Popping for Yellow Fins---Pure Adrenalin !!!!

Boca Chica

Had two charters targeting big yellow fin tuna out around Isla Montuosa and the Hannibal Bank last week. We never even MADE it to the Bank ! Porpoise , and tuna below, were centered off Montuosa, with so many bonito around, why would they move? Big Yo-Zuri ¨surface cruisers¨poppers in dark purple, chatreuse, and blue/white/pink were all slammed and had their paint jobs severely altered before my clients begged, ¨NO MAS¨! Had 6 tuna over 120, with a 190 pounder the top slot. Deep jigging with BRAID and Shimano butterfly jigs off both Montuosa and Isla Ladrones brought up some very nice cubera and red snapper, and a 46 lb. gag grouper. Many smaller snapper species were caught and released, and we had a lot of heavy fighting with Taliban -trained Jack Crevalle. Wild action. Only one marlin taken, on a big MoldCraft Super Wide Range(red/black), and it was released unharmed after a two hour battle. We estimated her at 450 lbs. As my clients wanted to specifically target these species, we didn´t really fast troll for wahoo, but sometimes it´s just impossible NOT to hook up the Hoo´s. Had some great hoo steaks marinated in our ¨Special Sauce¨that had everybody smilin´.

Troy

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