Still Tuna out there!
 

Took Ed Mancini out there and went 1 for 2, fish was 55" ~140lbs.

Here is Ed story and my pic! :D

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Started out the day at 6:00 am at the ramp in Gloucester. Headed out to get some bait....
and almost 2 hours later we finally had 8-9 baits in the livewell. With the baits, we steam 13
miles offshore to Northwest corner of Stellwagen and deploy the baits. It
was lifeless out there....no whales, no birds, nada. We hear reports from
friends that they are landing fish on livebait down on the southwest corner
(off Provincetown) so we decide to pack up and head there .
On the way, we make a stop or two and deploy the baits and Nick starts jigging while
the baits are swimming around. Nick gets hit and the line pops in about 45
seconds. We move around a bit, but the dogfish are relentless, so we meet up
with a friend where the water drops off to about 200 feet.

Nick and I are jigging and he gets a hit and
immediately we know it is a tuna. I clear the lines and he settles in for
the fight. About 20 minutes later, the fish comes to the surface and I
harpoon her on the second attempt....clean shot right through the gill plate
and into the head. First time I have ever harpooned a fish. We tail rope her
and bleed her out, and haul her on board.

It is now 3:15pm and we decide that we went to get some cod before calling
it a day....even though the spot is over an hour away - way, way east of
Gloucester in no mans land, I head the tiny boat toward the waypoint while
Nick guts and cleans the tuna. We arrive there around 4:45 pm and start
jigging...about 15 minutes in we have one cusk and one cod on board. Then,
Nick lands a 30 lb cod and I get another smaller keeper. It is now 5:30 and
I steer the boat west and make the long run back to Gloucester Harbor while
Nick cleans the cod. We arrive at the ramp at 6:35 in the complete darkness.

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Nick, that Seafari is a small fishin' Battlewagon!!

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Nick,

Nice fish! Nice picture! I sent you a PM

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Where are the pics?

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Nick - Jason and I hooked up twice last Tuesday Nov 10th and got one fish 60"+ fish in the boat. :D We saw hundreds of fish in 4 hour period. Meat was so fatty . . . it was like eating a grease sponge. Jason has some pics . . . Hopefully he'll post a few.

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Right on, Big!
The biggest BFTs we've gotten into this year have been 40-45# class. Although some have been boated in the 100 lbs class. Can't imagine the stuff you guys get into off Stellwagen and Jeffrys banks and even in the Bay...Wow! get a picture before sashimi? :cool:

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here is a shot from late October, I have not downloaded the ones from last Tuesday as of yet

http://www.classicseacraft.com/22out...ansom/0004.jpg

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Nice guys!

I was out the Sunday before and a small craft adv started in the am ... there were some nice waves in the am :o

Settled down around ~11am but no joy. Fish were busting all around, but no luck on macs or jigging.

What were you using? I am thinking of Thur or Fri this week.
This is my last trip, 4 trips ago .... :D

- Nick


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9" Hot Pink Sluggos . . . You'll have to dangle them just right otherwise you won't get any action off P-town. We have a secret method . . . that seems to work when those pigs have lockjaw. Belly was FULL of BIG sand eels.

Really nice fish BTW.

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Nice Job!

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We're getting out tomorrow, probably Peaked Hill area, for one last shot (?) on josh wellfleet's 77 23. Anyone want to pm me any recent intel?

Steve

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going out barnstable hbr to maybe peeked hill one last shot

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In a Sceptre? We'll look for you. And we'll be on 68, Josh and Steve

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Guys...give Tim a call and find out how he dangles his pink slugo up around P-Town :o :D :D

catchemup

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Trying to make it out this Saturday, one last shot!

If you haven't given them a try, we have had great success with double wide hogy's..

Hogy BFT

CSick Nick
 

Hey Nick, good to meet you out there yesterday. We were on josh's (josh wellfleet) 77 23 cc. Ouzo sure is one awesome looking fishing machine! No tuna for us, lots of life on the SW corner though. We had a couple of whales circling the boat, and finally moved when a 12 foot fin came out and almost brushed the bow light. What a day though!

Steve

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Hey Steve & Josh,
Thanks for stopping by and the compliment!

Yeah, the South west corner was loaded with bait, birds and whales ... but signs of tuna? :(

Headed to the South East where tuna showed most of the day but not interested in mac's or whiting. Jigging we managed to pull up a few nice haddock and cod inshore. The dogs were brutal! :mad: Here is two on a jig :eek:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/PB190957.jpg

Tried the troll while we fillet the haddock, but no luck.
Anthow, great calm day to close the season for me. :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/PB190960.jpg

If i decide to go again this year, i will be sleeping in the Seafari all winter .... :D

- Nick

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Good to see you guys out there! That boat is true pocket battle wagon, very nice setup! We had dogs from top to bottom schooling on sonar and you could see them as well in the water, saw 1-2 tuna jump and were being circled by whales wherever we stopped. Plenty of life. We did not jig any cod, some whiting, and lots of dogs-the endangered dogs that is lol.

Prob gonna winterize the boat this week :(. Then starts the long list of winter boat projects.