First up today is Richard Baratta with a report from aboard the North Bay Charters boat. They were North, if reports are to be believed.  Nice damn fish, Rich, and good choice on your charter. It looks like you weren't too far from shore. Hopefully the rest of us us can do nearly as well.,

   These are images of Gage's MadMac post-fish. His fish split the lure. The lure has since been retired. This fish was hooked with the trailing hook one the left and the forward hook on the right. That torque broke the lure. Trebles are supposed to avoid that end, but reality beckons..

  

"Hi Willy,

My friends Greg and Gordon boated this 58” 130 pound beauty today from the mighty sea louse, 15’ Dauntless. Gordon single-handedly gaffed and hoisted it over the rail. Belly full of anchovy I was told. Great weather and only a few people yelling / asking at others to not run over their lines, I was one of them (doing the asking, with no success ) . We heard a guy down at Cordell complaining about a guy in a trophy that cut both his lines off.

Maybe DFW needs to have a requirement that anyone planning to drag a $50-$60 lure a thousand feet back has to prove they know what it looks like to be a thousand feet away from another boat.

Plenty of whales, dolphins and birds if you were in the right place . Bonus tuna for those really in the right place."

 I'm super glad  that they caught. That's the real ticket. And if you're gonna catch, catch a big one.