Had planned to have my college buddies (Wofford Class of 88) down this coming weekend for fishing but had to cancel when I saw the forecast. Saw a little window for Wednesday and I had already taken the day off so decided to chance a trip in the small window. Invited the guys hoping one could make it midweek with only two days notice. Unbelievably had 5 takers. Headed south toward a big eddy in 250 ft. Pretty good ride out and dropped lines in scattered weeds. Picked up a couple of small dolphin and decided to head out to the blue water. On the way had a big fish hammer the downrigger and run out a ton of line. Founght him to just out of eyeshot and the hook pulled. I am guessing it was a big wahoo. No more action until we hit the Gulf Stream, just where Sirius weather showed it would be. Picked at a few dolphin including one nice bull. Around 1:30 decided to head back to the weeds in 250, hoping the weeds had formed up. They had. Beautiful tight weedline in slick water that went on as far as you could see, no scattered weeds to fight either. Consistent action of nice gaffer dolphin until we ran out of time at 4:30. Was supposed to start blowing out of the east in the afternoon but the ocean just kept getting nicer as the day went on. Ended up with around 17 mostly nice size fish and missed more than our share. Absolutely perfect day with dad and a bunch of lifelong friends. I think at the end of a long life most people have only a handful of days they look back on and remember. Yesterday was one of those days for me.
