Jim Hensley
09-29-2005, 03:36 PM
Left Chinco at O dark thirty Wednesday morning and slowly made my way out of the inlet. Seas were nice with a small swell for the first 15 miles or so but gradually grew the further E we went. Slogged my way through the last 10 to 15 miles to the NSSS. Decided to try the morning chunk and troll thereafter. Total of about 12 boats fishing with everyone chunking. Scattered weeds would have made it difficult to troll at least in this area. Moved around on the drift for two hours with no bites and not much chatter on the radio from the others. Didn't mark many fish either so we decided to pull up and head further E to the tip of the Washington Canyon. Trolled the normal spread of GM's, Spreader Bars, Squid Chains with hoos and a deep Wahoo rig and a Cedar Plug chain off of the flat line. Picked up scattered dolphin when passing the lobster balls but not much else. Went deep to shallow and trolled the wall but not much life seen. Decided to bail some dolphin so we'd have some additonal meat in the box. After working over the lobster balls we picked up and ran back to the NSSS for a try on an afternoon bite. Good decision. Marked some fish on the bottom on some structure. Marked the spot and drifted over it. Immediately first fish on. Good fight and on board comes a 60lb YFT. Made a swing back around and down goes another line but this time he pulls my knot....Dough[sad]. Guess I was in a hurry to rig up. Oh well I re-rig and start putting back out and as I get the weight in the water and a couple of pulls...something grabs the bait and runs like he)). Of course the reel is in free spool and just about bird nests but I got a thumb on it and threw it in strike. What I failed to mention is he takes a fast trip around the engines at the same time but luckily cleared them. I fight it for about 2 minutes before he pulls the hook. All the hits were 75 to 100ft down. Nothing on the rig on the bottom. It was getting late so we packed up and headed in for ride back which was much nicer with a following sea. Tally for the day was 15-20 dolphin and one YFT. Could have been better but could have been worse.