Mitch Magner and his crew were lucky enough to pick one of the few calm days this November. And we took advantage of the weather, giving them the full tour of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Nevertheless, the search for tunas ended with one small 40# yellowfin. As I was more than happy to point out, one is way more than none. We caught a limit of stud amberjacks, sending this crew home with plenty fish to hold them over until their next trip, and we saw a big blue marlin tearing up rainbow runners, but couldn’t get him to eat our bait. The highlight of the trip for me was watching Kevin do military presses with a big amberjack- a real coup de grace. Capt. Billy had the second boat for this two boat trip and his crew came back with one big tuna, a 153# yellowfin that they tracked down in open water. I know where I’ll start on my next trip.

 

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