Fished out in the deep on a current edge. Started the day with a strange sight. Had to check the chart to make sure we weren’t fishing the Bermuda Triangle. Pulled back when I saw some sky blue H2O mixed in the blue-green water. When I say sky blue I mean Tarheel blue. It was somewhat cloudy but a different color than I have ever seen and about the size of an big swimming pool. Thought it might be home to some nuclear sized fishes. First pull through and we all spotted a tharheis… this huge creature pushing water and charging on the squid chain. As Tips was heading to deploy the pitch bait, I was pulling the teaser away and we got a good look. Turned out to be a grander class pilot whale, but he turned off just before he enhaled the chase bait. Would have been a good fight on a 50W. We then caught a few mauis and saw 2 free floppers. Trolled the edge in the mid 400s out in the deep to 1300’ for the rest of the day. Had a white come in all lit up pects out behind the bridge pole when I was polishing up my skills in the cockpit. He swiped at it and finally inhaled it but we pulled the hook on the initial run. Just a few minutes later had a sail on the rigger. He put on quite a show with 20 or more jumps and then settled down only to come up again just behind the boat. Pulled the hook as we were looking at the leader.
Ended the day with 17 keeper mauis. Released about 8 others. Mauis were smaller with 4 or 5 better class fish mixed in. Perfect for 5yo Sam on the TLD20s. He angled 9 of them himself. Another great day on the ocean with lots of life… free floppers, tons of pilot whales, flippers, free floppers, flyers, mauis, mola molas, alien ocean pools, etc…
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