Offishial Business Outdoors

Saw this on Davey's Locker fish count. They pulled up a nice 56lb opah on the half day boat day. Hope that is a good sign on good thing to come. That is one fish on my list to catch.
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Facebook says 120 on the weight, IDK but they are beautiful and tasty

Wow...... maybe I read the report wrong. 120lb sound better tho

I read 125 but whatever, nice catch

So I get this text from Terrence (Owner of 976-Tuna) and its a picture of the Opah. I am thinking BS, for obvious reasons. Sure as $hit, its real! I was picturing some old Asian guy with a rent rod upside down (not being racist, thats just what I pictured in my mind) getting his butt kicked. I've seen a few opah battles, and gaffed'em, they pull HARD. Turns out it was the Captain of the boat that hooked and landed the fish. Now the interesting thing here is, opah are often found when there are albie around. Up North off Half Moon Bay, they are actually a daily occurrence in the albie fleet. I wonder..................

First a swordfish inside Dana Harbor, then a wahoo caught on the LB bait barge, now this??? What has this world come to?

Hppefully great things to come

Wait Jeff the wahoo and swordie was true?

(05-02-2013, 07:09 AM)captjeffjones Wrote: [ -> ]So I get this text from Terrence (Owner of 976-Tuna) and its a picture of the Opah. I am thinking BS, for obvious reasons. Sure as $hit, its real! I was picturing some old Asian guy with a rent rod upside down (not being racist, thats just what I pictured in my mind) getting his butt kicked. I've seen a few opah battles, and gaffed'em, they pull HARD. Turns out it was the Captain of the boat that hooked and landed the fish. Now the interesting thing here is, opah are often found when there are albie around. Up North off Half Moon Bay, they are actually a daily occurrence in the albie fleet. I wonder..................

First a swordfish inside Dana Harbor, then a wahoo caught on the LB bait barge, now this??? What has this world come to?

Dana Point, i have seen videos of makos, marlin and a swordy in there, IDK why but they follow the bait schools into there.
As for the Opah i have only ever seen one of them free swimming off cali. i have heard more of them caught near or in mexico and hawaii.
A whaoo or ONO inside at LB, when WTF! i have never heard of whaoo or ONO caught closer than the island or south of Dana, it is a big ocean and fish do swim, but dirty water and cold, WOW!
Captain how long ago was the Whaoo caught?

(05-02-2013, 07:09 AM)captjeffjones Wrote: [ -> ]So I get this text from Terrence (Owner of 976-Tuna) and its a picture of the Opah. I am thinking BS, for obvious reasons. Sure as $hit, its real! I was picturing some old Asian guy with a rent rod upside down (not being racist, thats just what I pictured in my mind) getting his butt kicked. I've seen a few opah battles, and gaffed'em, they pull HARD. Turns out it was the Captain of the boat that hooked and landed the fish. Now the interesting thing here is, opah are often found when there are albie around. Up North off Half Moon Bay, they are actually a daily occurrence in the albie fleet. I wonder..................

First a swordfish inside Dana Harbor, then a wahoo caught on the LB bait barge, now this??? What has this world come to?

I agree cause they pull hard man I saw my friend hook one and he almost got pulled in and it was a little one but they caught a wahoo at the lb bait barge and a sword fish in dana harbor this is getting insane

(05-03-2013, 10:27 AM)saltwater bass 1 Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-02-2013, 07:09 AM)captjeffjones Wrote: [ -> ]So I get this text from Terrence (Owner of 976-Tuna) and its a picture of the Opah. I am thinking BS, for obvious reasons. Sure as $hit, its real! I was picturing some old Asian guy with a rent rod upside down (not being racist, thats just what I pictured in my mind) getting his butt kicked. I've seen a few opah battles, and gaffed'em, they pull HARD. Turns out it was the Captain of the boat that hooked and landed the fish. Now the interesting thing here is, opah are often found when there are albie around. Up North off Half Moon Bay, they are actually a daily occurrence in the albie fleet. I wonder..................

First a swordfish inside Dana Harbor, then a wahoo caught on the LB bait barge, now this??? What has this world come to?

I agree cause they pull hard man I saw my friend hook one and he almost got pulled in and it was a little one but they caught a wahoo at the lb bait barge and a sword fish in dana harbor this is getting insane

Mako , Marlin and Swordy swam into the harbor at Dana, not caught. as for the Wahaoo off the bait barge yes i did hear of this a few years back but never 100% had confirmation of it.