Left Edisto at 4:00 am on 6-27 ten miles out the engine alarms start going off. Checked the motor and couldn’t see any problems so I did what any good captain would do. I turned it off and on until the alarm went off. I figured whats the worse that could happen I still had one good motor.
After cathing a couple cudas and a Dolphin early the fishing slowed and we were in 350 ft of water north of the Edisto banks. We decided to pull up in move. All lines where in except for the left rigger which was in but the bait (Blue and White Islander) was hangin a foot over the water. It suddenly vanished along with 200 yards of line. It was on the a 30 and CPA Ben tried to hand me the rod (bad luck in my book)I let him keep the rod and the happy ending. The fish jumped once and almost spooled the reel. I discover just how hard it was to back down on a fish with out boards. And hour and 20 minutes later the fish was released leaving a very happy crew behind.
We were fortunate to have and old salt on the boat. He is 70 years old and I was shocked he wanted to go with me on my small Boat(26ft Grady). I couldn’nt imagine taking that beating in 30 years. He was a great coach for both the angler and instructing me on driving the boat. He est. the fish at 6 to 7 feet and a little over 200 lbs.
Caught one more dolphin and lost a wahoo.
The engine problem tured out to be a bad thermostat.
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