Small Boat, Big Yellowfin!
Just in from Archer SuperBars Hawaii ProStaff member Courtland Pang:
Went out fishing on a friends 19-foot Arima and got lucky. Took an early early morning double strike with the two outriggers crashing down. The stbd rigger was pulling an Archer JT Special RuckusRaiser (RR) and the port had an Archer Professional MeatBall on it they certain do operate to attract the fish!
As the two of us cleared the other lines, the port fish unbuttoned. But the stbd rod was still bent and the reel loudly protesting! With about 600 yards of line out and nary a splash to be observed, we figured we had hooked, not a marlin but as an alternative, the highly sought following ahi (YFT). After numerous minutes, we noticed colour and woohoo! the lovely form of an ahi behind the RR. A number of a lot more turns of the reel and the RR was in the vicinity of the rod suggestion, the RRs principal leader in hand, and game more than! After brining the fish down we worked the location for a short whilst, hoping the other 1 or its cousins had been even now all around, but no far more enjoy and with limited ice and storage on our modest boat, we went house.
We believed the fish to be 120-one hundred thirty lbs and the 55L and 40.5G calculated out to 153 lbs.
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