Copied from my Antigua dive reports
I went out Monday 16.03.15 with my sailboat looking for wahoo, even though the fishermen told me nothing was happening out there, yeah I know ... It was first break in weather for weeks and just had to try! Sailed out in much rougher conditions than was predicted, made for great sail but tough diving, swallowed a lot of saltwater that day . On the first drift a nice fat 40-50lb yellowfin started hoovering my chum at about 70-80, every time i even thought about diving down it would ghost on me, i tried for the bugger for over a hour but no joy Did eventually see a squad of 20lb wahoo but they were not feeding and just buzzed by from far out. So I got nada, but it did show me that yellowfin tuna were around so i decided to try to get on my buddies power boat that coming Saturday on his regular fishing trip, and try the Atlantic FADS 40-50 miles offshore.
Had a great day Saturday 21.03.15! Swam with a whale species that i could not identify, cool . Hooked up some sweet dolphin fish, and then the boys allowed me into the water... current was ripping so strong I could not swim against it so just had to do drifts, this doesnt make the hook boys happy as they dont want to pull in lines and come get me to reset my drifts Anyway their action was quite so they reluctantly accommodated my diving. First drift I saw a fat yellowfin, I knew it was there before i saw it as all the small rainbow runners that were swarming my chum suddenly had some place else to be fast!! hahaahahahahah. I dove down, but it wasnt eating and just kept going deeper as I tried to stalk it, gone .
Next drift I drifted right onto the FAD, and thats where the tuna were! Was tracking a 50 ish on my dive when this cheeky 23 lb'er decided to come up and eat chum close to me, I made a snap choice that one in the hand is better than than two in the bush and readjusted my stalk, got a great shot on it, and fought it on my Ermes Sub Blue Water Leonardo 93 reel. That little f@#%* kicked my ass at the surface and had me laughing, loved every second! It was made more rewarding by the fact that I had been wanting to shoot a small tuna for years! The little ones behave like they are on crack, and rarely has the opportunity presented itself for me to tick off the list a small fast moving f@#$er, when the opportunity has presented in the past wahoo or bigger game has been around, and no way i am risking a shot on a 20 lb fish when a 40 lb fish may present itself . But that was my day on Saturday, to be honest I was more thrilled than if I had shot a 100lb tuna, seriously .
Here is the Video, crude rude and hastily cobbled together...sorry.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/noc6…ction-at-the-end.wmv?dl=0
