JULY 9,Friday morning, headed out of GREEN HARBOR, fog was in an held low all the way out. not a boat in sight but LOBESTERMEN
PULLING POTS, we were out w/ the intention of HOOKING a BLUE SHARK, on the FLY. BUT did TROLL for TUNA , at the BANK,up -to-an over it. only one outher boat out there fishing TUNA, he was ankered, tied off.fishing live bait (blue fish), we headed to the NORTHEAST CORNER, SHARK WATERS, 340' we started a chum slick an did this for about 3 hours,one HELL of a SLICK out there, birds were eating an having a good time,while we waited for the big guys to show, we EAT, DRANK, smoked some GREAT CUBAN'S an shot the breeze,what a day to do NOTHING. we also had some COD RODS on board so we tried JIGGING, not a tap. charlie said might as well POWER CHUM, so we put the last 4 pack in the bucket an watched it go out. the fog lifted an the sun was GREAT, I grabbed the outher penn slammer an started jigging, the jig I was using looked like a BIG SLAMMER SQUID about 8" an w/ tenticales hanging down Im guessing BUT Id say I was about 15' off bottom an BAM, the rod bent, the line went taught an I felt one BIG head TURN, an then another, OFF it went, charlie looked at the reel an said TIME to START the boat befor I run out of line 100yds went out like nothing, buy the time he turned the boat I was down to maby 50-60 yds, BUT we started to take up line, we got over him an he tugged again an headed DEEPER, I started to gain some grond on him an he started to come up so I thought, I could feel the tention in the line, it was VIBERATING so I had to release some presser, he started moving again an SNAP, he was gone. Charlie said whenyou hook a big blue some time the thrashing of it's tail will cut the line.
so much for trying to catch a BIG BLUE on a jigging rod. it was fun while it lasted, Id guess an say it was around 400lb blue shark,crussing the water comming up on the chum,WE WILL be back.
heres a pic 1. of the squid rig, 2. Tuna rod, an 3. you can just see the rig off to the side of the wake.
GOOD LUCK GOOD FISHIN
p.s. thanks to CHARLIE for a GREAT day !
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