Tuna Trip on The Jen-Jen by Larry Leary

Posted on August 8, 2021 by VHFC

My son Brian & I left the dock at 4:30 AM heading out past Little Italy and enjoyed a pleasant ride out. Even though the weather was supposed to be a bit sporty in the morning and nicer as day went on, it did just the opposite! So with the seas being calm, we were able to fly out to the tuna grounds. We jigged for some time then trolled but not a touch. We went back to jigging and hooked up around 8:15. What a great fight on a Shimano Talica jigging rod.

We continued trying to no avail so we decided to wreck fish. We caught a few nice sea bass and then started our sporty ride-back in. We stopped one last time in Seaside and kept 2 nice fluke.

What a day! We ended it with bluefin on the grill. Yummy!!!

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