Trip 9 - Thunderbird - 2 Day, September16-18, 2021

It was your average Thursday night as we all got prepared for what we thought was your typical trip out

on the Thunderbird. As we all prepared for the trip Thursday evening some already at the dock and the

other stragglers trickling in, Tommy was headed towards the dock to get his spot in line when his tackle

box decided it was its day to fall apart. With good laughs and help, we were able to get him back up and

running and ready for this wild ride we were all in store for.

Day 1 game plan was to head out to Tanner’s bank and search for the almighty bluefin, hope to find

some schools and land some good grade fish on deck. As the Thunderbird departs from the dock, we

head out to the bait barge and score some very good size bait with a nice mix of all shapes and sizes. As

we load up the bait Cody Ramsey lands a little sand bass but was able to get the skunk off the boat. As

we wake up, we arrive at the bank around 7:30AM – 8AM and anchor on a goldmine. BITER!!! Bill Parks

get bent and pulls in and lands a 40-50lb beautiful Bluefin Tuna. 25lb pound line. Chris Ramsey then gets

a bite, and it was taking him for a ride of his life. Faught his fish for an hour and a half and as we get

color and call for a gaff the fish darts under the boat and breaks off. He wasn’t going to let that one get

away. We ended up bringing in about 28 BFT all great sizes ranging from 40 – 100 pounds from this first

stop. We left this area around 1:30PM as the fishing died down and headed to find another great spot.

Now it is 6PM and the count is now 40 BFT and 1 Yellowfin tuna. As we head to the galley for a dinner

and a few drinks the day is coming to an end…so we thought. It is now 9:30PM and we are driving

around hoping to get that night bite. Well, we found it. 9:45PM comes around and Chris Ramsey gets

the first bite, then Ryan gets bent, then me, then him then you...a huge school came through and if you

were down there (240 – 300 ft down) you were getting a bite. A majority of the boat was out there until

12-1AM all fish ranging from 120 pounds up to 200+. What a Friday we all had!

Day 2 game plan was to stay at the bank and see if we can land some more good size fish. 6AM rolled

around and BITER…Chris Ramsey was bite again. Absolutely slays the fish and lands it within an hour. It

is now 7AM and the kill box is full. We literally didn’t have any more room for fish and its only 7AM. We

continue to fish and stay at the bank for as long as we could but due to us being so far away, we had to

leave at 10:30AM to head back to the dock.

We ended the trip with 58 total bluefin all ranging from 40 – 200+ pound Bluefin Tuna & 1 single

Yellowfin Tuna. (Thanks BJ) Chris Ramsey was able to make a redemption from Trip 8 and won jackpot

for not only Friday but for Saturday as well. All around it was a great trip for everyone.