The past two months have been spent working on the Cobia Bowl and cobia fishing in the skiff. The Cobia Bowl is history and it was way past time to head back out to the blue water. The offshore tackle was covered in spider webs. The Healthy Grin was where we had left it and it was still floating. It was a sad sight. There was a birds nest in one of the teaser reels. A whole new generation had been born and flown the nest since the last time we had taken her out….leaving droppings everywhere.
The engines started and most things seemed to be working so out we went. We ran to the Fingers where bluefin tuna have been hanging out. We just pulled big baits and we got our one big bite. It turned out to be a 83-pound bluefin tuna. That was are only tuna bite. We did catch some nice dolphin and had a number of other dolphin bites that did not get hooked on the big baits.
It was good to be out in the blue water again and there will be no more birds nest on the Healthy Grin.
Stan Simmerman caught the tuna and Jerald Abraham helped hold for the photo after being the gaff man.
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