60 Ritchie Howell Report - 4 Yellowfin/4 Bluefin/ 2 - 130# Makos

["Canyon Runner"]

60 Canyon Runner 6/15-16 – 4 Yellowfin/4 Bluefin/2 – 130# Makos!

Capt. Mark DeBlasio took the Frank Perillo charter out on a canyon tutorial trip leaving the dock at 8am Monday morning and arriving at the south TomsCanyon at Noon. They got up on the troll where the 48 Canyon Runner left them biting on Monday morning but did not find the same life.

They picked away very slowly on fish moving south to the CarteretCanyon and back north while staying on the 100 fathom line. They finally move into 50 fathoms inshore and never really found the same water they had the day before. The afternoon troll bite saw 8 tuna come to the boat. They had 4 bluefin all around 40" and 40 pounds. They also had 4 yellowfin with 3 kept in the 30" class. The bluefins were still all over the purple/black Canyon Runner Squid Spreader Bars and the yellowfin ate Green Machines and Green Machine bars.

At night they drifted in 50 fathoms between the Toms and Carteret and nailed a 130# Mako released another mako of about the same size plus 6 bluesharks. At 7am they stayed on the drift as a big 300# mako was circling the boat but they could not get her to bite.