Jesse, The war was just over a few months back and my Dad and I were in Baja California fishing for albacore. The government
had just put all the used landing craft on the surplus market and anyone with a few bucks bought them up, had the front landing
ramp welded up and rigged them up for fishing. Believe me there were hundreds of "em out there. Everybody was fishing for
albacore. That in its self, drove the market way down. Dad said when the market drops below $400.00 a ton it wasn't worth
even goin out, clearing for Mexico and spending all summer trying to make a living. We did stick it out for a couple more years
as we had a boat that would ice down about 8 ton and store about 4 more on deck. We did tie many of our own flies for trolling.
Just big lead heads that we tied feathers to of various sizes and shapes on. Not to bad, as we always off loaded in San Diego
with a full load. Then it was clear for Mexico again. One more trip and it was back to school for me.
Crunchy