Bluefin on the Biscuit!!!!!

Fred and I did a 2-day aboard the Sea Biscuit out of Channel Islands Sportfishing.

Lady Anglers on board include myself, Ana, and Louise...

It was originally going to be a Cortez Bank trip for day one and Island freelance on day two....Albacore tempted us to go north, but weather kept us veering south...Not many reports as of late with the Yellowfin in such abundance down south, but we decided to stick with the original plan and head to the Cortez/Tanner.We arrived a bit after day break and had high hopes as we metered some fish and the hand wells were full of live squid....We soaked a few and what felt like a blue perch bite resulted in this....

.....Current slacks off to none and we decide to head off-shore for a few hours searching for tuna while conditions improve on the bank.Trolling resulted in a double jig strike of Skipjack....not the right kind, but hell, it looked like we might be in the right area!!!! Couple of jig strikes later and we get a Bluefin, correction multiple bluefin....we chummed like mo-fo's and plucked a few baitfish off the stop...What a rush...I didn't get one, but guess who did....

Fred keeps the glory in the family landing this Bluefin that would steal the JP by mere ounces...

We tryed for a bit longer with no luck and took a group vote to head back to the bank...Conditions still sucked so we ate a tasty dinner of Terriyaki Chicken, rice and corn, rolld and salad. Ate the yummiest dessert ever and hit the sack with a full belly and a few glory fish in the sacs...

Over night we travel to San Nicholas Island to stuff the sacs....First stone we hit is WFO!!! Quality and quantity with Lings and Reds of this caliber...

Jose nails this fatty for JP day two....

No shortage of fish day two, that was for sure...sacks were so full you could harly reach the bait tank...

Great trip on the Sea Biscuit...I think this boat is so severely under-rated...Excellent crew, good food and a really comfortable boat to fish. Special thanks to Bobby and Fred, our gracious captn's, Matt, Mike and Chad on deck, and of course, Howie in the Galley...