Nice Catch Don!
04 February 2010 | Bahia de Asuncion
We left Turtle Bay, mostly motoring south, but a gorgeous sunny day. You could see rain clouds ahead in the distance but by the time we got there they had broken up. We were barbequeing a fish Don had caught inside Turtle Bay for fish tacos for lunch when zinnnngggggggg....the trolling line had something and it wasn't kelp this time. Oh yeah, silver flashes in the water and Don reeling like crazy. When it got close you could tell it was a great fish. We think, after looking at our books, that it's a Pacific Bluefin Tuna. We caught it on our old reel with old line and old worn out lure. I guess the new heavy duty pole with all new gear is for the next one, an even bigger one. After cutting it up, god there's alot of meat. Fresh tuna sushi for dinner, tonight, tomorrow night. OH Yeah.
Once we got to the island outside of Ascuncion. our destination for the night, we turned to sea, and had a great sail straight out into the Pacific for an hour, then turned around to come in. With wind building, we flew into Asuncion Bay like a shot. Great sail, great fish, great day.