Rolled outta Dewees Wed. afternoon with Hamp Culler, Cam Kreps and “Dr. Keith” bound to catch the other 17 blackfin that “Aggressor” left for us. Put lines in at the G Hole at 4pm in 3-4 footers every 5 sec in 69 degree water. By sunset had a blackfin and a gaffer dolphin in the box and broke off a smoker hoo. Grilled out four ribeyes dusted with garlic salt and cracked pepper, six swordfish steaks garnished with diced tomatoes and green chiles and served with a bottle of Sterling Cab.
Decided against our 15 mile offshore run to swordfish drop seeing that the weatherman had missed the “2 foot every eleven seconds” forecast and spent the night on the ledge. Caught a handful of silver snapper throughout the night in 180 - 200 feet and deployed the sea anchor off the bow to eliminate our beam-sea rollers.
Coolest part of the night was when Keith and I were on watch(making sure Hamp got his full beauty sleep of six hours!). We both were in the cockpit when out of the darkness a very large unidentifiable fish came speeding towards the boat and performed a quick hairpin turn a foot away leaving about a 15 foot flourescent green phosphorescent wake just below the suface of the water.
Got a few hours of sleep when at 5:30 we re-rigged and deployed the spread. Heated up four egg McMuffins, and by 7:30 we hooked a nice tuna on the long rigger(pink sea witch WFB and Cam brought to the boat a 32 lb blackfin. Within the next hour hooked a nice fish on a pink seawitch on a 30 TLD and after an hour battle Hamp brought in a 66 pound wahoo. Prepared sushi with wasabi and soy and a new recipe of balsamic and black sea salt. Pulled off two more hoo, landed a skipjack and missed about four other fish. No sign of life on the surface. At noon we grilled fresh tuna steaks medium rare on the trusty George Foreman then pulled up the lines. Cleaned the fish at the dock and found empty stomachs in all the fish - obviously these fish were lost and we were in the wrong spot. Pics will post Monday.(still selling my 35 Con
sounds like agood trip, did you try pulling any cedar plugs
Nice report.
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nothing like fine dining nice work was hoping for a swordie report
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quote:
Originally posted by a-fish-a-knot-oand by 7:30 we hooked a nice tuna on the long rigger(pink sea witch WFB and Cam brought to the boat a 32 lb blackfin. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">That’s a big blackfin. State record is only 40lbs.
Nice report.
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Capt./Chef Mel:
Once again an awesome trip on the a-fish-a-knot-o. Good company, good food, and some quality fish. Sushi and Grilled Wahoo were consumed throughout the entire weekend. YYYYUUUUMMMM. Let’s go catch some more!!
Sounds like a good trip, with the exception of the busted forecast. Another offshore gastronomical delight…
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Nice Report!
Last time we were out, we anchored with the danforth and had the wind switch to a beam sea which gave us a rough night. We have a sea anchor, but haven’t used it overnight. What size sea anchor do you use? How far did you end up drifting overnight with it deployed? Based on my last overnighter, I’ll bet the sea anchor makes it easier to find a place to sleep.
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hhbuilder,
A sea anchor is the key to keeping your bow into the seas and getting some sleep - or to position your boat when swordfishing so your lines aren’t in front of you, etc. You may have to cleat it off the stern(try port and starboard, or bow,) in order to achieve the desired drift. My sea anchor opens to about 8 ft. in dia. and is a beast(probably overkill for my boat). A trick on pulling it in is to grab a few straps on one side to collapse the chute then pull it in. Also slowed our drift down from about 1.6kts to .6 or .7 knots.
hculler - always a blast when you are part of the crew!
Capt. Mel
Thanks for the reply a-fish-a-knot-o. I think the sea anchor is really the best way to go rather than being on the hook. The sea anchor I have is just too small at about 5 foot diameter. I do have access to two of those; but probably deploying one larger one would be best.
Looking forward to the next overnighter!
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hhbuilder,
Check this out for getting the right size anchor:
http://www.jmtackle.com/browse.cfm/2,81.html
Mel,
Still have your eye on that Intrepid?
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Great report! Sounds like a good time.