Alright, Im going to try to make this as short as possible because if I try to add detail I'll never finish this thread. My dad and I had a great time out on the water on Saturday with two brothers that my dad used to beach dive with. Now they have a big comfy private boat and it is fishy. We started out trolling Saturday morning for about five minutes before we hit a school of albies. We had double hookups on the troll and one on a flylined 'chovie. We didnt chum with live bait soon enough so they left. Started out again and in another 5 minutes got another hookup on the troll. We then chummed the bait and the albies went stupid after that. Many times we were all hooked up at the same time. We got our limits in an hour and released the rest. I got the biggest albacore at 25 pounds but one of the brothers got the biggest fish in the form of a 30# bluefin. My dad also busted off a big bluefin. The average albie was 10#. I caught the only yellowtail and the only bonito(released). The bonito was about 10# and the yellow was about 7#. We also ran into a school of fish that looked like spanish mackeral but they were 5 pounds and they were brown on top. I was told on one board they were spanish mackeral.Back to San Diego Bay by 2:00 Saturday so the fish were nice and fresh. Unfortunatly, nothing would touch the FTs on the retrieve or the slide, but still a lot of fun with the bait since I never get to use it. The fleet was at the 390 where it was dead judging by the radio chatter. The highlight of the day was seeing a pool of blood about 6 inches deep in the cooler inside the hull, those albies sure bleed a lot. A nice day, the fish and weather cooperated and not too many sharks. We must have caught about 70 fish. Thanks for letting me share,
Tommy

Wow, sounds like an awesome trip!!! I'm getting more and more stoked for my 3.5 day at the end of the month... Two more weeks, two more weeks...
-Brian

Hey Brian,
Sounds like a fun trip, what are you going for? My dad and I got invited again to fish the albies once we run out of our supply (if we ever do). Our freezer is jammed with fillets now, not to mention the bags of frozen 'chovies we jacked from the bait tank, LMAO. I just hate to see all that bait go to waste at the end of the trip. Next time Im going to bring one of my calico rods since I was fishing off the slip with 25# line and a 1 oz. jighead.
Good Luck,
Tommy

Tommy
Thanks for the report, sounds like about all you could ask for in an albacore trip!

It'll be a tuna trip. Probably hit the 'lupe for some yellows, chase the albacore/BFT etc. Should be fun!!!
-Brian

3.5 to the lupe? hmmmmm, what boat you fishing on? i have a 5 day in july, can't wait for that one.

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