Tuesday 7/22 OC report - Blackjack

[snowranger]

Went out to the Hot Dog with a crew of 5 on Tuesday for a rare weekday trip. 2 coworkers and a couple of fishing buddies. One of which was the old man and the sea himself - DC Ben. I took a ride on Monarch a couple years ago and was happy to finally return the favor. Put out a tuna spread with one horse on a planer and one on the wwb. Got our first bite 10 minutes after lines in and boated a 5 lb dolphin. 15 minutes later, got a big bite on the wwb and game was on. Unfortunately, due to some logistical issues, we didn't have any 80's on board so the wwb was a 50w with over half a spool dumped. Finally slowed her down with just a few wraps on the spool left. 2 1/2 hours later, Ben did a great job on the wire and after a near miss, we sunk the steel into a nice over fish. High fives all around and set the spread back out (minus the wwb). finally Bled the tuna and couldn't find a way to get her in my wish box without doing surgery. Ended up putting it in the cabin in a wet towel with ice bags all around. The towel with half opened ice bags dripping actually kept the fish pretty cold. You could guess I am looking for a canyon bag now... Caught a few more small dolphin and headed to the barn to catch the 4:00 bridge. Fish was 67 inches and 159 at the scale. Great day and a great crew. I'll let Ben post up the pics because I can't seem to make them small enough. You can view the pics here... OC 7/22 report - Blackjack's best - Sport Fishing Forum

[TommyTuna]

sweet, some big tunas the last 2 weeks

[BRENDANHOFF]

Nice fish!!

[shoot-straight]

awsome report. hope to get at em next week!

[Russ D]

Awesome job! What did he eat?

[DC Ben]

Horse hoo-rigged blue/white islander waaaaaaay back. Nearly spooled us before we could get stopped and control the pit panic. Here are some of the pics smaller. She kicked our butts before finally submitting.