Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament

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Fished the tournament on a 28 Carolina Classic "Due Diligence". Day one was as they say sporty, we left the dock at 3:30 am and ran 30 miles South of the Vineyard. It was slow going 12-14 knots and our props got to see sunshine more than once, but we wanted to get away from the fleet and fished with no boats in sight or on Radar all day. We released a Mako on day one that went around 150 pounds.

Day two we ran much further and didn't see a single boat all day after we rounded the Vineyard. Again, we went to a spot where I knew there wouldn't be more than one or two other boats if any. It's difficult to bring fish to the boat when you are competing with another 100 chum slicks. Our first fish day 2 was our last fish, fought it for a long time and she just pulled hard and deep the hole time. When she got to the boat she was spent, so we quickly fly gaffed her, tail roped her and pulled her over the gunnel and headed for the barn. It was a Thresher that weighed in at 414 pounds and we took biggest fish day 2, second biggest overall, and 3 overall in the tournament. We met a-lot of great people and the tournament was run very well. It will be aired on Spike Network September 3rd. [image][/image] [image]http://[/image] [image]http://[/image] [image][/image]