Had a really hot bite this past Saturday with a party from New York. Fished off San Remo with an assortment of Gogs and pilchards on kites and flatlines with a couple deeps.
Started a drift from 375ft. in to 80ft. Strong NE winds kicked up pretty good in the afternoon. Caught 10 Dolphin ranging from a 30lb. bull to a couple in the lower 20's and one 15lber along with a few schoolies. Last drift produced a monster of the sea that one the battle of will. Hooked this fish in 300ft. of water on the deep gog. #6 wire with a stinger for that lovely Hoo' Unfortunately, when this fish hit we knew she was more than a Hoo'. Ended up almost dumping my TLD20 b-4 we caught up to her and finessed for quite a few hours with a few sizzling line spooling runs. Joe fought this fish like he was possessed and his will would not break.
I ended up bumping up the dragevery 15 to 20 minutes since we weren't gaining a damn thing. She was headed Southeast into the current cruising at about 3knots. I was maneuvering every which way possible to try and lure this fish to the boat and she would not be had. After 3-1/2 hours of a grueling battle the #6 wire kinked an d the fish won this battle. After investigating the leader I can only assume this had to be a 150lb. plus Yellowfin. The mono above the wire was smooth as butter so that leaves a sharky out of the equation. Oh well, this is just another fish story that I can tell with no evidence. Till' next time, let's go catchin'.