We finished up the trip with a decent scratch that produced 16 fish from 90-130lbs by day's end. We did hook two better fish today that were unintentionally released but overall I saw very little sign of big fish. It is not uncommon for this big fish to not show for days or even weeks. We've written this area off many times in the past and been proven wrong when it popped right back up and produced better fishing than we had previously seen that year.

We are presently enjoying a nice ride up the line feeling content with 15 over 200 and another 20 from 150-198 in the hatch. A tough scratch at times but the decision to hang tough on the beach definitely afforded us the best opportunity at quality tuna.
Many thanks to Dennis Braid for sponsoring this trip, he gave away tons of product and jump started a few anglers with a timely hook and hand. Dennis has been one of the innovators during the evolution of long range cow angling and has been involved from the ground floor. I remember Dennis experimenting with circle hooks and wind on leaders back when I was on the Excel in '93', at the time both were unheard of.

Tim departs on our first Revilla tag trip of the season on Sunday so look for his reports to start on the 8th.