Royal Polaris reported an excellent first day of fishing at the Hurricane Bank, with fishing early the following day (April 15) slowed by pesky sharks. The report from April 14:

"We arrived at Hurricane bank at 03:15 hours. We caught 3 tanks of bait and were anchored up by 04:30 hours. We had 9 fish by daybreak all caught on the Salas "PL68" glow in the dark. These fish were from 95 to 140 pounds. During the day we scratched away at Yellowfin tuna from 110 to 190 pounds.

"The largest Yellowfin tuna was caught by Brian Nobori, just before dark. This is his first long-range trip and up till now his largest fish was a 32 pound King Salmon. Wahoo fishing was quite fun from about 08:00 hours till lunch time. There were lots of bites and the Wahoo were eating Raider's like they had an iron deficiency. We need to order 6 dozen before our next trip.

"We ended up boating 83 Wahoo for the day. We also caught more than our share of Sharks and if they would back off, I am sure we would catch a few more Yellowfin tuna. Wish us luck tomorrow, until then good luck and good fishing."