No trips on the book for the weekend, so we headed out in pursuit of bluefin. We left the dock at 1:00 am Saturday morning and made a slow run to the Backside. The forecast called for some wind, but nothing significant was due until late in the day. The 'plan' was to hit the early morning bite off Peaked Hill and get back home before the wind picked up. However, with each update, the forecast changed and by dawn the wind was on us. We decided it was just too sloppy for any productive fishing. We headed back to harbor and spent the day resting up.
Early Sunday morning we headed back out. We saw a couple of fish off of Peaked Hill, but nothing much else all morning. I decided to troll back towards the Race. If we didn't find any of the big stuff, we could always get some bass fishing in. Derrick took the helm while I went below for a nap. About a mile off of the Race, around the Gas Buoy, Derrick marked a fish pass under the boat. Kirstyn was in the cockpit tending the lines when the stern rod beside her went off. Within twenty minutes she landed a 54-inch bluefin, weighing approximately 100 pounds. It took quite a bit longer for her to clean and quarter the fish. However, she was up to the task and we took home a tote full of steaks, loins and sushi.
