I hope you feel that the $4/pound that you are getting from the block is enough for you. I think I am paying about $27/pound for sushi grade Ono ('imported from Hawaii') at a Japanese market in Sacramento.