Friday September 7 36 Hour Tuna Trip

We returned yesterday afternoon from an excellent 36 hour tuna trip with a group of local guys from easthampton. Started off Saturday morning and in the first hour on the troll we had a couple fish in the boat. By 11 am we had a dozen albacore in the boat. Mid day the troll bite slowed down and the guys wanted to try spear fishing so we checked out a bunch of pots for mahi but only found one. That afternoon we got another good shot of fish on the troll bring us up to 21 tuna for the day. The night bite was slow other then a few sharks. Around 5am we hooked up with a big fish and an hour and a half latter we put a 230lb big eye on the deck. Honorable mention to Jason Keyes who fought the fish for well over and hour then jumped in and speared the fish 30 feet down. After we got that fish in the boat we got underway and pick up a yellow fin on the troll home. It was a great trip with an awesome group of guys and everyone went home with tons of tuna loins. We will have some pictures posted soon.
We are heading back out to the edge again Wednesday night and have a few open boat tuna trip threw mid October. For more info on trips and booking give us a call at 631-668-5700 and check us out at vikingfivestar.com.