A Bluefin in the Snow

Final week, an excessive low tide hampered the tuna-fishing plans of Joel Bailey and crew out of Ocean Metropolis, Maryland, the place, for the previous few weeks, there’s been a lights-out chunk for bluefin. With out that cancellation, the crew may need been much less inclined to string the needle on a decent climate window on Monday, January 6. Regardless of heavy snowfall, gentle winds and a relaxed ocean allowed Bailey and Robert Remo to get Remo’s middle console out the inlet and to the tuna.

They connected early on a 3-ounce pink/white Wolfpack Sort out Ahi Head with Tail, however the hook pulled. After a pair false alarms from huge stripers hitting the tuna gear, one other bluefin hit a purple/white head with a choose ballyhoo, and stayed on lengthy sufficient for them to throw the harpoon and safe the catch. After that, the crew headed residence to heat up, however not earlier than getting some epic images of a bluefin on a snow-covered dock.

Protected to say, the 2025 season is off to a wild begin.