Smokey broke from the more typical no fish mode to produce some good action on 50 - 150# yellowfin for a fine closing round. Like the previous day at Socorro most fish appeared stamped from a mold in the 60 - 70# range with a few larger standouts. While we did get a couple of nice hits the amount of fish around led one to imagine something even better. Most of what we saw preferred to swim around and under the boat uninterested in the prospect of sporting any new body piercings. Regardless it was a great way to end the voyage stretching out our fishing time to the last possible minute. Incredibly enough, we fished on ten out of eleven days this voyage - the beauty of a fly down/fly back.

All told it was another highly successful voyage with 380 tags deployed in yellowfin tuna, and 39 tags deployed in Wahoo. I will add more thoughts about this adventure, and the Revilla tagging voyage as the boat steams north during the next three days. Arrival in Cabo San Lucas is on target for the early a.m. tomorrow. All's well that ends well. There are presently smiles all around.

Today's photo features Jai pulling on a good one a few days back with Socorro island's famous Cape Pearce providing spectacular morning scenery. As we discovered last year Jai is one of those tackle manufacturer's and merchant's whom we have the highest respect for. As owner of Thailand's "Seven Seas" tackle, Jai is on the cutting edge of tackle development. Of greater significance to us is the fact that Jai is an exceptional fisherman. He is another one who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk. On a side note, for anglers' interested in all kinds of surface plugs, poppers, and a amazing variety of different types of tackle, the Seven Seas tackle website is worth a good look. The plugs and poppers are like nothing available in our part of the world. And, speaking from direct experience, they work.

Tim


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