My First Bluefin in my yak! And first lawndart in waves..no exclamation point
 

So there I was....Headed out super early today, roughly in water by 515..made bait by 6 a.m., I was sitting on a landmine of Spanish literally pulling them up 3 at a time until those damn dogs got loose and started attacking my gold mine! Anyways had 11 Spanish and one Greenie..got past the corner and threw the Greenie out and wouldn't you know it..ninja dog came out of no where and jacked him. Kept going due west to my spot that I like to fish, dropped a Spanish down, trolled for about 15 minutes, decided to clean my sunglasses and then heard that sweet sound we all dream about my line going ballistic. Let him run for about my typical 8 - 10 seconds clicked the secondary drag off and went to war. I knew that it wasn't a YT by it's strength and the way it was fighting. I was afraid it was going to be a bonito but it took a couple short runs and the drag wore him down so I started hauling line and saw color way down..silver..no yellow..wth? I still thought it was just a monster bonito and didn't even think about BFT. Got him next to yak..SH^& my pants, sank gaff, onboard by 0815..completely dumbfounded by my luck. I looked at my FF and was only 3.1 miles from the launch. My friend had caught one about a month back but was farther out. Anyways, back to reality..put him to sleep, right between the eyes..his mouth came wide open..knew I hit the sweet spot..cut gills out..gut him, and being my first ate his heart..had to get a pic to gross out the wife...cleaned up the yak...started to troll back in. Met someone who also caught one, in 90 feet of water right next to kelp, his buddy caught 30 lbs YT. This 2015 season has been amazing, guess I couldn't have picked a better year to start! Well, gave the rest of my bait to a guy named Matt who was out there for his first time. Ensured I wasn't being tailed by OUR friend Senor Hammer..don't need another case of mass hysteria on the beach..and then in all my glory, and riding high from my BFT catch..drum roll please...proceeded to get sideways in the waves and dump my yak for my first time (2 cherries popped today)..jumped up, flipped my yak over..looked around to see if anyone saw me..which they did :you_rock: Oh well, could of been worse and had bigger crowd on beach I guess ...Hit the store, ice, home, turned man cave into slaughter house, weighed in at 14.5 pounds..33"..cut him up, and then made the seared pepper crusted tuna you see in pic...Amazing..poke in fridge..it was a good day!! And if you see me out there, hit me up..like meeting new people, always a good time! TIGHT LINES MY FRIENDS!:cheers1::cheers1::cheers1:

Insane! Awesome dude... Best sashimi ever.:cheers1:

Congrats !! That's freaking awesome!!

Congrats! Great report. So close, its crazy!

:cheers1: Super, duper, duper, awesome, sir! last night I thought, La Jolla??? Naaaa...Buddy and I decided to try our luck at Dana Point today, only caught few bonita. Shoulda, coulda, woulda... epic pics, congrats! :luxhello:

super jealous! ya....................:D congrats!

Great Work...
 

...and way to Man-Up with the heart!

Nice great job! :luxhello:

Definitely +1 for eating the heart!

Nice Report...Looks like you will be catching more as you have fulfilled the Rule: Have to eat the heart on your first Bluefin or you will never catch another. Nice Job !

Congrats, good eats!

On the corner of the corner.

I thought football didn't start 'til Thursday?

I'll have what you're having.:luxhello:

Congrats! Good for you!

That is soooooo Awesome Ryan!. I can't believe the great luck you are having. What a year you picked to start kayak fishing LJ. I am sooooo stoked for you, it is so well deserved. Maybe it's the new shirt and hat that gave you the BFT so close to shore. Hope I have some of that luck on Tuesday.Tight Lines Ryan.

Great fish. Dreams do come true....

You can afford to flip and still look good when you've got a Blue Fin on board. Congratulations!

Did you get it on the spinning reel? What reel is it?

nice congrats

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Yay!

BFT!

Awesome day!

Now that's what I'm talking about!!!

Congrats my friend!!

That sird tuna looks amazing!

Geno

So rad! Congrats!

Epic!
 

Congrats! Very nice catch.

More than Jealous!!!!

the food looks outstanding!!!! Nice job!

Well done , Well done
 

Great report . Now you got me Jonesn to get out . :eek:.

Great report and congrats on the BFT


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Congrats and thankks for the report!

Congrats Ryan! You deserve it and thanks for the read. More credit for eating the heart and keeping the tradition going.

:notworthy:congrats:notworthy:!!!

Sure did, the Shimano Baitrunner 12000..love this reel..22# of drag and all of the fish I have caught were worn out quick. The secondary drag is super light, I place it on the lowest drag and the fish just run which gives me time to get situated before I engage..love it

Mark, good luck on Tuesday!!..i was blown away..water temp was 75 and I was in 150 feet of water but after that guy caught it in 90..who knows!

LOL! My thoughts exactly..they prob thought what a goon..then I unleashed the BFT from my hatch...drop mic, exit stage left!

1st BFT
 

Nice report and pictures. Congratulations.

Awesome job!!!!!!!! Hope to see you on the waters soon


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Good stuff there Ryan, big congrats! Jim

I have an ancient shimano baitrunner 4500B which holds 200 yards of 20 lb. mono which is about the same as the new baitrunner 8000.

It is an excellent reel for live bait fishing. My shimano repair technician says that most kayak fisherman should use spinning reels since they resist the saltwater more than conventional. Guys is Florida use them all the time for inshore fishing. I like using both especially levelwind reels but they are more susceptible to the saltwater environment. Also since I have to use left handed reels for years I only used spinners but now there are more options for left handed conventional.

Who's the man?

Better than imagined. Congrats on another trophy. Thank you for writing it up. It's great fun reading about the catch and seeing the photos.

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Good stuff there. As long as you jumped up after the crash and yelled "Ta Da" with your arms held up high? Might have been a good thing losing your Greenback early, the Tuna seem to prefer the Spanish at LJ.

Bluefin?!?! Nice!!! Trade a pound of bluefin for ten pounds of halibut any day! Jelly! Great catch!

Chris hell yeah it is! and got a question for you. I want to get WSB next and was curious, after checking out your pics..how did you catch yours? Same was as trying for YT?

Thank you Yani, just trying to get on your level!

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