7-9 late report

fish'nplay · Jul-10-2007, 09:31 AM

Awesome day on the water - STAY CLOSE & save gas!
Started 4 mi N of the 302 & boxed the area for lots of good grade Albies. Worked toward the 226 with knockdowns every hour. Limits for me & my good buddy, Dave C. Hooked 2 on bait (lost one) - all others on small jets/ blk/purp in AM - grn/blk in PM - Couldn't keep them off the small grn/blk daisy.
Have fun and go now - mid week is the only way.
Ken on Fish'nplay

smels_like_tuna · Jul-10-2007, 06:05 PM

Ken did a great job as skipper, finding the fish away from other boaters and keeping it close. Here is a little added update to the report. In the water at 5:30 AM first strike at 7:15 AM in the boat shortly after that. Last fist caught around 2:30 .....Best part of the day was catching at a rate of two an hour with just one dead spot in the day around 10:30 to 12:30. Not sure what the other boaters have to detect our catch but several showed up in our chum path just as we got hookups trying to get a play on our find. it is a big ocean and no need to crowd on a Monday for Christ sakes. All in all great day on the water and good eaten. You anglers that are posting picture of the albe steaks with the bone in, try spending the time to filet. only way to go. anybody got hints on canning?

Shark Meat · Jul-10-2007, 09:49 PM

It is very easy.

Get a good high quality pressure cooker (I got one that will do 16 pint jars from AMERICAN PRESSURE COOKER CO for 90 bucks). It came with instructions -- or you can do a search for "canning tuna" and you will find more info than you ever wanted.

Go to Walmart for pint size jars and lids (with the wide mouth) -- put a half teaspoon of salt in jar, add fish, add water, squeeze air out, leave 1" gap at top, wash lids in hot soapy water; rinse off and place on cleaned jar top; screw down cap hand tight; put inch and a half water in pressure cooker; put first layer of jars on aluminum plate (provided); now next layer on another aluminum plate. secure pressure cooker and add heat until it vents steam for 7 minutes, then add no. 10 weight and start timer once weight pops first time . adjust heat until weight pops only 2-4 times per minute until times up in 110 minutes.

This is the simplest method there are many more techniques you can try. Better than any tuna you can buy in the store.

High n Dry · Jul-11-2007, 07:46 AM

Tramp, who said you could go out on your own boat?????????? I did not remember being asked...........................

fish'nplay · Jul-11-2007, 07:53 PM

I actually seriously considered asking you along. We would have definatly caught more fish. But then I thought about the reality of the situation, and knew that you wouldn't want to deal with the discomforts of my CC compared to your Old Faithful, the High'n Dry.

I noticed you smacked them last week - right on!

Take care JT