July 26 Shark Fishing with Duncan

We are leaving at 1 pm and the forecast is GREAT SHARK FISHING.....  Well, my fishing trip with Duncan ended and in a word, "It Sucked". I hate fishing trips that start in the afternoon. Very seldom, it seems, do they work out. We had no choice though, cause the Boys had sailing class and didn't get out until lunch time. Anyway, here's what happened..... We left the dock at 1215 and we went to look for Menhaden. It took a while to find them but when we did, we socked it to them. One cast and filled the livewell and the cooler. Being in the eastern half of Back Sound, I decided to run to Cape Lookout. I thought we could set up where I did yesterday and we could surely get at least one bite from a quality fish! WRONG. In 90 minutes we got ZERO bites. We packed it in and rode all over The Bight and we saw one lonely Blacktip Shark. Not seeing anything worth fishing on, we made the long run back to Beaufort Inlet where we wasted another hour and caught nothing. The only bites we had all day were the Blacktips that were born last night probably. The 10" mini-mite version of their parents. Voracious, but........ Anyhow, our biggest problem was the 20 kt south winds and fishing the very top of the tide and then the falling tide. Didn't matter where we were, the falling tide was creating terrible fishing conditions because it was absolute opposition to the relentless south wind. It's always something to complain about... The wind.... I am just better at articulating it now. This morning with a rising tide and south winds would've been perfect. oh well, all must good streaks must end. My fishing streak just did! Total Catch for the Day: Nothing