60 Ritchie Howell - 10/1-2 Great Yellowfin Chunking!! 15 for 30 on Nice Fish!!!
Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Paul Pedretti charter out on our 60 Ritchie Howell Thursday/Friday in what ended up being a small window of weather. They got to the Toms Canyon around 1pm and started trolling and spent the next 5 hours without a touch and without a sign of life. It did not bode well for the night bite and we thought we were going to strike out and be looking at the end of the season. We were wrong.
As soon as the sun set the yellowfin showed up in force unfortunately just prior to the sun setting so did the wind. It never laid down all day Thursday and by sun set it was a sustained 20 with higher gusts. Prior to midnight they were taking a few waves into the cockpit and this weather led to a lot more fish lost then usually or they would have been limited out by midnight.
By 9:30pm they were 6 for about 15 and by midnight 10 for about 20. They finished up with a flurry in the morning putting another 5 fish in the boat but losing another 10. In total they fought 30+ yellowfin but ended up with only 15 in the boat.
These yellowfin are not huge but are indeed a completely new body of fish which is a great sign of things to come. They are all closer to 40 pounds then 35 pounds and there are a few 70-80 pounders in there. Several other boats caught as well.
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