Best Day Of Giant Tuna Fishing EVER...01/02

[capt josh]

Well folks i know it's getting boring hearing about how the fishing just keeps getting better...but to be honest there is just no getting around what kind of madness is happenning out there right now...as great as it has been...it just got a whole heck of a lot better...

After waking up from my coma from new years night i took the 40 offshore at 4pm yesterday afternoon and managed to hook 5 fish in one hour...not a bad start to the new year but nothing compared to the damage we endured out there today...

I had Steve D and Bogii out today on the 40 Cabo and to say we set a new bar would be an understatement...in all of my days of offshore fishing i have never had a day where giant tunas went as ballistic as they did today...

From 8:00am when we arrived at the rock to 6:00pm when we left we had fish on basically non-stop...the only moments we weren't bendo on double or triple or quadruple headers of giants was when we ran out of bait and had to catch more...we burned through almost 2 hrs of video tape today and let me tell you...you are going to want a copy...

Whew...man...where to start...i am literally vibrating...

Steve D has had an incredible week of fishing...unless we decide to go again in the moring to add a few more 200#ers to his tally...he will finish the week with 8 fish over 200#'s and literally too many other fish just below 200 to count...Steve released 2 fish today that were pushing 250 and 270#'s to add to the one he already had on deck...nevermind the others that went just under 200...

Bogii nailed a solid one near 250#'s just after breaking another one off that was definitely well over 200...Largo caught a 130#er on a popper in the middle of a feeding frenzy that saw us go 5 for 12 or something like that on poppers, skip iron, skipjack...you name it...at one point i had a monster on from the tower that i hooked on a skip iron...Oscar had another beast on a popper...Largo immediately hooks another one on another popper...Bogii is grinding on his 250#er and Steve is running around the boat with the video camera trying to keep up...then Steve puts the camera down and tosses out a jig and hooks a dorado on the skip iron as HUGE...HUGE...tunas are literally foaming 5 feet away from the boat...PEOPLE IT IS HAYWIRE OUT THERE!!!!!

I dunno...i am emotionally and physically SPENT...tapped out...ready for a fat plate of comida and some much needed sleep...i don't think this sport gets any better than this...great friends...great equipment...unbelieveable boat...and memories to last 10 lifetimes...PINCH ME I'M DREAMING...

Thanks to Largo...Comando...and Oscar for working their asses off out there today...what a team...
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[auguste]

reading your posts is exhausting . . . I mean intense . . . I mean invigorating . . . I mean GREAT

[boston]

enough with the posts Josh- SHOW THE PICS

[Parapapam]

Who wants to take up a collection and buy Josh a digital camera??????

I'm in for $10..... I mean who wants to only read "Fish Porn" when you can see the pictures?

Mike

[seagates]

lots of talk of big fish... but never any pictures....

c'mon josh!

[capt josh]

Check back later today in a few hours...i'll put up a post with nothing but photos...

JT

[aubrey]

Great report Capt Josh.

I saw the Conquistador at the dock in PV 29/12. Beautiful boat!

Wish we could have hooked one of the fishes.

[capt josh]

Aubrey who did you fish with???? Did you go offshore???

Also Steve D just gave me a nice new years gift for the new boat...slick new Sony DVD video camera so look out...tuna porn will be available soon...

It's killing me not to be out there today Manny and Lora are killing them!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I'm going snorkeling!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo.....

[Curmudgeon]

...but to be honest there is just no getting around what kind of madness is happenning out there right now..

And "out there" would be "out where" ..

[Bullshipper]

Puerto Vallarta- The Corbetena Rock or El Banco, a little farther out.

[welder]

Bull would you please take your camera and go see Josh and take some picks.

As I sit here with my Oct. 05 sport fishing mag. on my PC table stairing at a 300 + lb YF and Josh on the cover with his WISH YOU WERE HERE GRIN , I just wish he could post more pics for us slobs that can't get to Baja Ca.

Josh you da man.

[Bullshipper]

Josh has posted at least 50 pics to date of these tuna and marlin on this site and 1000's on other sites, so I suggest its time you guys make a reservation if you want more than cheap photo thrill.

This is not gonna last forever- in years past there were a lot of +300 pounders caught. With the exception of a 375 lb fish, I haven't heard of any real large toads so far this season, or am I wrong?

[capt josh]

Ahem...but i do have 2 over 300#'s so far this season...and i'd say there have been 12 or so landed and verified over 300 so far this season...

More photos coming soon...

Also you can check out www.pelagicgear.com for some video footage and tons of photos from down here...

[Bullshipper]

That's good news. Thanks for the update and correction.

[welder]

You guys [ Jeff and Josh ] know were just having fun with ya , right.

I'm just, well , Jealous , Cuz of the TOTALLY AWESOME FISHING you guy's have year round and I can only have dial up so its no online video for me where I'm at so Josh if you have a video out I would be glad to buy one.

PM or e-mail me.

Lester

[Bullshipper]

No problema Lester. Its just that the bite has been hot for over 2 months and I don't see anyone from the THT taking advantage of the situation.

So I guess the consolation is that there is more to go around for the rest of us.

[Parapapam]

Bull,

I called it "Fish Porn" for a reason....

I am not getting to "go" with a Playboy Bunny either.....

But it doesn't mean that I don't like the stories and the pics.

Mike