Canyon Runner 1& 2 - Aug 28-29 (45 Yellowfin)

[Canyon Runner]

Capt. Phil Dulanie had the Dr. John Bednar charter from Cherry Hill, NJ out on Canyon Runner 1 Sunday/Monday and got to the Toms Canyon around 4pm so decided to troll. They had a white marlin that they jumped off then turned around and put a couple of nice mahi in the boat at the same numbers. They then moved over to check out where we were Friday night but that area was covered with greenish water so they decided to look south down the edge where they set up. They got their first yellowfin before 11pm and then they had the fish around the boat the rest of the night. The put 14 in the boat release 5 smaller ones. Unfortunatley they were innundated with sharks all night long and the sharks ate 15 of the yellowfin they hooked. In fact, the sharks got a couple of the bigger yellowfin they put in the boat include two that were 120 pounds before the sharks took a few pounds off. The action was again mostly on sardines and jigs. As an aside, with alot of these bigger fish we have been sticking strickly with Penn International 50S two speed reels and matching Penn Rod as the lower gear is allowing us to put the heat on these bigger fish once they get close to the boat.</P>

Co. Capts. Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio had Pedro Rodriquez, Chris Hempstead (Farihaven), Craig Delendik (Rumson) out on CR2 and also trolled the Toms but did not get a bite. They anchored right next to CR1 and had a big yellowfin on the first rod in the water before the anchor came tight. The first fish was fought for 1 hour and appears to be close to 120 pounds. They then hammered the yellowfin all night and did not have any problem with the sharks that CR1 did just 100 yards away. They ended up with 31 yellowfin keeping 14 and releasing the remainder. Again, sardines on 60 pound momoi flouro on Penn Internationals 50S with matching stand-up rods were all you needed to get the job done.


Capt. Justin and the crew of the Canyon Runner