9/17/12 half moon bay, california, usa - albacore

[alantani]

9/17/12 half moon bay albacore

o'dark 30, half moon bay. great albacore bite yesterday and the day before.

you all know roger on the right. our new guy is vincent wong! been meaning to get him out on the boat for the last few years.

this morning, we get to use ALL of the electronics, including the FLIR!

my brother rounds out the crew.

slow pick in the morning.

8 fish by 1pm, 6 more by 2pm. filleted as we went along, then scrubbed the boat on the way home.

kids! i always tell them to get enough sleep the night before, and they never do!

 

[Vades]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Serra Moz]

Nice outing, good fishing!

 

[Craig Van der Poll]

LEKKA!!! Those Fillets look say tasty!!!!

 

[skipfari]

Nice report Allen! And definitely some nice YFT there!
One can sleep as much as you want, but a day out on the ocean just take it out of you.

Tight lines.

 

[alantani]

we are lucky that it is legal to filet these fish at sea. that is not the case in many areas of the united states.

 

[FLUKE]

Thanks for sharing, always enjoy your reports! Lots of Pictures makes it feel like we're there as it unfolds.
Nice fish and those fillets look good.

 

[kraken]

alantani wrote:

we are lucky that it is legal to filet these fish at sea. that is not the case in many areas of the united states.

Nice report Alan.

Here in SA, its definitely not legal to fillet fish at sea. All fish must be landed with head on. However they may be gutted.
Different story though with certain commercial fishes here.
Albacore or longfin tuna as they are known here, must be one of the more under rated of the tuna species as far as eating goes.
I fished in the commercial pole fishery, and longfin were either iced or frozen at sea due to its demand for canning. Because of its final destination, not much care was taken of the fish. It would often be quite some time before the fish were packed in ice or hung in the blast freezer and by then, because of high core temps, the flesh would already have started to deteriorate.
These days however, much more care is taken as a fair amount of longfin caught are now loined on shore and marketed as fresh fish with the result being a much better price.
A properly chilled longfin makes a damn tasty dish!