This was probably the toughest day of the year for me, personally....
Things just ARE NOT GOING MY WAY.... I had a great crew on board, Randy and gang from
Greensboro and
Winston Salem... I really wanted to catch them a big fish! Will and I went out in front of
Harker's Island and caught a huge
cast net full of
Menhaden... And.......................... That was the highlight of the day... We picked up my fishing crew at 1pm and it was Struggle City... When it was over, we had caught an unusual
Bullet Mackerel that we spent an hour chasing and casting to..... I've seen a few
Bullet Mackerel, Frigate Mackerel, and
Chub Mackerel in
North Carolina waters, but they are an unusual catch... Its hilarious to me to hear all the local guides and resisdent "experts" brag about all the
"baby Albacore" in the
Cape Lookout Bight! Oh well, everyone isn't a "fish idiot" like me... I literally learned how to read with Fishing Books and Field Guides..... Other than the
Mackerel, we snagged a
At Thread Herring and a
Menhaden..... We fished bait on the bottom in 3 different spots, we cast to a bait ball in the
Ocean, and we rode out to the Shoals... The wind was terrible...
I am SO SORRY GUYS.....They really did a helluva lot better on their own boat before they jumped on mine... That was a definite NC Citation
Pompano, a real trophy fish!
Total Catch for the Day: 1 Bullet Mackerel, 1 Atlantic Thread Herring and 1 Menhaden
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