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Not sure Brian, canyon bites off so bft would be the way to go. I am thinking possibly Monday but from my experience the fish feed like crazy before storms, which they did this week, bites been nuts all over. After storms you get short flurries, but the fish are still stuffed and don't eat as...

Got a last minute call to run a tuna trip for my buddy on his new 42' Express. We ran out to the Hudson and stayed away from the fleet, we had nobody near us, and only saw 4 sets of lights all night, and they were far away as it was. We had a slow night, broke off 1 tuna and 1 mahi. Before...

Awesome fish Ralph!! Glad the intel paid off for you and you were able to get into a good bite!!!

This is our 2002 265 Express when first bought in spring 2006. Here is the boat in the fall of 2009 before being hauled for the winter. The boat has had many upgrades and modifications since being purchased. Here is the boat in 2010 loaded and ready to run the Canyon in search of tuna.

Joel Awesome looking boat!! I love the tower, I'd love to run the boat from up there when offshore, it makes a big difference having that sight advantage!! Hopefully I can get down there and we can put some blood on the deck. The bites back on out there, but the backs in bad shape so it...

Here is the boat rigged out with the trolling spread before running to the Hudson Canyon for tuna. Our 8 rod trolling spread. Here is the full 10 rod spread, 50W's switched to bent butts for targeting larger bluefin or for targeting marlin at the canyons, and the HX raptors for...

Yeah it was a slow day for just about everyone, 5 fish was the best report i heard from the Hudson so far...not great by any means. Seems the only good bite up and down the canyons was at the Carteret, not sure those fish will hold there long, no great structure or temp break to hold them, who...

Well we opted to do a day troll instead of an overnighter, I couldn't get an experienced crew together for an overnighter on short notice. We left the dock Sat at 1am, we had lines in just past the tip of the Hudson by 5:15am. We worked the E wall around the E notches and had some life but no...

Canyon Role Call for this weekend!! Whose going? I'm running my 265 Express to the Hudson for a Fri/Sat overnighter. I will be on ch 65 and 69 S.T. Barb is the boat name.

Does the boat have a bit of growth on the bottom, this can alter how the boat handles over the course of a season if you have a large build up, sometimes the build up will not be even, it surely will make the boat sluggish and the extra weight and a deep v could cause you to toss more.

Transom rod holders are 0 degree, its all that the well will fit but they are still well worth it. We use them on the drift a lot inshore and chunking offshore. I do not use them for trolling at the canyons, I avoid any rods across the transom, just more to go wrong when multiple rods go...

Already got one trip in on a buddies boat early in the month and did decent, was hoping to run this weekend but doesn't look promising. If we get a small window Fri we might run out at sunrise and head for the canyon, and if not pull back a little short and hopefully find those giant bluefins...

This was a light year for me as far as upgrades go compared to other years. I installed new shurflo SW washdown pumps and livewell pumps, but did not get pictures of the job, it was too hot out and dark to get pictures. A new ACR Globalfix Pro EPIRB this year, it was time to upgrade to an...

Great idea...that might be one of my mods for this winter. That makes life a lot easier for repairs as well as to gain access to the sea cocks and a lot of the under deck hoses, and as you said it opens up some room for you to get creative with maybe some storage if needed. I just replaced a...

Why poly? A lot of poly tanks are having issues with ethanol degrading them so look into the particular material your tank builder will use, also poly tanks in bigger sizes do not hold up as well without baffles in them for strength, so I would not expect to get the same size tank out of the...

Yup, ballyhoo are red hot. We had ALLLLLLLL of our bites on ballyhoo, not a touch on anything else in the spread. Some guys had luck with green machines and rainbow green machines, but we only had knock downs on ballyhoo last week. We even had mahi come off a log and swim by bars, feathers...

As far as quality, Northstar and Furuno take top honors, but that does not mean they are the easiest to use. Garmin is the absolute easiest to use for most people and they have a good product, Raymarine has good products too who are not far behind in ease of use. Raymarine had a lot of issues...

Check fuel lines and filters first. If the filters are new and no water is present then its possible you got air in the line, improperly changing tanks or a collapsed line could be the cause, if that is not it, then its possible your fuel pumps have gone, they will act similar to how you...

The most typical places for a hydraulic leak are typically at the helm wheel, behind the wheel your hydraulic hoses go into the steering cylinder, its possible a line as cracked or is loose, check that before you have someone look at it, you will notice the yellowish liquid and it will look wet...

Catch photo!!