Day 6 – Thieving tuna and reef action! – Blake and Vanessa went out with us for a day chasing tuna and chillin’ on the beach. Mrs. Mingo chilled while Vanessa grabbed the rod for her first fish of the day……





Mi esposa with a cute little skipjack.....



This was a costly day for Blake……with a school of yellowfin all around the boat, we were casting from opposite sides of the stern when he hooked a hot fish. It tore out so fast that the handle of his reel caught and ripped his thumb so hard it sprained it. He took his left hand off the reel for just a second and that was all it took. This was like a Bugs Bunny cartoon unfolding right before our eyes. His rod is ripped from his hands and streaks away from the boat. Blake yelled out “NO [censored] WAY!” and dove in after his gear. The fish swam faster and he didn’t see anything but the blue streak of his TFO Bluewater going down down down to the briny depths……………….







My little bro needed a beer after that ordeal…..

At one point we had some huge fish swirling, crashing and blasting bait all around the boat. I was thinking back to my sailfish incident so I wanted to be ready....no sails, but this little guy was pretty ambitious....he came up and attacked my big billfish popper!





Who’s ready for another beer?