Official Tuna Armada Reports/pics/ 4-11 thru 4-13

[NightCrawler]

Sorry about the YFT...Sounds like you guys had fun anyway!!!

[DIRTYFOOT2]

The trip was a blast, the top rope dolphin slam was just instinctual polar bear behavior . Getting on the yfins would have been great, but the deep dropping, bottom fishing, and dolphin melee more than made up for the skittish tooners. Heres a couple shots of da big bull and crew.nobull.jpg

4-13BMCBULL.jpg

butchanddocbajak.jpg

More snapper pics and such a little later

[riskreward]

they were hard to find but we managed to pull a couple decent ones we left the phins after 10 gaffers up to 40# the bite was "OFF THE CHAIN" glad to see you guys had a good trip! Buoy weather wasn't one the money either. light winds 9-11knts more like 15-18 breezy white capping

[savanna lynn]

Originally Posted by riskreward

they were hard to find but we managed to pull a couple decent ones we left the phins after 10 gaffers up to 40# the bite was "OFF THE CHAIN" glad to see you guys had a good trip! Buoy weather wasn't one the money either. light winds 9-11knts more like 15-18 breezy white capping

risk don't pull out the old photos when you have a bad day its ok to admitt it haaaaaaaaaa look at the dates on pics see ya when i see ya fyi ya doing the tuna tourn at lucaya this year me no but some friends are tight lines

[Another Grand]

RR -

Now thats what I call "Off tha Chain"

Nice Job

[Disco Lady]

CoÑo!!!!!!!!!!: DF THOSE ARE SOME NICE DOLPHINS BRO!!!

[EvenFlow]

looks like you guys had a great time. I'm heading over there on friday if the weather cooperates. I hope some Tuna come in. Was the Dolphin bite better to the north or south? I was thinking of running up to Mantella shoal for some offshore in the morning and then bottom fishing midday.

Thanks

[bajakian]

The weather wasnt that great for us to want to make that long run this past weekend. The boats that went up that way didnt fare that well, but I love it up there and I'd go if the weather allows and you dont find the fish on the way up there.

[DIRTYFOOT2]

Heres a pic of what was in the bulls belly:bigbullsnacks.jpg Scribble filefish and dork jacks.

Notice the partially digested schoolie and the wad of sargassum:bigbullsnacks2.jpg

Lastly sunset off BMC:BMC4-13-08 010.jpg

[NightCrawler]

Originally Posted by EvenFlow

looks like you guys had a great time. I'm heading over there on friday if the weather cooperates. I hope some Tuna come in. Was the Dolphin bite better to the north or south? I was thinking of running up to Mantella shoal for some offshore in the morning and then bottom fishing midday.

Thanks

Hey kevin, I finally built a new bait pen. It's sweet. You'll see it next tourney you and brian fish.

Later!!

Btw, congrats on another win!!

[BanannaMan]

Just wanted to toss in my cople words... Was a blast meetin everyone, had a kick-ass time... wish the YFT's woulda been slammin but all in all, it was a great time. Am definately looking forward to our next trip. Thanks to everyone.

[Catch-All]

Not one picture of someone holding a bottle of Kalik Gold or a bottle of Don Fernando! I didn't know y'all were teetotalers.

For Shame,

Catch

[EvenFlow]

Hey Stephan,

I heard about then pen. Darrin told me about. I might keep some bait there this week if you dont mind. I'm going to try to get bait on wed and thur for my trip on friday. Let me know if its cool or I can take my collapsable pen.

Thanks

[Uncle Buck]

No YFTs for the Miss Jolain either, but its was fun. Final score was something like: two mahi about 20lbs each, a big cero mack, a skippie, a decent blackfin (on a butterfly jig), and while deep-droppin... 4 black snapper, 2 yelloweyes, 2 buttons, 2 almaco jacks, 1 small misty grouper, and lost several fish to broken branch lines and sharks. Even though we snagged bottom and lost 350yds of line, the deep-dropping over there was a lot of fun! So much more productive and mysterious than my drops off Florida's coast.

Here's some great pics of Tuna Devil's wife, Jolain, during her very first time deep-dropping! (I wonder if Daiwa makes the TB1000 in hot pink? hahaha)

[Disco Lady]

Miss Jolain, COÑO!!!!!!!! Nice Buttons.

[NightCrawler]

Nice pics UB!!! Tuna Devil...with the hot wifey

[Catch-All]

There's only one thing wrong with that pic. Deepdropping means you have your right hand on the reel button and your left hand wrapped around a beer.


UB & Tuna Devil, nice pics and it sounds like your deepdropping was productive. Nice work!

Catch

[Nick C]

Originally Posted by Uncle Buck

No YFTs for the Miss Jolain either, but its was fun. Final score was something like: two mahi about 20lbs each, a big cero mack, a skippie, a decent blackfin (on a butterfly jig), and while deep-droppin... 4 black snapper, 2 yelloweyes, 2 buttons, 2 almaco jacks, 1 small misty grouper, and lost several fish to broken branch lines and sharks. Even though we snagged bottom and lost 350yds of line, the deep-dropping over there was a lot of fun! So much more productive and mysterious than my drops off Florida's coast.

Here's some great pics of Tuna Devil's wife, Jolain, during her very first time deep-dropping! (I wonder if Daiwa makes the TB1000 in hot pink? hahaha)

Nice work Notorious.... we'll have to hit up the beach after it warms up a bit... burrrrrrr

[Uncle Buck]

Originally Posted by Catch-All

There's only one thing wrong with that pic. Deepdropping means you have your right hand on the reel button and your left hand wrapped around a beer.

1. Ya don't even have to hold the button on that reel. Just push the throttle forward. You could actually go make yourself a sandwich while the rig is coming up.

2. Her little bottle of white wine was in a nearby cup holder.

[Boboe]

I thought a beer/little-white-wine bottle was necessary when using one of these contraptions. How else do you keep the line level?