My boy Donte was supposed to be a show dog but grew too big for breed standard (fortunate for us, since we wouldn't have gotten him otherwise). He got to live out his male puppy model dreams last year when he was selected to do a photo shoot for Zara Japan.
Just finished a 2 day tuna fishing trip out of Rhode Island. The recreational class fish had been scarce this season so we weren't sure what to expect. Seems like a good body has finally moved in, we went 14 for 24 (me personally 3 for 3) over the 2 days all on jigs. Most fish were cookie cutter 49-52" fish but I did manage a nice 54" fish probably pushing 100 lbs on second day. Also managed a single under each day. Multiple double and triple hookups chaos.
Got this 32 lb yellowedge grouper fishing out near Pulley Ridge in 500 feet of water. Hit a 300 g jig. I screen recorded from the captains youtube, that's why there is sponsor stuff in bottom right.
Group effort, caught this 90" ~400 lb class giant bluefin tuna on my buddies spinning set up (saltywater tackle obx 500g rod and 20k stella w a nlbn straight tail). Couldn't find any recreational sized fish, so we took turns fighting this beast. Took us just over an hour to land , and my friend broke his rod during the death spiral. We had to handline it up at the end 😬.
Did a 30 hour pulley ridge trip out of Marco Island Florida. Fishing was pretty good to say the least. The highlight for me was my first ever yellowedge grouper, 31 lbs , caught slow pitch jigging in 500'. We also had a 70 lb wahoo show up at the boat while we were chumming mahi, pitched a threadfin on a wire trace and he smoked it instantly. We also got our 2 day ARS limit to 15 lbs, a couple of bonus muttons, handful of scamps and smaller yellowedges and a nice little kitty mitchell.
Caught this monster 43 lb Golden Tilefish jigging in 800 feet of water off of OCMD. Hand cranked on my slow pitch setup.