7/12- Canyon Runner Tuna Trolling Report- 18 longfin and YFT

[Canyon Runner]

Captains Phil Dulanie, Mark DeBlasio and Justin Nighan continued to beat up on the tuna down in the Toms Canyon on Tuesday with the Walter Garrison charter from Philadelphia, PA. Up on the troll at 6am they got their first bite around 7am and started to pick at the yellowfin with the first 6 all coming on 6" Canyon Runner Rainbow Squid Bars. They also quickly add two 50 pound longfin came right up behind the boat and ate ballyhoo and a black and yellow Canyon Runner jet. The bites are in 400-500 feet and they are working a 68.5-70.5 temperature break. The crew continued to work the same area all day and the bite really turned on as they picked at double and triples all day long. All the fish wanted today was the bars again and we needed to re-rig some of them in the middle of fishing as they were getting destroyed. As soon as we got the re-rigged blue/silver mamba and rainbow 6" squid back out in the pattern they got hit immediately. Included in today's catch were 3 longfin that weighed between 50-65 pounds and one of the yellowfin was over 60 pounds. The rest of the yellowfin were all 30-35 pounds with one small one released. In total we had 18 tuna including the longfin. The fish are loaded with 5-6 inch squid and the area is alive with whales and porpoises. It's time to get out there.