Canyon Runner Fishing Reports (16, 16 & 6 Tuna plus 130 Pound Sword) - The Hull Truth

"Canyon Runner" · 09-08-2006, 10:49 AM

Monday/Tuesday - Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabie took the Dr. John Bednar charter from Cherry Hill, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Monday for an overnighter after sitting at the dock for a week and half and cancelling 8 overnighter in a row. They had a decent water temp shot and headed back to where we finished up last as decent water still looked to be in the area. 40 miles short they got a call from Mark DeBlasio on the Hooked Up 2 that a boat had some fish on the troll inshore of the tip of the Toms so they changed course and headed right there. They put the lines in the water 5 miles short of the Toms. They trolled from 1pm to 7pm and put 6 yellowfin in the boat from 35 to 70 pounds. The fish ate Canyon Runner Green Machine Bars, Melton Jets and Tuna Clones. They decided to drop the hook there in 380 feet of water and chunked hard all night. Unfortunately the tuna did not continue to bite and the only shot they had was a 30 pound Sword that they released. The charter had to get home early to catch a plane so they headed home at first light with 6 yellowfin. We cancelled tonight but hopefully will be back out tomorrow.

Wednesday/Thursday - Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabia took the Brian Garvello charter out to the HudsonCanyon and put them in just inshore of the Bombs and immediately had fish on. They picked two nice longfin right there on Canyon Runner Squid Bars and tuna clones. They worked that area for a while but could not get another bite. They got a call from Capt. Mark DeBlasio who was working the east wall across from the bombs and started picking longfin over there so they picked em up and ran to him where they picked a nice 70 pound yellowfin and lost another. Those fish ate ballyhoo and a Canyon Runner Green Machine Bar. They worked that area for another hour but did not get anymore bites so they set up early for on the chunk. On the hook at night the fish started showing up around mid-night and it got real good from 2-5am. They had fish both jigging and on the meat but live squid as always seemed to produce best. They were fishing mostly 60 pound flouro on 8 ounces of weight and had most of the bites from 60-80 feet down. Hammered diamond jigs worked best on the jig rods. They also landed a nice 130 pound Sword after a short fight that had the sword wrapped on the running gear twice but both times they got it out. When the bite was over a 5am they had a total for the trip of 14 yellowfin and 2 longfin in the boat plus the sword. They lost another 15 yellowfin at night on the chunk. All the yellowfin on the chunk were nice 70-pound fish.

Wednesday/Thursday - Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Kieth Ortner charter from Philadelphia out on the Hooked Up Two and ran right to the east wall of the Hudson where we heard of a good bite on Monday. He found the fish after about 2 hours of trolling and picked 2 longfin and 2 yellowfin on the afternoon troll. Green Machines, Green Machine Spreader Bars and Ballyhoo worked best. Capt. DeBlasio set up around 9:30pm on the chunk and had fish coming through the slick shortly thereafter. They got their first bite around 11pm and then picked fish until 2am when it turned on for them. The ended the night losing 15 fish as well and boating a total of 12 during the night. They also went 2 for 3 on Swords that were released. The fish were jigged and taken on bait and live squid and sardines were the bait of choice. All the yellowfin taken on the chunk were nice 70-pound fish. Most of the bites came 60-80 feet down on 60 pound flouro.