They're still there

[Wizard]

Rock N Roll guy even mentioned your good paddy etiquette over on Bloodydecks.

Sounds like a great solo day on the water Scott! Good job.

[NoSlack]

Good going Scott. Wish I could have made the trip with ya, but work got in the way again.

If thing are looking good mid week, I'd like to get out and hit the albis one more time before the water warms up.

Mike

[DOGHOUSE26]

Scott,

Yeah I saw the post too on BD and wondered if it was you who held off the dodo paddy until invited, that was great! Glad you finished up the day well, it seems as it has been an afternoon bite the past 2 days. Way to get them!

[Moo Fish]

Has anyone tried getting to the zone early (2200), getting on the sock, and getting the scattered fish to build under the boat with deck lights or chum?

RT

[yellowfin1]

Yeah Jeff that was me. Just didn't want to shut down the guys bite. Being so close to S.D. there were a lot of boats passing by close and of course it didn't long before they realized there wre fish being caught on that paddy. Three other boats came in after I was patient enough to stand off. No big deal. They were all quite polite and stood off the paddy by a good distance (except 1).

RT,
I have not tried the night tuna thing this year. Tried the past few years hoping to get the BFT to come up but I never had any luck. It is tempting when you hear the stories of some boats fishing the tuna at night and never having to search for fish when the sun comes up because they're under the boat. My buddy co-skippered the BMS a few years ago and he once had fish stack up under the boat around 3:00AM. At daybreak they just started throwing bait and he said the bite went from BFT to YFT to bigeye and by 10:00 they were done. This was out by Tanner Bank.

[Wizard]

Reminds me of something I have been thinking for a long time (but wouldn't discuss on a big message board). I wonder if fish stack up under those tankers that often raft up out there in the shipping channel. They must be on a ridge and still have one hella long anchor chains, right? Or are they station keeping? I have seen the same tankers out in some spots on the way to Catalina for days. Maybe they are not on the best spots, but if the water temp is right, wouldn't bait seek shelter? There must be some waste coming off them boats to attract fish too. I guess the scary part is getting close enough to such boats to try without knowing if they are ok with it.

[yellowfin1]

Glenn,
Serving in the USN for 20+ years and being on 8+ deployments I can tell you that there were several occasions when we were either anchored or drifting (doing engineering drills) when dorado swarmed the ship and seemed to stay with us. Since I didn't have access to a fish finder I couldn't tell you if there were fish stacked under us. While anchored off of Mesirah (Island off the East Coat of Oman) We were constantly swarmed by dorado. After working hours we could fish and were able to catch dorado and lots of bottom critters like grouper and snapper. The engineers always set out a heavy line for sharks and were almost always rewarded with some big ones. The guy who made trash runs out to our ship dragged marlin lures all the time and always had a good marlin or big tuna story. I know, that's enough sea stories. I believe the CHT (human waste) does attract fish though.