bbogue
11-02-2006, 08:06 AM
I almost called the trip yesterday off in the driveway due to the conditions at the Dia Shoals buoy at 2AM. 4' seas 4 seconds apart with winds to 20kts. A phone call to the NC forecasters indicated the winds and seas would be trailing off in the early morning, so we went. Crew was Jim (SurfDog), Ben (Capt Ben), Ed and myself. We paid our dues slogging it out on the way out, then trollling in very rough conditons. Thank goodness it finally settled down by noonish.
It was a nada day for us until the seas laid down. We started at the 750 and worked north, missing the early bite at the 800. But when the seas laid down, we saw tuna busting the surface here and there. We managed 4 in the 40+ lb class with several mystery biteoffs and several pulloffs. The heartbreaker was a really nice fish that took a 'striper' spoon behind the spreader bar. It half emptied the spool of my Penn 50 with 12 lb strike drag. I was just beginning to be able to take line back when all of sudden he was just not there. That's fishing. While we packed up for the run in, Ed and Jim tried deep dropping, successfully putting 12 nice tiles in the box. We also relased a dozen or so below the 20' minimum as I perfected my de-gassing technique...it worked great! A 36mph 38 mile run in to the inlet capped off a really nice afternoon.
A great crew. I had a blast. Thanks for going.
Bill
Miss Ginya[excited]
It was a nada day for us until the seas laid down. We started at the 750 and worked north, missing the early bite at the 800. But when the seas laid down, we saw tuna busting the surface here and there. We managed 4 in the 40+ lb class with several mystery biteoffs and several pulloffs. The heartbreaker was a really nice fish that took a 'striper' spoon behind the spreader bar. It half emptied the spool of my Penn 50 with 12 lb strike drag. I was just beginning to be able to take line back when all of sudden he was just not there. That's fishing. While we packed up for the run in, Ed and Jim tried deep dropping, successfully putting 12 nice tiles in the box. We also relased a dozen or so below the 20' minimum as I perfected my de-gassing technique...it worked great! A 36mph 38 mile run in to the inlet capped off a really nice afternoon.
A great crew. I had a blast. Thanks for going.
Bill
Miss Ginya[excited]