Ever "lip" one of these?

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

This is the other pic that goes with the one in my living room.  These were taken by another angler who had just dropped his mate on our boat (on left) to help us, we could not get her over the gunnel with just the 2 of us.  The other angler took these 2 shots as he drifted off after leaving his mate on our boat.

I hadn't seen him for about 2 yrs when one day, in a town on the other side of the state, we ran into him.  He flipped out, ran home and got the 2 pics for me.  He had no way of contacting me before as we were just fishing acquaintances.

Anyway, I keep losing this pic and just found it again, thought I'd share with you guys.

PS- we are holding a line that ran through her moth and out her gill,..NOT lipping it but it looks like it! lol

The other pic, from my living room wall

[roadwarrior]

Man! That's quite a fish.

[BucketmouthAngler13]

Looks photoshopped to me.

Great catch. Thats a cool picture. Let me guess, Tuna?

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

She was beautiful but not very fat.  We get paid on fat/oil content.  The fatter, the better, these get overnighted to market in Japan for sushi and she brought in 1/2 as much as much smaller fish that came in a few weeks later.  They are in Cape Cod bay to fatten up for the trip back across the Atlantic.  This was our first fish of that season, they just got there and hadn't had time to start packing on the fat.  She still paid the bill due on those 4 rods w/ Penn Internationals on them but there was a fish that came in the end of the next month that sold for just under 18k.  Imagine that.  It was the only fish graded A+ for the season and happened to weigh in just under 1100 pounds.  Cha-ching.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Looks photoshopped to me.

lol,....NOPE!

[Siebert Outdoors]

approx 16.36 a pound.  Why you messin with bass fishing.  I'd be out there every day.  I'm sure there is just a season but during that season.  I'd be out there.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

When I finally became a driver at UPS (full-time), I sold that boat.  I used it to fish and rake clams to supplement the income when I was working part time loading.  I sold it to my mate.  The tuna season was terrible the year after.  Th yr after that, he hit 4 fish which paid for the money he put into the boat.  Now it is used primarily for lobster/clamming.  He would borrow my rods which have siince been sold.  Then, 2 weeks ago, another fishing partner of mine bought this

and told me to get the gear ready,......Oh man.......wishing I kept them now!!

Also, the price fluctuates drastically and if you don't hit a fish in 5 or 6 days, you are now in the hole for quite a bit (gas,bait,time,etc)

[skillet]

 DAAYYUUMM!! and I think it's a great day when I catch a 4lb.er ;D... Great pics, fish and memories...

                                              As Ever,

                                               Skillet

[Troutfisher]

Looks photoshopped to me.

lol,....NOPE!

Heh...that just shows it is photoshopped. You clearly doctored it up, stuck it in the frame, and hid the real picture next to the email I sent you for the 9,000 member video that you "couldn't find" ;D  Just jokin' with ya

[senile1]

Nice fish, LBH.  You are the Bubba Blue of Tuna fishing.  

[Catt]

Yea I did  

[Raul]

Try lipping one of these:

or these:

[Hawgin]

Nice fish, LBH. You are the Bubba Blue of Tuna fishing.

Then again, he might be the Forrest Gump of fishing.

[Guest avid]

How does a person give up on that kind of fishing?

Man, talk about a rush  

[Gotta Love It]

Check this one out

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6n8_p0Ds0dw

Guess those guys were having a really slow day fishing for Tuna!  

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

great video KU!!  At first I was like,...this guy is gonna get hurt!  He took a wrap around his right wrist,...a HUGE no no, then when they landed it, it made a lot more sense,lol.

;D ;D ;D

[KU_Bassmaster.]

I was soooo disappointed the first time I saw that video.  I always like to see these HUGE saltwater fish being landed.  I was pumped then ..... > ;D ;D ;D

[Sam]

That was one heck of a tuna.

How long did it take you to land him?

[justfishin]

Nice Tuna LBH. I go 4 or 5 times a year with a friends son whom is a airline pilot and he takes us off the coast of Ocean City Maryland out to the Canyon. I remember my first few tuna. We were getting small ones between 90 and 125 lbs and after the first few, I was wore out. I couldn't move my arms anymore,lol. Its like hooking a Volkswagen at 50mph I told them. We also get the occasional Mako Shark which is cool because those babies can jump like a acrobat. Thanks for the pic, it is cool.

[Guest avid]

No but did you ever lip one of these?

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

SOMEONE did, that's for sure!  ;D

That was one heck of a tuna.

How long did it take you to land him?

That particular fish was about 10-12 minutes.  He/she was one of the first to arrive, exhausted, I'm sure.  Fighting a tuna too long "burns" the fish, reducing it's value at market.  "Burning" simply means that much of the fat gets burned off during the fight and the muscles fill with lactic acid.  The gear we are using is a big help in getting them in quickly.  130lb class rods on a 2-speed Penn 130 international. (glorified wench,lol)

Its like hooking a Volkswagen at 50mph I told them. We also get the occasional Mako Shark which is cool because those babies can jump like a acrobat.

I'll tell you what, if the hair on the back of your neck has never stood up, you've never  been in a boat when a Penn 130 goes off.  It's like a fire drill,lol.  I remember our very first fish.  My partner was driving and I had the fish in the bow mounted 180 degree holder.  With the small boat, we reel the boat to the fish and then reel the fish up.  Once you are over the tuna, the do a figure 8 as they come up.  The first flash I saw of our 1st fish actually scared me.  Volkswagen?  I believe my exact words that day were, "holy $h1T....dude, we hooked a Cadillac"  I honestly wasn't sure WHAT we were going to do when it got closer.

Makos are definitely a blast.  Blues are a pain in the butt, however  Threshers,...well those puppies pay out VERY nicely.

[Guest avid]

I just watched the video.

I was totally pranked.

Excellent

[PaparockArk]

Tuna and Wahoo are two of the fish I always wanted but never caught while saltwater fishing. Big Tuna can turn into a lot of work. Those pics are of some nice ones. I'm afraid I would just like to catch some nice Yellowfin footballs (a size I can handle).

Wahoo are great eating. Now if I could only catch one of these underwater torpedos.

Rooster Fish are a real blast to play with. The Californians call them "Freight Trains" but the Baja locals just call them Roosters. They are beautiful and never stop fighting. They have the same fighting spirit as a Smallmouth Bass but they can grow to over 100 pounds.

What is so amazing about Roosters is how close to the beach you can catch these hard fighting bad boys. They love big surf and are so aggressive, I have seen the bait they are after fling themselves up onto the rocks trying to get away from these fish. When you are fishing for Roosters with live bait it is easy to know when a Rooster is near because your baitfish is having a nervous breakdown on the other end of your line. The water down off the Baja East Cape is as clear as below. It is really cool to see that rooster tail of a dorsal fin come up behind your bait because your know you are in for one heck of a brawl. A Rooster can pull your line through the water by your boat so fast the hiss sounds like a match being drawn across a match box as it lights. Since the body will not let me go offshore, I had to target inshore species like Roosters but in Baja's East Cape, you can sometimes catch Dorado of the beach. It is a wonderful place for us Hi-Seas challenged where you can catch many of our way offshore fish even tuna at certain times of the year a half mile offshore.