9/22-23/2009 I had two great days of fishing for tuna. On 9/22 I fished with Mike DeSimone and Captain Dave Zarrello on Mike's 32 regulator. We found the fish in a dragger fleet about 50 mile from Fire Island Inlet. We jigged and chunked big tuna all day. It was awesome. On 9/23 I fished with Captain Roger Dean and Captain Dave Zarrello on Dave's 25 Contender for another go at the tuna. We had another awesome day with fish to 150 pounds. Here is Dave and Roger celebrating after the catch.
Captain Dave with his 150 after a bruising half hour fight. This fish was tough. I ran the boat and Roger did the gaffing. A team effort put a nice fish in the box.
Roger had a nice fish too. Some video clips follow of Roger, Dave and Al having fun with the tuna.
