Called in sick and assembled a crew. Left Wappoo at 5:00. Made it about 3 miles past the jetties and gave up. I have never turned around in the shipping channel and called it a day. I know that the shipping channel is always the roughest part of the ride, but there was no way I was going to ride 50 miles in that slop. Came home and opened the lap top and got to work(had to tell the boss I was feeling better). Looked at the bouy at about 10:00 and it was flat clam. Figures…
Anyone else turn around this morning?
“Tie One On”
22’ Prosport
You talking about this morning right not yesterday?
My buddy went this morning. He left at 5 AM. I was going to go, but had some work stuff come up. I helped him get some baits ready yesterday evening and it was blowing pretty good. Figured it was going to be sloppy this morning but that it would lay down. I called him at 7 AM and phone went to voice mail so he pushed on. Glad it laid down for him. He’s in a 24’ scout.
you must be slowing down in your old age…
hang a left and get outside of the channel current. you have the harbor current as well as current moving down the coast.
Yeah, my last two trips out I’ve had to run between 10 and 18 knots for quite a while, like to 60 feet before I found calmer water to run faster. Took longer than expected, but it did lay down both times.
It seems like to me those are about the only days we have had…marginal. You sit there and go back and forth on whether or not you go and it’s still 50/50 most of the time.
Well I got a lot done. Waxed boat, fixed lights, mowed grass, but did not catch any fish. It was definitly rough, but heard it layed down all day.
“Tie One On”
22’ Prosport
Sounds like our day Wedneday. 4 footers in the jetties at 5:30, told the boys I couldn’t make it to mahi waters…we could go home or try to see if the kings were near shore early. They opted to look for kings. About 8:00 it looked like I was on a lake it was so calm. One kid had not been offshore before so we let him bring in some cuda’s. Didn’t see a king, came in at 40 mph wondering where those seas were earlier in the day. Nothing looks good for the next few either.
“Mahi-Fever”
Key West 225
Suzuki 225
We had the same problem wednesday. Got to the jetties at 4:30 to find 4 footers whitecapping in the pitch dark. We crept out to the next set of buoys and decided to bail. The buoy looked FAC all day! So it goes.
26’ Glacier Bay
Mistress
lol, yes, So it goes…
“Mahi-Fever”
Key West 225
Suzuki 225
We made it out, but a slow/long ride! As you say, it layed down late am and was a beautiful day on the ocean.
As for the fishing, not so good. We stayed at 200’ too long, nothing. Came into 140’ started getting knockdowns, but my crew was sick and it was time to head back.
With increasing wind, coming back through the jetty’s was a bit sloppy.
“Miss Lenore” Scout 235