We had a fantastic day of looking offshore that did include plenty of catching on beautiful grade dorado, but twenty yellowfin tuna over two hundred pounds was not to be. All kidding aside we saw very good signs of life, including several different areas that showed promise on good grade tuna, but none of the tuna were interested in what we had to offer. I can say with a reasonable amount of certainty that one spot we tried did have a few of the bigger fish with it, but until we actually have one in the hatch it is all speculation. So the conclusion for our day in the big fish zone is this: it is still early for this area that although began producing good action on big tuna around this time last year, is typically more productive for tuna in November and December. The stage is definitely set with plenty of life around so now we wait, keep working the area when the itinerary permits, and hope that it will start to happen. Not that we haven't had good fishing thus far; we have, but with last year's big fish phenomena, I figure that no matter how good the fishing is elsewhere, our attention is focused on giant yellowfin tuna.

Not any more on this voyage however as our time in the far southern zone is over. We will spend tomorrow working the traditional ridge haunts in search of some anchor action before continuing northward the following day.