Live from Mississippi.

[Stressless]

Simply awesome Joe. That is a damn fact, YFT fishing is a team event. Great writeup- technique and results!! ...and the 'hoo aint shabby either. White and red sashimi

BRAVO ZULU!

 

[triple_duece]

We tried to keep one but every time we shot one they would spit the hook and jump off the gaff. Damnedest thing.

Turtles got to eat same as this fish!

 

[giles]

Hell of a day! Nice work fellas.

 

[Deersurgeon]

Great write up and I enjoyed reading it as I followed the story like I was there. Good job bud and eager to hear about more of your adventures as I’m sure you are hooked!

 

[md1]

Wow, that was an adventure.....that fish is going to taste something special. Congrats!

 

[finelyshedded]

WOW!!! What a write up, heck….now I’m spent! lol
Sounded like quite the adventure with some great guys that know what they’re doing. Thanks for sharing this Joe.

 

[Jackalope]

I was off on weights. 147lbs on the whole tuna, 133 on the one missing his back half. He probably wpuld have gone upper 180s based on girth measurements. The wahoo was 57 lbs.

I've got 5 of these loin chunks to process.

 

[giles]

You need a bigger cutting board!

 

[md1]

I was off on weights. 147lbs on the whole tuna, 133 on the one missing his back half. He probably wpuld have gone upper 180s based on girth measurements. The wahoo was 57 lbs.

I've got 5 of these loin chunks to process.

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I literally just said, "oh fuk me" out loud after seeing this picture.....

 

[Jackalope]

If any of you guys ever want to do it, and I HIGHLY recomend it once in your life, there are plenty of charters out of Venice La that hammer them daily who are way better equipped than us, do it for a living and are way closer to the grounds. Big comfortable 37 foot Freeman boats. Charters are $2,300 per day, plus fuel (180-200 gal) plus deckhand tip. Probably right at $3,500. They can take up to 6 guys. Figure $600 per person. Not bad considering it cost us $200 each in fuel, ice & baits.. And we still had to drive the boat to the ramp, fuel it, launch it, deal with the ramp monster, and clean the boat and fish today. We'll worth it IMO to just get on the boat, go fish and then drink beer while the deckhand cleans fish and takes care of the boat.

 

[Stressless]

PSA, if you do, deckhands live on tips...couldn't agree more thou.

 

[Buckmaster]

It’s on my bucket list. That and an elk/moose/bear hunt.

 

[Jackalope]

PSA, if you do, deckhands live on tips...couldn't agree more thou.

That they do. I factored it in with the 3,500 total. I never understood how anyone could stiff a deckhand. Those guys work damn hard for their clients.