DougP
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Wife wanted Tuna. So we went on a 24 hour party boat trip out of Port Aransas, Texas for Valentine's Day. I know it's not on a Parker, but we went 64 miles offshore and my little Parker won't make that trip with the small weather window we had for good sea's and weather, or probably any other time :? forecast was for 2'-4' seas on saturday increasing to 3'-5' seas on sunday with a front coming in on sunday. well the winds stayed southerly but did increase along with the waves.
I dubbed it the lonely heart's trip because my wife was the only female on board and the other guys must not of had a Valentine to take care of, anyway. We had 15 fisherman on board total of 123 Blackfin Tuna, 12 amber jack, 6 kingfish (small), 1 horse eyed jack, 1 bee liner snapper, 2 grouper. I caught the first grouper and my first it wieghed 45 pounds, a second grouper was caught weighing 62 pounds.
Most of the guys on board were regular customers and brought Shimano 30 or 50 two speed reels. the grouper i caught was on one of these, i cant remember which now, the capt pushed the button to low speed and wow, i really gained line then. gotta get me one of those, maybe two
. yes it was my first time to use a two speed reel.
We managed to bring in 12 tuna, 1 amber jack, 1 king and 1 grouper. lost about 4 more tuna. i know i lost one to not switching out the split ring and treble hook on the new tuna jig i bought just before we left
one of the high points of the trip was when the wife told me we need to move up to a 25SC :shock: 8) so we can go out and catch our own tuna.
I tought it was a great birthday(mine), Valentine's and President's day weekend. Now I have to go put away a 120 quart ice chest full of fish fillets.
Oh, wife pan seared some tuna with butter, olive oil, garlic, pepper and sea salt last night for dinner with a big ole baked potato, good stuff. The cold front blew in just as we pulled in the driveway with 25mph plus gust of wind or we would have grilled the tuna.
I dubbed it the lonely heart's trip because my wife was the only female on board and the other guys must not of had a Valentine to take care of, anyway. We had 15 fisherman on board total of 123 Blackfin Tuna, 12 amber jack, 6 kingfish (small), 1 horse eyed jack, 1 bee liner snapper, 2 grouper. I caught the first grouper and my first it wieghed 45 pounds, a second grouper was caught weighing 62 pounds.
Most of the guys on board were regular customers and brought Shimano 30 or 50 two speed reels. the grouper i caught was on one of these, i cant remember which now, the capt pushed the button to low speed and wow, i really gained line then. gotta get me one of those, maybe two
. yes it was my first time to use a two speed reel. We managed to bring in 12 tuna, 1 amber jack, 1 king and 1 grouper. lost about 4 more tuna. i know i lost one to not switching out the split ring and treble hook on the new tuna jig i bought just before we left
one of the high points of the trip was when the wife told me we need to move up to a 25SC :shock: 8)
so we can go out and catch our own tuna.I tought it was a great birthday(mine), Valentine's and President's day weekend. Now I have to go put away a 120 quart ice chest full of fish fillets.
Oh, wife pan seared some tuna with butter, olive oil, garlic, pepper and sea salt last night for dinner with a big ole baked potato, good stuff. The cold front blew in just as we pulled in the driveway with 25mph plus gust of wind or we would have grilled the tuna.
