Giant falsies

Had one of our best days ever trolling. The ocean was so calm, a very gentle two foot roll, that we literally floated over to 26 Mile Hill.

Pulled ballyhoo and other lures for about an hour without a hit. Then bang! a pull-down on the way-way-back line. Ran off another 100 yards. Thought we had a small bluefin but 15 minutes later, a giant false albacore.

After putting the fish into the cooler, another hit and another and another. All very large. We caught them until becoming tired. All the fish were between 15 and 21 lbs 3 oz.

Interesting, that we only had hits on rigs with birdies and mostly on ballyhoo. They were all caught within a 100 yards of each other. The meat of these fish was unlike any falsies we ever cleaned: Very fatty and the color of bluefin and they also taste like bluefin.

On the way home we stopped at 21 Mile and caught our first dolphin of the year.

A great day.

martin freed and ruta vaskys------- outdoor writing: hunting, fishing, backpacking, mushrooming, rockhounding, wild edible gathering, self-sufficient living.-------Members of the OWAA------ alaskanaturally@yahoo.com