This was my first time fishing for albacore. It was a slow morning and I got a small bonito size albie. There were a few fish on board. We were heading for home and doing the jackpot stuff while still trolling. All of a sudden, boom, there was a triple hook up on the trolling gear. There were albacore all around the boat. There were people hooked up with big fish on all sides of the boat. I managed to get a 30 lb'er on 20 lb. test. At the end of the day we estimated there were over 50 fish on board for 19 anglers. The jackpot was a 40+ lb. blue fin.

I just wanted to say that the crew of the Seahawk was most helpful and informative. Ricky the deckhand was instructive and helpful. Merit, the skipper, kept us out 2 hours longer than we were supposed to when we found the fish and we didn't get home until midnight on Sunday.

We left when the fish were still biting as we had to get home. Still left the trolling gear up though. The highlight of the day was when a 10 year old boy hooked up a big 25-30 lb'er on trolling gear - Merit said we were 61 miles out at this point and had fish all around the boat. Unfortunately though, we had to get back.

What a day!

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