the last thing you want is crossed lines!!!!
I have a 22 foot grady white sportfisher with a 200 johnson, and it has been a sad year for me for fishin... I just havent had the time, and my boat broke on me 2 time before I got it running right the third time... ( engine issues... fried two coils )
fixed now, but still getting the time to go is hard... last time we went out we went about 85 miles for a bonito and a yellowtail which were both caught at the domes.
We were seeing jumping dorado around us too on one paddy and a few people were hooked up, but the fish gods just werent with us on that day...
At least the boat ran good after I got it fixed...
But another funny... I had some old gas in it ( 2.07 a gallon ), and I burned it all out that day.. Boat ran out of gas when I was flushing the motor, I really cut it close that day
Boat holds 150 gals of gas, and gets 1.5-1.7 mpg, and burns about 30-40 dollars worth of oil in about 80 miles... ( 1 gal )
But I have had some EPIC trips in that boat...40 lb yellowfin tuna, 20+ albacore tuna on the boat at one time... 30 lb yellows, 15-20 lb dodo's, a 250 lb mako shark ( estimated ) broke line but got it to boat... at least 7-8 feet long... Big threshers broke line on those too ( I dont usually shark fish, too much hassle )
one day we got 10 WSB too, all undersized of course... 20-40lb halibut. countless bass.....
We used to tow the boat down to san diego and fish offshore from there, those days you never turn off the engine, for if it doesnt start again, you are floating.... No vessel assist in mexican waters... ( we had proper permits of course, and mexican licenses )
I wish you guys luck, there is nothing like the salt air, and the blue ocean, and the sight of a bent rod, or your trollers going off ZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
Me and my wife caught 5 yellowfin tuna 8 miles off dana point 2 yrs ago, we were just sscrewing around.. and the area looked fishy so I put in the jigs with my favorite secret tuna jigs.. she had a great time... ( no bait )
I wish I had the time... dreamm....

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