The beautiful, flat calm weather continues to grace the most important stage of our voyage: fishing time. We passed the day in fine style enjoying some classic fall ridge action on 20 - 40# yellowfin that we gladly released, a few wahoo caught on both the anchor and the troll, and a mix of a few yellowtail and burly grouper to round out the exotic category. It is such a rare occasion that we find ourselves in the position to actually relax and fish, free of the competitive pressure that accompanies this occupation, that we enjoyed ourselves perhaps even more than our group of thoroughly satisfied anglers, who, amazingly, appeared none the worse for the wear following two consecutive days of intense, physically demanding giant yellowfin tuna action. In fact, most anglers were ready and raring to go well before dawn ready to charge the wahoo and yellowtail today. Man, even I am impressed by that kind of enthusiasm. As such we did our best to satisfy the angling urge and as reported, I actually think most anglers were relieved just to wet a line without the possibility of hooking a monster that would require a life altering effort to subdue.

Now we head north with plans to target coastal species tomorrow pursuing yellowtail at a similar pace as today. With at least one more day of gorgeous weather in the forecast, we are all looking forward to a comfortable ride up the line tonight.