BIG FISH on LIGHT TACKLE The daily fishing reports from Capt. Marty Moore of Top Water Charters. Plus, news and notes from Capt. Marty
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
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Yes, that Cobia weighed less than 50pounds. No Question about that.... What did he weigh? Well, in the excitement, we forgot to weigh it....
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