The bay was alive with tuna today. There were reports of footballs from Graves Light to Barnstable Harbor. Marty and Jim were with me today. They are both experienced fishermen but neither had ever caught a tuna. We found schools of tuna on the surface after noon, in the middle of the bay. These were more aggressive fish than we had seen in the previous two days. The fish were feeding on sand eels and after some experimenting we found something they would eat. A 4" Tsunami Shad was the answer. Jim cast his shad into the middle of a feeding school and began to reel. In a flash he was tight to a tuna and peeled line off the spinning reel like a freight train. Landing one of these 50lb+ fish on light tackle is no easy task. Jim fought his fish like a pro. It had him around the boat four or five times before he got it to the surface. A quick picture and back in the water. We ended the day at 2:30 with two fish in the boat. If we had more time, I am sure Marty would have hooked up too.
