Quoting today's phone call from boat

"Fishing for big tuna can be a win some - lose some situation. The Hook-to-Land Ratio has been pretty good during our first few long trips and up until today.... We had some connection failures, we straightened out a hook, had a couple of hook pulls and lost a few more due to uncommon circumstances. We lost some big, heavy fish. We had during the day today, a unique time frame that all long rangers dream of, where the chance to hook a 200lb fish was very real. We hooked several fish during this period and luckily, not all of them got away. We caught 4 more fish over 200lbs - including Glenn Bummer's 291, new member to the 200lb club Terry Curley with a 214lber, and good buddies Gordo &Planet landing twin 204lbers. We had fish all around us and ended up making a pretty good day out of it"

American Angler