Beautiful fishing weather, beautiful conditions, plenty of life, and a little bit of catching today as we worked north hitting all the usual spots along the way. Once again I can't say that production lived up to our standards, and the fact that our voyage is drawing down to the wire is heavily weighing on my humor, but we have the full day tomorrow and high hopes that some form of yankin and crankin action awaits at our next destination. We are one good day of action away from a well balanced, respectable catch. With or without the day we are hoping to find however, we are satisfied with our strategy and efforts. But, regardless of whether we are doing it right, wrong, or otherwise, a good day of catching would presently go a long way.

So, the objective is well defined, and laid out perfectly before us. Thank goodness the weather is ideal for the effort and we are armed to the hilt with a huge amount of sardines to motivate whatever we come across. Needless to say anglers are well prepared and ready to dish out some punishment. Suffice to say that there isn't a while lot of mercy presently being felt for the fish. A few chances is all we need to even up the score. We'll see how it unfolds.

Photos for the day feature first time long range angler Jim Bergschneider and yours truly with a big dorado Jim landed as a consolation prize while targeting trophy yellowfin. The second photo features Royal Star veteran Larry Ritter in action on a jumbo yellowfin that ultimately won it's freedom but did little to damage Larry's indomitable cheerful nature. Actually Larry suffered another huge heartbreak on the same day but fortunately prevailed in the end landing a nice, one hundred pound class tuna to the applause of everyone who by that time was heavily invested in Larry's quest. Congratulations to both anglers on your catches.

Tim

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