Kayak fish of the week June 21th-28th 2022
 

Blackfin Tuna

Last Thursday I made a trip out of Ft. Lauderdale. No luck finding bait in the morning, but still managed to catch a nice Blackfin Tuna crossing the 3rd reef at sunrise on a Yozuri Crystal Minnow.
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The rest of the morning was a vertical jigathon. :jig: After CPR'ing about a dozen smaller species (mainly False Albacore), I was lucky to find one more Blackfin worthy of harvesting.
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Hope this inspires you to go out and get em :reeling:

That's a heck of a fish on a Yo-zuri Crystal Minnow! Nice work on both of them.

Thanks, Ben, The ballyhoos were getting chased, so figure it was worth a shot.
Not the first time a Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow produced at first light on the third reef.
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