Canyon fishing remains tough as WMO opens

With most of the fleet taking advantage of the weather to fish the opening day of the White Marlin Open, canyon action remained very poor.

The outstanding catch was a 199-pound bigeye tuna on Instigator, which is well ahead of a 118-pounder in the tuna division by Bow Down. Skid Row is third at 64 1/2 pounds.

Most of the weigh-ins were of yellowfin tuna — some of which didn’t even make the 50-pound minimum. Even dolphin were scarce as the only entry was a 21-pounder on Hey Buddy, as a couple of others missed the 20-pound minimum.

A 55-pound wahoo on Captain Deadley may stand up for a while. No blue or white marlin were brought in for weighing, but there were quite a few white releases — and one large blue was lost.

There will probably be few boats out Tuesday with southwest winds from 15-25 knots predicted.