We decided to take a look a week early then last year ... Well broke SRI around 5am and was greet to what seemed like flat seas, but 5 miles out it was a nightmare 3-5s on a huge SE swell with confused seas . But slowed down and grinder out to the grounds .. Pulled up on. 5 scallop boats with tremendous bird life .. No marks or life on the machine , but decided to put the spread out and sea what happens.. About after hr of working the area the Green Sterling splash bars gets hammered and is screaming off.. Awesome were tight on a bluefin, but had a bad feeling as we were turning away from a guy Sharking that trouble was near... Few minutes later huge explosion about 50 yards behind the boat. Mr Mako shredded our tuna quickly.. I so want to feed the tuna back , but didn't wanna do that to the boat Sharking ..
Put the spread back out and back to business.. The fleet only had 3 fish, we had no sea life or bait marks at all .. So I decide to push away a few miles . I found great bait makes and marks 40ft done .. pow the purple sterling bar get pounded .. Nice bluefin decked, made a quic turn pow other sterling purple get crushed .. Release another bluefin. Back on the pull we watch to bars get crushed one comes tight purple again... However this fish ain't stopping ... After 10 minutes and into the 100lb jb in goes deep fast .. We fought it hard then nothing .. Pulling the purple bar is shredded .. mr Mako found us a again.. So I can say I need to order a few new Sterling bars this week and a few extra stingers ..heading in at 400pm .hit weather nothing serious.
Thanks Capt Joe
