Today Kil, his son Steve, Yoshi and I went looking for a little bluefin. Found them right away -- they were a little sporadic but feeding nonetheless. After a little chase we were tight. I hooked and fought the first one, had it to the boat in 15 minutes. It taped out at 71"; we swam and released it to fight another day. Spent the next hour or so chasing smashing fish for a couple of miles with a few grabs but no takers. Yoshi had a slob hit on one of his custom plugs, but he was so big I think he just pushed the plug away with his sheer mass in the water. We had breezing fish for miles. One more bunch and Kil gets tight. We all smile as this one kicks our butts for an hour and 20 minutes. Get him to the boat; tape says 72.5. We swim and release him — probably a commercial fish but we were not interested in pulling him in the boat for a measurement. Chased up-and-down fish for miles with a few grabs but no solid hook-ups.

Just before we called it a day we encountered a mother humpback and her calf. The mother was tangled in lobster gear. Called the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies' entanglement hotline (1-800-900-3622) and stood by the whale till the rescuers could get to the scene. Glad we could help.

After this week I have ample openings for tuna trips. The fishing has been excellent and the half-beaks are starting to show, which makes for explosive fishing. Call or e-mail to book a trip.

Equipment used:

Black Hole rods
Stella 20000
RonZ
Ocean Lures
Streamline Wind-Ons

Today was unreal. 9 hookups 2 to the boat it was very sloppy out there lost a commercial after 2 hour battle just sick. We left fish, my guys could not reel anymore. Had the stella locked down and the fish was still peeling out line. Please give me a call if you are ready to tackle one these slobs. I will post some pics later just shot after today.

Ronz and Ocean Lures were the bait of choice for the fish today
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Streamline wind-ons
Black Hole rods
Stella 20000

Capt Josh Zacharias
www.outermostangling.com
OUTERMOST ANGLING

Full moon tuna

Today John, Patrick and Albert saw an amazing whale show – humpbacks breaching as far as the eye could see. The tuna fishing wasn’t bad either. First fish of the day was a sleeper; I thought it was a bass as it never made a run, but after a minute we knew it was Charlie and he woke up. 20 minutes later we had a nice 59” slot fish — in the box he goes. Get back on the school and first cast we are tight again. Different story with this one: big run, the BH 8’ graphite owned this fish but the 28 pounds of drag kicked the anglers’ butts. After a 35-minute fight we swim and release a nice 70” fish. Back up and have a pulled hook on another nice BFT. The guys are spent at this point so we go and enjoy some of the great bass fishing that has been around the waters off Cape Cod. Great day OTW — also nice to see my friend Bob P out there as he boated a nice 65” fish for release with his nephew captaining the DH

Josh

Equipment used

BH 8’ graphite rod
BD 200
Shimano Stella 20000
RONZ
Ocean Lures

Bluefin blitz

About Thursday, all I can say is EPIC... We were all shot, some of the best fishing I have ever seen and I have been around. 6 fish to the boat 4 pulled hooks after 15 to 20 minutes -- that was a blessing. I can't even count the missed hookups, most of the action coming on RONZ, RONZ, RONZ. The Black Hole rods were excellent in handling all fish 65 to 72 inches. Back to the dock at noon and right back at it in the a.m.

Friday's trip was a buzz kill after the previous day's melee. The fish were there but too many googans for me. We managed to get some quality shots, Jin got one nice fish to the boat and we had a few hookups. Some of the fish are shrimping, meaning they are very hard to get hooked up. Overall a great day OTW with some of the nicest people. Looking forward to fishing with Jin and Jerome again. Thanks guys.

Equipment used:
Shimano Stella 20000
Black Hole rods
Streamline Wind-ons
RONZ
Ocean Lures

calm weather and stripes by the thousands

The other day I had the pleasure of fishing with Capt Rob Glasser, fly only and we crushed them. The fishing was non-stop for hours with greasy calm conditions. Could not have hit it any better. You don't see this kind of action every day.

calm waters

Yesterday I had Kil and the guys out again, lots of fish early on top with a couple of pulled hooks. Then we covered some ground trying to find fish to ourselves, found plenty of whales but no tuna. Back to the morning's numbers and they are blowing up small herring. Very sporadic up and down so we start jigging on some bait and hook-up. Sweet great day OTW. 66" fish released boatside.

fog city

Today I had Sam and Phil for a half day bass trip. Started a little slow but we finished up catching a whole bunch of bass and blues. As always, I really have a great time with Sam and his friends. Looking forward to doing it again.