06/11/24
Pushed our way through still north winds and pretty crappy seas with a crew looking for tuna. These guys were cool with the long ride and the added fuel to get to a little piece of water laying 10 mile outside the Baltimore canyon. About 30 minutes into our day my longrigger gets blasted. The fish misses it three times as I’m jigging the bar he finally gets the hook. Meanwhile three other lines go down, two of those stay tight. One of the anglers finds out the hard way just how strong these tuna are and has to take a break from reeling and we lose that fish but we’re fortunate enough to land the two other, 78 and 89 pound fatties. The rest of the morning goes on without any action. Sometime around noon my longrigger goes off again. The fish makes it impressive run but is acting very weird for a tuna. Reason for this strange behavior is simple, it’s a white marlin. The angler does a great job with this fish as we get it boat side for some pictures and then it’s released to fight another day.