We have a front coming through for the next couple of days so it was good that we got out today instead of tomorrow. Fishing was a little slower than we have been experiencing so far this summer but the fish that we caught were nice ones - the picture does not do them justice.

We had a group that has been fishing with me for years - so long in fact that I was handed a picture that was taken when James's son was a young boy standing next to a 199lb Big Eye Tuna that he caught eleven years ago........and here he is today standing on the right side of his dad.

We did hook a really big Tuna which I think had to have been a Big Eye Tuna when we were only 500yrds from another boat that hooked two Big Eyes at the same time. During the middle of the day we had a Blue Marlin come check out our spread and left as quickly as she came without even popping a pin - if we weren't watching the baits we would not have even known she came looking.....

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Capt. Dave left the camera at the house yesterday, but he did want to give you a report - so sorry that there are not any pictures to see for the good fishing that we had.

Four of the five, Syracuse NY guys have never been off-shore fishing before. Bert & myself were impressed with their angling abilities on the big Tuna, big Dolphin & Deep Dropping that they did. It is so easy to get hooked on off-shore fishing & these guys will be back to fight another day. We all had a wonderful day out there.