Last month, Gloucester-based Capt, Jimmy Santapaolo told Times columnist Peter Prybot that a recent trip to Georges Bank found the best bluefin tuna fishing he's seen in 37 years on the water.
"This is unbelievable," he said. "The longest our baits have been in the water (before a tuna bit) has been 12 seconds."
Another captain, Brian Higgins, told of having tuna nearly "boiling in the chum" right off the boat; yet another, wondering how long it might take to even find tuna in the seas, described quickly spotting two tuna right off the boat's stern, as if following the vessel.
Granted, the fishermen described in Prybot's column had ventured to waters more than 100 miles off Cape Ann's shores. But their findings are far from unique.
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