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Hot Tuna's Current Events
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The Hot Tuna and its charter braved some strong
East winds on Saturday mid-day to head offshore for a 24 hour
canyon chunking trip. The charter party, organized by Mike
Kellogg and his adventuresome 5 colleagues, kept spirits high, not
withstanding the sloppy weather. Even though the winds laid down
nicely for the overnight chunking portion of the trip, it had
limited success with only one small mako (released), but at least
a hundered squid attracted to Hot Tuna's underwater light
were netted which the party plans to make into numerous Calamari
meals. The evening and morning trolling portions of the
trip produced 4 yellowfin, a wahoo and bonito. Capt Bob Gerkens
of the Hot Tuna was assisted on the charter by Capt. Fran Verdi,
who took a day off from his own charters on the Cousins and Drop Off
to run the cockpit for the Hot Tuna, with the assistance of the Hot
Tuna's Junior Mate Pat Zavacky.
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Hot Tuna recently made another Giant
Bluefin Tuna catch off the coast of North Carolina. Capt. Bob Gerkens
and his mate were the only two people on board for the fight which took
three hours and 6 miles of backing down. The fish was 95” and a
little under 500 lbs. It was auctioned in the Japanese market. |
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Hot Tuna won the Beach Haven Marlin &
Tuna Club's Mako Shark tournament with a brute weighing
in at 186.5. The crew for the trip consisted of off-shore mate, Rich Stracensky, its junior mate in training, Ryan
Kellogg, and Barry Thomas from Allentown, PA. Capt. Bob Gerkens was
unfortunate enough to be near the pole when the Mako hooked up on a
whole mackerel and did its first of two spectacular back flip jumps, so
had the duty handling the pole to the end of the battle. The
fishing team did every thing correctly, including having to fire-up the
boat for a spin when the Mako near the end of the fight made an attempt
to get under the boat. Two gaffs were used to hold the fish
for the bang stick to the head before hauling the fish on board.
There were 3 other hookups for the day, one of which resulted in a
release of what appeared to be a 75 to 100 pound juvenile thresher shark.
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