Well so it begins - Capt. Mark DeBlasio and Capt. Mark DeCabia along with John Timken took the Mike Tucci and Dr. Mark Smith charter out Saturday on our first canyon trip of 2009 leaving the dock at 9am and found the yellowfin shortly into the trip. They started up at the Toms Canyon putting lines in around Noon and worked south where around 3pm they went 2 for 3 on yellowfin.
They ended up moving a little further south and started picking away at a decent pace. Catching double and triples with a fairly steady pace. They started to mix in a few bluefin ending the afternoon troll bite with 5 bluefin in the 30-50 pound class and 15 yellowfin with 6 that we kept from 30-33 inches and 6 we decided to release but they were keepers. They had most of the fish right on the 100 fathom line. They set up at 9:30 for sharking/swords but only had a blue shark to show for their efforts by the morning.
The morning troll bite however did not disappoint as around 7:45am Sunday morning they began picking away at some nice yellowfin putting another 12 in the boat with two 40-pounders kept and the rest released. Again, almost all of the fish were in the 30-33 inch range with a few shorts but we only kept a total of 8 yellowfin for the entire trip despite catching a total of 27. We also kept the one bluefin we were allowed and released the other 4.
According to the guys black/purple 9" Canyon Runer Squid Spreader Bars and our Canyon Runner Rainbow Spreader Bars accounted for most of the fish as they were feeding on 9" squid. But with 32 tuna to their credit and bunch others lost ever lure in the pattern at one point or another got crushed.
ALSO WE HAVE ONE SPOT OPEN ON JUNE 29-30 IF ANYONE WANTS TO JOIN US ON AN OPEN BOAT TRIP 
60 Ritchie Howell Canyon Runner 6/13-14 - 27 Yellowfin - 5 Bluefin & Pics 
