Cowbells Are Ringing
The season’s first cow tuna, yellowfin over 200 pounds, arrived at Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 15, when skipper Joe Crisci parked Qualifier 105 at the main dock to offload his 17 anglers, their gear and fish from the Hurricane Bank. The 14-day trip was a Loftus-Martin charter.
Wahoo and tuna weren’t easy to come by, said the anglers, but there were enough fish so some anglers had two or three cows, and many fish, over 100, of tuna between 100 and 200 pounds. There were 12 cows.
Joseph McNamara of Campbell got two of those big tuna, and one fish took first place in the jackpot. It weighed 239.6 pounds; the other tuna went 201 pounds even. The big one came on the kite with a flying fish for bait.
McNamara said he used a 12/0 Mustad 7691 hook on 130-pound maxima line and 130-pound Line One Spectra, with an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 760 H rod, to do the job in a long hour and a half.
“He went down, then out and around the anchor line,” said Joseph. “We got him, thanks to the crew. It was awesome! Of course I’ll do it again.”
Co-chartermaster Larry Martin got a brace of cows at 218 and 206.6 pounds. He fished sardines on 8/0 Eagle Claw hooks tied to 130-poundSeaguar fluorocarbon, 1230-pound Maxima line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 50W reel and a Calstar 7465 rod wrapped by Smitty G.
“I got those on the “Dolly Parton” rig,” said Larry. “Two bobber balloons. The big one fought about a half-hour.”
Dan Harnes of Thousand Oaks caught a 208.4-pound tuna on a squid under the kite. He pinned the squish on a 12/0 Mustad 7691 hook tied to 130-pound Maxima line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 50W reel and a Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.
Report by Bill Roecker at FishingVideos.com
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