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I had my 82 yo father-in-law on board who wanted to catch a few blues and we were planning going to fish inside the sound (in the fog) this AM to satisfy my wife who wanted me to take him fishing but didn't want me to push any limits with him on board. But when i saw the FLAT calm clear conditions I said...change of plans, lets go offshore a bit and see if we can find something that has more excitement...."don't worry, you will still catch a few bluefish" I told him.
My boat bone rods are a light to med St Croix stick and small shimano tekoda level wind with braid and a rather long floro leader. I was trolling yo zuri deep divers today. I didn't see much surface action. The deep divers were hitting the sweet spot. A nice body of bones have moved in now. The tuna are getting closer and closer, what amazing fighters! these fish made series of long fast runs. I kept hearing the drag go off and every so often my father in law would say...wow! he is taking an aweful lot of line out, this is no bluefish!
(I wish we could catch these from the surf, I would give up chasing stripers to catch these critters from the beach.)
When I dressed out the fish, I slipped him some sushi and got an expression that was priceless. MAN!!! is that tender!
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