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Title: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: hareball on July 04, 2009, 03:17:21 PM

I think Bucktail will be doing an article after some interviews with the anglers but here is a little view through my eyes.

I received message from Capt. Mike saying he'd be at my door at 2:45am and with all the excitement and getting home from work late any sleep was not in the cards. We were all on the boat and ready to roll at 4am. After a brief meeting with Capt. Mark regarding safety and rules we were underway.
I ran right for a bunk and caught a few hours of sleep.
 Once at the location the 2 mates had a 12 rod spread in the watr in no time and the troll was underway. We had steady action all day and into the night with all the Yellowfin and Skipjacks we could ever want.
Once the sun had set the Captain moved us out to an area to try for some Mako. Again the mates were on top of their game having everything prepared in advance and lines were in the water. We had one small Mako within an hour and that was leadered and released with hopes of a bigger one but only thing that came around after that was some blue sharks that were also released. I did manage to reel in a very nice Mahi that was caught on a whole makeral!
Just before sunrise the crew was getting up from a nap and at 5:45am Capt. Mike was hooked up with a really big fish. After a 1 hour and 15 minute fight a 260# Big  Eye Tuna was on deck!! Capt. Mike did an amazing job along with the mates and Captain. Hats off to them and a big congrats to Capt. Mike!!
Right away the mates had the spread out again and tended to the Big Eye by putting it in a body bag with plenty of ice. Meanwhile  it was all the Yellow Fin and Skipjack you could ask for. I guess it was around 11:30 when we called it quits and the big viking was underway.

All in all it was a great trip with one of the top crews in the biz and I really can't wait to do it again. Great job guys and a big thanks to Hotrod for sacrificing alot of his time on the rod to shot all the photos and video to document the trip...Thanks buddy! because of you we will always have these things to look back on. t^

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: Hotrod on July 04, 2009, 03:29:48 PM

Great report Bob.   Lots a great video. Just need to find the time.

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: Pfishingruven on July 04, 2009, 04:14:19 PM

Sounds like a great trip!  Look forward to the pics and video.

 TT^

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: wb on July 04, 2009, 04:28:51 PM

let me be the first to  w0w

sounds awesome can't wait for more details

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: Hotrod on July 04, 2009, 04:42:36 PM

1 of many.

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: IrishAyes on July 04, 2009, 09:17:39 PM

Nice trip guys. Awesome report Bob. The video was cool, can't wait to see the rest of them.  t^

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: Hunter 2 on July 05, 2009, 06:27:08 AM

Very cool.

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: Capt -Jerry P on July 05, 2009, 12:45:13 PM

Wow great report fish and trip... Good for you guys

Glad you fellas had a great trip!!!!

conngrats!!

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: SouthPaw on July 05, 2009, 09:58:18 PM

Sounds like you guys had a great time. Can't wait to see the other video's  and pics. Hope there is a edited version of the bigeye.

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on July 05, 2009, 10:05:39 PM

 chrz

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: hareball on July 06, 2009, 12:23:19 AM

A few more

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: Bucktail on July 06, 2009, 01:22:45 AM

Wow!  That is awesome!  Great pics!  Congratulations guys! t^

Title: Re: Hudson Canyon 7/2-7/3
Post by: Capt. Mike on July 06, 2009, 10:09:25 AM

WoW! What a trip!  chrz Hats off to Capt. and crew!  slt Awesome job!  chrz Can't wait to do it again.

Cooked a steak of the big eye last night, yum, the best tuna steak I ever had.  chrz

I am still soar from that fish.  TT^