When the wife and I went on our Honeymoon 20+ years ago (St Thomas), we went on a fishing trip, with spinning rods (from a boat) and caught 39 fish, including 4 Mahi Mahi, 2 Yellow Fin tuna, and a bunch of Black Fin Tuna. We let the Captain sell the Yellow Fin and Mahi Mahi, and he fileted one of the Black Fin for us to have our resort prepare (we never had Black Fin before). It was just great!
It was just the two of us and the Captain. His 1st Mate was N/A, I told him no problem, my Dad had a boat, I could help out. We requested to use spinning rods, so he gave us each two, and we fished with, and chummed with, live bait … he just chased the birds working the water.
The Captain was very mild mannered, but on one of my hook ups he cursed. I asked what was the matter? He answered "you wanted to use spinning rods". I replied, "we are, and we are doing great". He said "you just hooked a Yellow Fin, and that rod has the lightest test line … 15 lbs". There was nothing I could do, I just kept the drag loose and put the rod in the holder for the next two hours and fished with my other rod.
When he said it was time to go in, I grabbed that rod, tightened the drag a bit, and pumped it to get the fish up. I guess it had tired itself out. Ended up catching a 40 lb Yellow Fin on 15 lb test line. The wife got a 30 lb one on 20 lb test line. I think it was my best day fishing ever.
My brother and I have caught 64 Bluefish in a day between us (before the regs), and they are great fighters, but there is just something special about Tuna and Mahi Mahi!!!