Del Stephens travels the west coast ruining marriages and bank accounts one tuna seminar after another.
The deep-sea version of fishing crack – peddled by a man called Tuna Dog – has anglers ditching their salmon gear and conventional boats for stout rods, heavy lines and big boats that can run 50 miles offshore to partake in the Northwest’s fastest growing salty adventure.
Weddy had only been on a boat a couple times and never offshore fishing, but all that changed with one stop at Starbucks…
… Where she picked him up flashing long legs and reeled him in, and as they say, the rest is history. Oh, she still ballroom dances, but she’s added to her repertoire such routines as doing the dance up and down the rail while chasing a hooked tuna.
She’s a get’r done kind of girl when she set out to land a big bluefin tuna a few years ago, landing an 800-pound class beast.
It was 800 pounds of attitude and muscle at the other end of 117 pounds of equally stubborn women who comes packing a can of whoop ass in her back pocket ending the feat in 1 hour and 53 minutes.
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Many believe that Captain Del Stephens, aka “Tuna Dog,” was born with fins, not hands.
He’s been an avid angler since he was old enough to handle a fishing rod. His love for fishing and boating continues to grow deeper with every day he spends on the water.
