"We started out the morning hooking one nice fish in the dark," recollected the report from American Angler January 25, "which gave us high hopes for the bewitching daylight hour. Right around breakfast time a few fish rolled by and we were able to hook a handful before they kept going. Bob Wheeler (retired NYFD) was one of the guys that got bit. He was ahead of the game, using a big hook and 130-pound line. If he had been using lighter gear, we probably would have lost the fish. He hooked the fish straight up and down, and within what seemed like seconds, his spool was emptied and we had to throw his 50-sized reel in the water attached to a backup." "Luckily, two hours later after a grueling battle, Bob managed to bring up a beautiful 257-pound yellowfin tuna. We ended up the day scratching at 70 to 110-pound fish as all but one of our guys landed a nice tuna today."