Mandatory Gut Wrench report from 1-3-09

Left remleys at 6 am,very thick fog…visibility basically zero at time…slow trolled all the way out to the jetty entrance seeing others on the radar taking chances running fast…:roll_eyes:

hit the entrance and set our heading and start to run to our spots,nice ocean some big swells every once in awhile but really nice,cruising at 23-25 knots watching the radar(still thick fog).

get to our first spot fog had liftedabout 2-3 mile prior,set up our drift(no wind or current) and away we go the fish are hungry loosing baits very quickly,lots of small bsb's,then the bigger BSB's show up 15-18 inches,then a scamp shows up 22inches,wow this is going much better than the last 2 trips,well after getting our share here i wanted to head a little deeper,out another 13 miles and we set up again,lots of triggers,porgies etc,the the ARS show up first 3-4 shorts,then we get 1 21 and a 22 inch,nice:smiley:!

decide to anchor and see if the ole grouper will bite today,well never could entice them,tried squid,cigar minnows,ballyhoo,and some live bait,just wasn’t going to happen here…even tried the jig:frowning_face:…

but the daymaker catch was not a keeper at all but a 5-6 foot tiger shark,what a beautiful creature,to bad he can kill you,tried to attack the baot a few times,very unhappy with me…what an awesome set of chompers on these things…

so back to our original spot to see if we can get a few more keepers,we do get somemore big BSB’s.call it a day and head in…

hit the harbor and see the fog is still here not as thick

Thanks to a great crew,Jr, Will and Evan…honorary mention to John Green even when sick delivered our free ice at 5:30am…you da man!

heres the rundown…

85-95 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ to 85-90ft…

squid/cigar minnows/ballyhoo…diamond jig

ARS’s
BSB’S
scamp
Reef Donkey(fish fry and he was going to die anyway)

special thanks too…
sunoco fuel
doritos
gatorade
famous amos CC cookies
PBJ
turkey on white
crocs
grundens
chap stick
25 ft chain,delta plow an

how could you forget Avet?

Sounds like a great day at sea yet again GW. Thanks for the post… Sounds like you’ll be eating good for quite a while now! Congratz for the ARS catch

1996 21’ TROPHY
1996 150 MARINER

Nice report GW! Timely and great reading… A+ for today!

Here are the pics of tiger cub and Evan showing off his superb gaffing skills - he’s grinning just thinking of the fried worms that await him. Thanks again Bob for another great trip.

That’s a fine day , good to read your report. I have not been around the marina much lately but i’ve noticed a Carolina Classic in your spot, what’s the deal ? Hope to see you out there soon. I think we just missed a good Swordfish night, maybe we’ll catch the next one.

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Captain Allison Fickling Jr.

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Originally posted by C-Level

That’s a fine day , good to read your report. I have not been around the marina much lately but i’ve noticed a Carolina Classic in your spot, what’s the deal ? Hope to see you out there soon. I think we just missed a good Swordfish night, maybe we’ll catch the next one.

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Captain Allison Fickling Jr.


Hey Cpt A,good to hear from you…

hope to be back in the marina in the spring,alot of bad things have happened since OCT and i had to cut my spending fast.

Yes i agree sat-sun would have been a great night for swordfishing.