Scratching yellows
Today we looked for yellowtail in the shallows. We picked at 15-25# yellows all day, but couldn’t sustain a bite.... more »

Nice morning
We had good yellowfin fishing in sloppy weather this morning. The big bluefin were conspicuously absent. When the guys had... more »

Great Start
We departed Saturday morning on the Island Tackle 11 day. We travelled down Sunday and started fishing this morning. We... more »

Finisher
Closed out our fishing on the right note throttling those extraordinary grade yellowfin while taking swings at a stunning amount... more »

Grinding
Spot after spot from dawn through mid afternoon produced more of the same. Bone. A few smaller grade yellows finally... more »

Boned
Traditional yellowtail havens became Bonito hell as the striped, toothy bastards hassled and harried us from before daylight through the... more »

The day
A perfect response to yesterday's bust one all day anchor job did the trick. Premium grade, 50-70 pound yellowfin were... more »

Bust
"You can't hit a homerun without swinging". As such I wouldn't classify this result as a strikeout. We took a... more »

Playing through
Giant tuna foremost in mind we passed a delightful night anchored targeting yellowtail and other varieties before continuing the trek... more »

Tuna time
And it continues. Phenomenal fishing for beautiful grade yellowfin tuna in many places finds us pacing ourselves searching for variety... more »