Divan and I set the lines and At trolled over the pinnacles. It didn’t take long to get a pull. Three rods went away with yellowfin tuna and Johan, Pierre and Divan took the strikes. Moments after we hooked up, a pod of dolphin started jumping towards us. Knowing what was about to happen, all 3 anglers put the drags up to maximum and pulled like mad. The inevitable happened and 2 of the 3 tuna were eaten by the dolphins. The one we managed to get went into the livebait tube and we continued trolling. About 20mins later we hooked another yellowfin which found its way into the tube.
The baits were a bit big for our liking so we continued trolling to try catch a smaller bait. A short while later we pulled hooks on a nice size bonito but managed to catch another of about 2kg just after that. One of the yellowfins went into the hatch to make space for the bonito. The current had come in and so we headed about a kilometer north to gain ground and depth. En route we had a sailfish take one of the bait lures we were pulling but unfortunately it didn’t stick. In 60m I rigged the bonito and put it about 20m behind the boat.
Pierre rigged a live mackerel and put it on the other rigger, hoping for a Dorado or smaller billfish. At trolled the bait deeper and turned at 160m before working in shallower. We were hopeful of getting a marlin because the conditions were perfect. But, by 1:30 pm we had nothing so decided to call it a day. I pulled in the bait, cut it free and watched it swim away strongly. It was its lucky day.
