Yellowfin!
Yellowfin Tuna! We finally score some Yellowfin Tuna with the guidance of a local fishing site. First Tuna for both Don and I!
Yellowfin Tuna in San Diego
Day 3. We called up the guy at 976Tuna and asked for help. He gave us some tips such as water temperature to look for (68 degrees) and where to head. He provided lat/lons that we plugged into the Garmin 4212.
He also told us to listen to channel 72 on the VHF. Bingo! All the rest of the Tuna ‘fleet’ was on this channel, recreation boaters like us. We had some fun listening to the chatter. Some obvious locals were being very secretive … other boaters (guy from santa cruz) were asking everyone what the water temperature was and exactly where the fish were. Very few answered the guy, but it made for some comedy on the high seas!
We were at 32.2203 117.5043 in 65.7 degrees of water when we had a hit on a deep diving rapala. I reeled up a nice Yellowfin Tuna on a trolling rod. Not much of a fight, but a beautiful fish! Immediately after reeling it in we chummed the water with sardines and plunked a few lines over. Both Donald and I hooked up for a double. I caught mine on a very light spinning rig which made it a lot of fun.
Don gets one
Me too!
2nd Tuna of the Day for me!
A good day! We are both no longer Tuna -Virgins!