Four Sitka Sport Fishers Hit Tuna Jackpot
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Steve Ramp, Isabel Platten, Alex McCarrel and Troy Tydingco putted past the Sitka breakwater at 3:30 a.m. last Thursday, en route to fishing grounds far off Cape Edgecumbe, with hopes of catching albacore tuna, a species that isn't listed on the menu for Sitka fishermen.
Twelve miles off Cape Edgecumbe, the group saw the ocean change from gray to blue, indicating a band of warm, tropical water was moving into the area. They continued offshore, seeking water temperatures around 60 degrees...
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