5/19 Edisto Banks ++

Saltwater Offshore Reports
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Left dock at 3 AM, forecast was spot on so hooked a left out of Port Royal in quartering seas towards EB. Started high speed trolling at the banks and kept on heading deeper looking for something fishy. Saw another boat fishing a color change at about 1600 ft, the offshore side of a finger. I like to see weeds and flyers but decided to give it a shot and put out a spread. Hooked up about 10 minutes later, hooked up another, and then a double knock down + jigged for a third. Quiet after that, headed in, spotted a big sail, trolled for it and nothing, tried a weed line in a beautiful blue flat calm at about 140 ft and hooked up one more. Went 6 for 6 on the day thanks to a great crew, but for sure we worked for them, burned 280 gallons of fuel, a record for my boat. Weather was great, wind laid down at about 8 AM and stayed calm all day.

“Mary Catherine”
Grady White 330 Express
Beaufort

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Sounds like a good day. That fuel burn is really high it sounds like. I head in and out at 28-30knots and That’s almost the same amount I burn ALL day off shore in a 52’ boat with a generator pushing 3 air-conditioning units, freezers and an ice maker the whole time. I’m feeling much better about the my fuel bills now lol.

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You must have had it tacked out for some time to burn gas like that! Makes for expensive meat!