The day began with a distinctly different feel with a weather and water temperature change that had us wondering what the overall effect on the fish would be. Sure enough with the changes came a new program that included very little indication of big fish around and the feeling that we would have to spread out a go looking to find something today. After a multi hour tour however we opted for another pass over the bank and saw the fish exactly where they had been although they again showed very little interest in biting. We managed to pick away at them through the afternoon ending the day with another three two hundred forty to two hundred sixty pounders along with a few of the "smaller" one hundred eighty pound class fish.

On another note, now that the cat is out of the bag, I mentioned that these fish have been associated with a series of offshore banks very similar to last year. What we haven't mentioned is that we have been able to anchor on several of these shallows and have had good success practicing traditional anchor style fishing in doing so. As such, given the criteria for naming "new" banks, we now have two in this region to our credit. So yesterday's late afternoon/evening action was had on the anchor and thankfully so as the wind freshened up to a stiff twenty five knots with the standard associated sea state. Rather than crash around while drifting, we spent a very decent evening fishing on the anchor, with lines straight off the stern, picking an occasional trophy yellowfin tuna. Who would have thought.
As the sign of these Giant yellowfin is still plentiful and the wind is forecast to abate by tomorrow, we plan to give this at least one more day before possibly heading up the line tomorrow. Look for tomorrow's report for more details.