[bajabum]

left SI 2 am fri. calm seas, bright moon. dodge the seiners and tuna pens at about 40 mi. (watch out, some pens are not lit.) start seeing sporties at 60 mi. hooken up on kelps, we keep running south looking for our own golden muff. Down near the lower 500 start checking kelps, no action and water looks a little off color, so turn west 20 mi. to find clean water and lots of kelps. slide up and are greeted by big school of Yellowtail. not wide open but steady action on 20-30+ lb. fish. slows down so Bill (el otro nuez) slips in with the spear gun and nails a few more before they sink out. A few more mi. west (3102/11716)find more kelps. with Yellowtail and dodos. Bait, Iron, and gun. Nice grade and its "time to die" (bladerunner). all around us seiners are making sets on yf? should of spent some time working it, but we're plugged and are 100 mi. down at 4 pm. decide to stay at the coral, and put the throttle down. snagged another dodo on the way. get a slip and a room, a great meal and crash hard. Sat. morning fuel up (2.17 gal) Buy and install a new bait pump we lost fri. am. Talk story with Harry Okuda on the Christina Lynn at the fuel dock. bait boat is outside the harbor and as we approach the shift cable locks up. stuck in forward. could have run home, maybe dicey at the ramp so put on the mask, tied some tools to my shorts, and pulled the cover off the outdrive. ducked the jellies, fixed the problem and baited up. wind was up early, so headed north. dirty water on the inside so no action. hit the circus at the ramp, empty ski boats tied up, one on the rocks, amphibious bus and jet skis,etc. (not used to being in this early,but good for some laughs) Great trip, hope they move up. heard a guy talking about wide open Yellow Fin Tuna and some big eye west of us (08/35) Go get em.----Bajabum