EPIC DAY! BLackfins, Goliath and more!

Had a group of 5 for a full day trip out of Pineland. Game plan was to do a mix of fun fishing as well as finding some fish for the box. We pushed off around 7 AM with great conditions and everyone eager to get offshore. The weather was uber flat, with seas out of the east/southeast at 2 ft or less.
We made a stop out in 50ish foot of water over a good show to look for some live bait.. Boy did the spot produce. Sabiki rigs came up with 3 and 4  hand sized pinfish at a time with the occassional Threadfin, blue runner, tomtate and sand perch. We loaded the well up prety good and decided wreck fishing would make for a great start. 
Set the autpilot and off we went... in the neighborhood of 100 ft of water, some boiling water got my attention and we veered off to go take a look. There was a large school of blue runners in the 3-5 lb class harassing glass minnows. There were several large sharks harassing the blue runners and getting their fair share. We cast jig heads and spoons and were rewarded with some fun fights on the light 4000 spinners.  a few were added to the livewell for bait,. A few bonita also made an appearance and were welcomed on ice for bait as well.
We continued out and continued to see some schools of fish crashing the surface, but I decided it best to push on out.  Once we arrived on the wreck, I had Tom drop the anchor. Once we settled, We dropped live pins to the bottom. They were engulfed almost immediately.  This would remain consistent the entire time we were at anchor. I want to say we boated a dozen plus amberjacks with at least double or triplethat amount of breakoffs from fish that got back to the wreck, as well as a handful of cudas.
 We deployed a butterflyed blue runner on the Big Rod which subsequently was hit, only to come unglued.  We dropped down again and after a short wait it doubled over... The guys worked the fish up... an estimated 300 lb Goliath Grouper. 
Everyone seemed pretty worn out by the Ajs and all agreed to go look for some fish for dinner. We worked a few miles away from the wreck and set up our first drift. Lots of very respectable and quality sized lane snappers joined the party. Second drift in Barry and Tomas both have their rods double over with something far larger, Resulting in our biggest red grouper of the day. We continued worked the area with lots of lanes and a handful of red grouper keepers making the ice box.
 Got ready to move to another spot when I saw some top water action and birds in the near distance. Didnt look like the normal bonita or mack schools crashing...
Worked our way over there and I got a glimpse of a blackfin going airborne. We casted out a livebait and had a bucktail worked hard resulting in a near immediate hookup. Some blistering runs convinced me it was the target species. 
A few minutes later we get the visual on a nice west coast blackifn tuna. Sank the gaff and high fives all around.
Continued to watch the birds, and move their direction.  The swimbait gets hooked up next. Another great fight and the 2nd blackfin is boated. We continued chasing the school picking off another 2 respectable blackfin tuna for the box. I think we could have continue putting more in the box had the sun not set on us...
 Made the long run back in the dark with lots of smiles after an absolutely action packed incredible day. 
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