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Topic subject8/5 yellows/albacore
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7162, 8/5 yellows/albacore
Posted by NICKJ, Fri Nov-15-02 12:48 AM
Me and my dad went fishing on the Amigo out of Newport Landing. We got on the boat sunday to head out to try and catch some albacore. At the bait tank the pump died so we had to empty the tanks and fill them up again after they got the pump working. After a long nite we get out to the area we are going to fish and start trolling early. At about 9:30 we had 3 albacore on the boat and it was clear that they didnt want to play. The fact that most of out bait died on the way out didnt help either. So we headed out trying to find kelps. The first couple we came upon were dry so we kept looking. Then we found one that had some fish on it.These yellows were big and mean.After the first two stops i was 1 for 4 on fish landed to hooked up. I almost got spooled on 20 ( i was down to about 20 yards). So i decided the next the kelp i was throwing 30 on it. On 30 i went 2 for 2 with both fishing weighing around 20. We trolled a little bit more and got 2 more albacore and then it was time to go in. I ended up with 3 yellows ( 2 about 20 and one about 13) and my dad ended up with one 20 pound yellows and one 10 albacore. The yellows were not line shy they hit up on up to 40 so dont be afraid.