Unless I mysteriously win the lottery my 100k boat won't materialize for another ten years. In the meantime tunaHOing isnt so bad. Luckily I have been invited by a killer captian for the last two seasons- pay my share of gas and divy up the take and try to earn my way back by putting more than my fair share of fish in the boat. It is more like winning a grocery spree than actually shopping. Live bait albacore is hands down as much fun as you can have on the water.
Last year, on the last trip of the season, they had to keep moving because threshers kept coming in and biting them off after three or so fish to the boat. I can't quit day dreaming about the chance to set the hook on a fish that big...