northern california albacore report (caution, bloody pics!)

[alantani]

just couldn't stand it any more. a sick mother-in-law, a stressed out wife, kids starting school, short staffed at work, reels piling up. what's the answer? right! go fishing!

i launched my boat out of half moon bay and took a 2 hour and 25 kt run to a seamount called the guide. we stuck a dozen albacore and called it a day. nice to get out on the water again. this was my first tuna ever on the new boat. it ran perfectly, right down to the new flir thermal imaging camera.

 

[enfish]

Nice job Alan! Any bait fish or all troll? Looks like you had some great weather too.

 

[TooLittleTime]

Good job Alan! I was down at Star marine the other day and those Flir cameras caught my eye......a little pricey for me but they are awsome!

 

[alantani]

mostly troll fish, only a couple on bait.

regarding the flir, go back and take a second look. they are absolutely incredible. you're making 20-25 knots at 4am and it feels like daytime. alan

 

[GT]

can you give a ballpark estimate on the cost of flir camera?

 

[alantani]

$8k for the camera, $1.5k for the all-in-1 drop down dvd monitor, $1K for installation of this and some other gadgets.