We ran a bunch of trips so far this October and I’ve only got a chance to post a few of them – here are the rest from last week on the 60’ Ritchie Howell
Capt. Mark DeBlasio had the Dr. John Bednar charter out Sunday to Monday October 5-6 as the Dr. heard of the solid swordfishing and wanted to get in on the action. And they did. They started trolling in between the Hudson and Toms canyon in the late afternoon only to pick one longfin before having the get on the hook for the night. Almost immediately they got a bite on the sword rod and it was a good fish only to pull the hook on it 20 minutes into the fight. Another 4 quiet hours were spent watching the rods when the 250’ rod went off and the fight was on. Always an animal on the rod Dr. Bednar had the fish to the boat quickly and the crew had a shot at the harpoon and took it. Gutted she came in at 220 pounds so we figured add another 30-40 pounds for a beautiful 250-260## sword - one of the biggest we've caught to date.
Capt. DeBlasio had the Tom Malan charter back out Tuesday to Wednesday and headed back to the northeast corner of the Toms Canyon getting on the troll they had a hard time getting the fish going but pulled a couple nice longfin before dark. The night time was spent boating a bunch of mahi and going 3 for 3 on swords with a 60” sword boated. Believe it or not that 60” sword was taken on a jig. Up on the troll in the morning they nailed a few more mahi and another longfin to finish off with the 3 longfin and 3 swords with one boated.
Capt. DeBlasio had the John Deno charter out Thursday to Friday after waiting out the blow and got to the edge around 2pm. Trolling all day Thursday only saw one yellowfin hit the deck of about 30 pounds. Night time saw no action at all and up on the troll in the morning they bailed out with a couple longfin.
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Canyon Runner 60' Ritchie Howell HUGE SWORD!!! - Week of October 5 
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