Today Chuck and Margaret were back for the first day of the Rock and Reel Tournament. 28 boats entered to try their luck. After an epic day ahi fishing yesterday we were excited to see what today had in store for us. We ran to one of the nearby buoys that had been holding some nice skipjack tuna and small yellowfin for the past few weeks. I hoped a big blue was holding on the buoy feeding on all the bait but after two hours of live baiting we decided to troll our way back towards the harbor. A few boats had spearfish bites and marlin bites in that area. Two boats today had shots at fish over 500lbs but unfortunately they came off. We had a shot at a 150lb blue which jumped off the hook shortly after it bit which would have put us in a good position to win the tournament. Today only one 391lb blue marlin was weighed. Three other small blues and four short nose spearfish were tagged and released. Not a red hot bite considering there were 28 boats but there were a few fish around today and we had our shot. Tomorrow we still have a chance and need to get either 2 small blues or one monster. I prefer a monster but I’ll take what we can get!!! More of day 2 of the Rock and Reel Tournament tomorrow!