Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Looking good fellas, hope you find them hungry!  Have fun!!!

No surprise this was another EPIC trip onboard the Tornado. Captain Dwight and his deckhands never skipped a beat. We plugged the boat with 175 nice grade albacore and came in early. Great bunch of Ohana guys that fished hard and kept tangles to a bare minimum. Our best 2 bait stops were 55 & 43. Proof is in the pudding...Tornado is a cut above the rest !! Thanks to Captain Dwight. He never brags about his boat or his fishing abilities, the results and the very happy clients speaks volumes !!

 ...and of course Cortez Tom's 99 jigmaster worked flawlessly to bring 22 albacore to gaff

This trip was a blast! We will do this every year. Maybe we can even get Alan to come on one. I know these tuna are much smaller than he's used to.

Here's a pile from one bait stop.

Boat was getting full

this year it was just too close to the SOA trips.  glad you guys had a great time!!!

Good work guys.

Todd

Nothing like a frothing albacore bite. Sure wish they'd come south again. You guys killed it

Quote from: Crab Pot on September 22, 2024, 06:55:48 PMBringing loads of Karma for the trip.

Found a lady's wallet at the Safeway parking lot with multiple $100 bills in.

She was at the customer service counter hoping someone turned it in when I walked up.

 Thank you Steve for the good Karma you brought to Westport !!

 The world needs more people like you !! Had a blast fishing with you. Looking forward to fishing with you again someday !!

 -Ted

Woo-hoo! WTG guys..... 

Quote from: Maxed Out on September 26, 2024, 01:41:59 AMThank you Steve for the good Karma you brought to Westport !!

 The world needs more people like you !! Had a blast fishing with you. Looking forward to fishing with you again someday !!

 -Ted

Nice to finally share the rail with you Ted!

Your stories and experiences were inspiring!

I need to make room in the reel curio for your latest gift to me.

Thanks,

Steve

EPIC EPIC EPIC

This trip is what WIDE-OPEN-ALBACORE Fishing is all about!

It was nice to finally put faces to names!

You PNW Boys know your stuff! If you ever find your way down here to Kalifornia I'd like to return the favor. You ALWAYS have a place to stay, even if it's just an overnighter on your way to San Diego to split the drive.

Can't say enough about the crew, even though one of the deckhands got sick he powered through it. Sorry for you Ohana guys who got sick as well. It was pretty Disco out there to say the least, lots of dancing and grabbing. Thankfully no one fell down.

The provided gear was top notch, and the Anchovies were much larger than I could have ever hoped for, they all died well!

Special shout out to RyanW for picking Rick and I up at the airport and putting us up for the night!

Enjoy the photos,

Steve

You cannot beat a trip like that.  Congratulations guys.  Dominick

Like the Ohana shirt on that guy that looks like Kris Kringle, the one with no reel handle

Things started out a little foggy and bumpy Tuesday morning, but they settled down a bit by late morning.

When I went lots of people got sick, well over half. It was really sporty. even a couple of the Canadians went green.

Todd