Headed out to GTH Sunday afternoon and arrived a little later than we had hoped. Trolled Sunday evening for a few hours with 2 knockdowns, 2 spit hooks(1 bent) Not exactly the start to the trip we were looking for.
Setup to drift after dark and had a pretty nice night. Caught 5 Dolphin 10-15 lbs, 2 sharks, 1 King around 15lbs and had 2 mystery bites. Lost several more dolphin at the boat due to botched gaff jobs. Made the mistake of slinging a few in the boat caught on flat lines. They have a lot of energy when they don’t get worn out reeling them in. Amazing how docile they are in the water at night.
5am rolled around and we set up the spread, actually I did while the rest slept. Thought I would get ready to roll and had baits in the outriggers but just at the water surface. No sooner did I turn my head and something ripped the line off one outrigger, took about 50 yards of line and stole everything. It scared the crap out of me, but at least woke everyone up. Had a pretty eventful morning. Caught 4 Blackfins and about 10 more Dolphin all under 20 lbs. all before 10 am. Picked up and headed in shortly after 11 am.