Finished up work at noon Monday, loaded up the boat, got lunch and hit the road at 2 pm. Made it to Nags Head at 10 pm. SW winds 5 knots… Sweet. Get up at 430 SW at 5 still. Alright let’s do it! Let’s get our bluefin! We made it from the fishing center to the bridge without tearing the foot off the motor and start through the inlet… Slick calm. Ran the 35 miles to the point in an hour and fifteen. Lines in at 7 am. 7:05 the left rigger pops the line comes tight but the drag doesn’t start screaming. Yellowfin? Nah a 15 lb dolphin. Lines back in and we start marking bluefin around 40 fathoms. Trilled that area for an hour and a half and finally the right rigger starts screaming. Unfortunately it stopped after ab 10 secs. We reeled in our first yellowfin ever! Trolled until 11 at which time it had started blowing 20 out the SW w 4-5ft swells. Fished our way northwest for a bit towards the inlet and had the bluefin swim right past the boat and rigtthrough our spread but no bites. We tried to fish back into the wind to stay in the area but it was just to sporty for us. Picked up and had a nice wet slow ride to the inlet. It was a long way for just two fish but that place is amazing. It was an awesome adventure and can’t wait til it calms down again so we can put our bluefin in the boat!
