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My son and I went out on the 12hr trip yesterday with Capt James on the Pelican out of Deap Sea Headquarters. The target was blackfin Tuna and its easily the best offshore trip we have ever had.

We left at 6am in the dark, it was nice and cool with a fair chop and what I would call confused seas due to some storms out in the gulf. While it was sunny here in town, we had overcast skies most of the day with some showers. Nice fishing weather, not hot, only 18 people on board.

We were into fish on the first stop and really had non stop action for a couple of hours. There were a ton of bonita with the blackfin lurking below. I had my first tuna within 30 seconds of being in the water. I've always wanted to be in the middle of a situation like this with tuna. It was awesome. I had two fish back to back and many times it seemed at least half of us were hooked up on something.

I think we had close to 5 hours of fishing time. I did not fish the last hour and a half. I allready had all the tuna I needed, so I had a few adult beverages and watched. We had fish around us the entire time.

My son and I came home with 8 Blackfin and the boat had 87 total with a large shark and a few kings. I would bet we also caught 200 bonita perhaps more.

Here is our part, 125 lbs of tuna.

Capt James was great and came down and helped us fish. The entire crew was very busy the entire time with all the Bonita and their erratic runs. I think it would be hard to have a better 12hr tuna trip than this one. Nice folks, allot of fish, great crew and cool weather.

I can't wait to go again, but I got to eat some tuna first.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Yep my sentiments exactly! We had the best 12hr trip last October and another great one earlier this month. Thanks for the report! I quit after I caught three!
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deputydawg · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 9:50 am Post subject:

Excellent!!! Glad y'all had a good trip! After my trip a couple weeks ago I am definitely a fan of Capt. James and the shrimp boat trips! I can't wait to get back out there with them!

rcw · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:51 pm Post subject:

Any idea how much longer they will be offering the 12hour tuna trip? I assume as long as the shrimp boats are still out?

awesum · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:09 am Post subject:

Nice report and trip! This is my favorite kind of fishing. Glad you got to go.

These 12 hr trips will be every Wednesday when weather allows and it depends on the tuna bite as to what the target will be. i can testify that James is a tunahead so if they are biting they will be caught.