Tuna Day!
Март 07, 2020
Cole Bay
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Yesterday we took out a party of 7 for some deep sea fishing off the island of Anguilla.Our trip out to the drop-off was a nice flat down-swell run and we had rods water within an hour. We ran a mix of Tuna and Wahoo rigs in our spread. A long shotgun down the middle using a squid/bird teaser and cedar plug. Two wahoo rigs on the inside corners and another squid teaser with a plug on the end on the outside corner.
Within about 10 minutes we spotted the water boiling of our bow and a quick starboard detour resulted in our first hit for the day. A nice little tuny of about 4 or 5 pounds. Not great eating but he put up a nice little fight.
A short while later the birds showed us another little patch of activity which we made full use of the pull in a small Alby. Continuing to run along the drop-off in about **hidden content** feet of water, we hooked up a couple of more times but lost the fish on the haul in. We swapped out one of the cedar plugs at this point for a bare hook lure.
One more tuna hooked and landed about 20 minutes later. Then it went quiet as we headed out into Wahoo territory. We swapped out for some high speed lures and bumped up the knots. Despite the lines going quiet, we did manage to run right alongside some dolphins for a short while. The two youngsters we had on-board were delighted.
We ran faster for a while but the wind and swell had picked up and we were just beating up the boat and passengers so we turned around and headed back to more sheltered waters. We rigged back up for tuna and waited. The birds had all disappeared and we were not seeing much activity at all. Everyone was giving up hope a little and starting to concentrate on the deck dancing and adult beverages when of course, our shotgun line went off. With the big teaser on the line, Penn Senator reel and 8 knots of speed, it was a tough fight until we pulled back the boat speed. With two guests on the rod, they managed to haul in our biggest catch of the day. A football sized Big Eye Tuna, maybe 10 to 12 pounds. One other small Tuna hauled in after that we called it a day on the drop-off and headed back to shallow water.
The wind and swell had picked up a bit for our trip into the swell back to St Maarten so it was a bit of a wet, bouncy ride back across the Anguilla channel. To give everyone a rest we stopped in at Long Bay where the water is calm, clear and warm for a short swim and snorkel.
After our short swim stop we head over to a couple of reef spots for a little bottom fishing. Despite a couple of small reef fish pulled up, the action was a little on slow side unfortunately. The slow ride back over meant we were a little pressed for time so we headed back to Simpson Bay to make the 5 p.m. inbound bridge.
Of course, early March is Heineken Sailing Regatta time here on St Maarten. The bridge channel was entirely congested with sailboat traffic. It's always chaos with so many boats needing to get through the bridge in a short amount of time. However, it's also fun. The incoming boats and crew dress up on the inbound run and lots of silly antics ensue. A big crowd also gathers at the yacht club adjacent to the bridge to watch the incoming fleet. We got our guests to pull out the catch and show it off to the onlookers. Plenty of cheering and applause ensued. A fun ending to a good day out on the water.