Schoolie bluefin tuna (sbft) here at home

I have been babbling about sbft up here of Rhode Island and in Cape Cod Bay, too. To
read some stories, go to reel-time.com and look in the New England Forum. Stories of:
*Broken leaders, rods, lines
*Lost backing, flylines, spoolings
*Even a sinking (and survival)!

The RI fishery has been going for some years, with a few pods showing up from July 4 until early August.
The fish are 20-30 lbs. The Cape Cod Bay ones are 35-100 lbs and start in August, running until October.

Did good last week-2 on the spinning rod (they like metal) and one on the flyrod (biggest of the day @ 22 lb).
After the two on spin rod (2 casts = 2 fish) we spent the rest of the time with flyrod. Kept hooking up, but
then the little %$#@#$% would pop off! No breakage, good sharp Gamy hooks (they liked a white"mushmouth" pattern. Another fly lost to a big bluefish, then everybody started getting boat shy.
I went with my friend "Capn Eric" in the tricked out Parker 18. All fish released.

We will remember our cameras for next week.