Saturday, June 18, 2011

June 17 Long Slow Afternoon


After getting killed off the Beach all day Wednesday, and with 15 kt SW wind and 3-4 foot seas battering you every 3 seconds..... Today I played it closer to shore. First we caught 5-7 dozen perfect baits. Filled the live well with hand sized Menhaden. Things were looking good. Then we headed up to Cape Lookout to fish. Not necessarily expecting a Cobia, but wishful. I would be happy catching "cool Sharks". And on the incoming tide, all was going well. Steady action with a variety of good and bad things. Then while comtemplating leaving, a school of Tarpon appeared a 100 yards east of us. Moving away but reason to stay. Fishing continued to be interestingly good. Then the tide changed...... For the next 6 hours we ran 60 miles and tried 5 different things. Failure X 5...... We did see our bait get nervous and raise our awareness.... When that's a highlight, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. Regardless, it was a good day. We didn't get pulverized and these guys understood good day/bad day better than most.... Thanks Kevin and I'm sorry it wasn't better. It was long and I tried everything I knew and everything that we had! Total Catch for the Day: 3 Southern Stingrays up to 75 lbs, 1 Blacktip Shark at 50 lbs, 1 Blacknose Shark at 35 lbs, 3 Smooth Dogfish, 4 Bluefish, 1 Cobia, 10 Black Sea Bass, 1 Southern Flounder, 1 Pinfish, 3 Oyster Toadfish, 3 Sharpnose Sharks

1 comment:

Capt. Marty said...

Yes, that Cobia weighed less than 50pounds. No Question about that.... What did he weigh? Well, in the excitement, we forgot to weigh it....