Cdog
08-29-2003, 07:08 PM
Fished with The Albatross Fleet out of Hatteras on Wed.Got to the dock at 6:15 and by 6:30 we
were heading out to sea.Ran till about 7:00 then slowed a little to put out some lures for high
speed trolling for kings.No takers on the lures and the mate pulled them in when we got to the
temp change line. It will never stop amazing me how beautiful the change from green to deep blue
water is.We trolled along the line for a while but no luck, so we headed off looking for weed lines.
Found one and trolled along it but only got 2 peanut dolphin off it. One I got on th Penn 80ST.
you can imagine how much "fun" a 3 pound peanut is on that big reel. We headed on looking
for another weed line that some chatter on th radio said there were some bailers on. Sure enough
they were there,the first group we only got 2 from and then they disapeared. The second group was
bigger and hungry. While we were puting peanuts in the boat one gaffer size dolphin kept coming up to the long rigger
that was dangling in the water but wouldn't eat it. We tried to feed it a balyhoo on one of the
bailing rods but no dice,then we tried a whole squid with the same amount of success.Finally he
got bored and moved off and after 8 more peanuts in the boat we had our limit of dolphin. Not bad
for 11:30 in the morning.
So with our limit of dolphin we headed south. Ernie took us over a wreck and th planer rod goes
off. My turn so I boat a nice 20# Amber Jack. Next pass AJ, next pass AJ, next pass AJ. As the mate
is puting the last AJ in the boat Ernie yells out "Holy Sh@t, look at them Tuna!" Suddenly we
are in the middle of a school of tuna busting everywhere.Ernie says to the mate " You know what
this means." And he heads below to get something. Ernie tells us we are going to kite fish.
I'm thinking OK this should be interesting. And sure enough he breaks out a kite and sets it up
on a rod from the bridge. They get everthing set up and Rich, the mate looks at me and says this wont
take long. Not even 45 seconds later a tuna bust on the bait and I'm hooked up. Nice 35# YFT
in the boat. A little later and a 36# YFT. After a little while longer another hook up but this
one comes in with only a head! Prolly would have been a 20#er, bit clean off behind the fins.
While we are checking out the head 10-15 AJs swarm the boat and one grabs the hoo on th long
rigger and heads straight down. A short time later we have our 5th AJ in the boat. We headed
looking for the tuna again.After a while we get a 37# YFT again on the kite rig. Its really cool
to see the tuna busting on the lure. So now only one of us haven't got a YFT so we head on. Another
hook up but it pulled off, another hook up but this one broke the wire on the first run. Then
a serious hookup. The tuna skied 4 feet out of the water when it hit the bait. Another 37# YFT
in the boat. Ernie says one more pass and I'm wondering how we are gonna fit another tuna into
the fish box.Well sure enough another strike and I'm up. Reeling it in I'm feeling a lot of
head shaking,cool maybe a Wahoo! Nope a tuna that was bit off above the tail,missing a third
of the fish,still weighed 32#. Was a shark eating my tuna that I was feeling shaking. So that ends
the day and we head back to the dock.
Ended up with 4 2/3 tuna, 5 AJs and a limit of dolphin. 430# of fish. Not a bad day if you ask
me.
:)
And best of all no one :barf:
were heading out to sea.Ran till about 7:00 then slowed a little to put out some lures for high
speed trolling for kings.No takers on the lures and the mate pulled them in when we got to the
temp change line. It will never stop amazing me how beautiful the change from green to deep blue
water is.We trolled along the line for a while but no luck, so we headed off looking for weed lines.
Found one and trolled along it but only got 2 peanut dolphin off it. One I got on th Penn 80ST.
you can imagine how much "fun" a 3 pound peanut is on that big reel. We headed on looking
for another weed line that some chatter on th radio said there were some bailers on. Sure enough
they were there,the first group we only got 2 from and then they disapeared. The second group was
bigger and hungry. While we were puting peanuts in the boat one gaffer size dolphin kept coming up to the long rigger
that was dangling in the water but wouldn't eat it. We tried to feed it a balyhoo on one of the
bailing rods but no dice,then we tried a whole squid with the same amount of success.Finally he
got bored and moved off and after 8 more peanuts in the boat we had our limit of dolphin. Not bad
for 11:30 in the morning.
So with our limit of dolphin we headed south. Ernie took us over a wreck and th planer rod goes
off. My turn so I boat a nice 20# Amber Jack. Next pass AJ, next pass AJ, next pass AJ. As the mate
is puting the last AJ in the boat Ernie yells out "Holy Sh@t, look at them Tuna!" Suddenly we
are in the middle of a school of tuna busting everywhere.Ernie says to the mate " You know what
this means." And he heads below to get something. Ernie tells us we are going to kite fish.
I'm thinking OK this should be interesting. And sure enough he breaks out a kite and sets it up
on a rod from the bridge. They get everthing set up and Rich, the mate looks at me and says this wont
take long. Not even 45 seconds later a tuna bust on the bait and I'm hooked up. Nice 35# YFT
in the boat. A little later and a 36# YFT. After a little while longer another hook up but this
one comes in with only a head! Prolly would have been a 20#er, bit clean off behind the fins.
While we are checking out the head 10-15 AJs swarm the boat and one grabs the hoo on th long
rigger and heads straight down. A short time later we have our 5th AJ in the boat. We headed
looking for the tuna again.After a while we get a 37# YFT again on the kite rig. Its really cool
to see the tuna busting on the lure. So now only one of us haven't got a YFT so we head on. Another
hook up but it pulled off, another hook up but this one broke the wire on the first run. Then
a serious hookup. The tuna skied 4 feet out of the water when it hit the bait. Another 37# YFT
in the boat. Ernie says one more pass and I'm wondering how we are gonna fit another tuna into
the fish box.Well sure enough another strike and I'm up. Reeling it in I'm feeling a lot of
head shaking,cool maybe a Wahoo! Nope a tuna that was bit off above the tail,missing a third
of the fish,still weighed 32#. Was a shark eating my tuna that I was feeling shaking. So that ends
the day and we head back to the dock.
Ended up with 4 2/3 tuna, 5 AJs and a limit of dolphin. 430# of fish. Not a bad day if you ask
me.
:)
And best of all no one :barf: