Left chas marina @ 5:15 ran by radar to 5 miles south of 226 lines in @ 8.00 2 cut offs 1 slinger by 9:00 water temp 72.3 kept trolling se water temp 74 10:45 1 gaffer 1 slinger 11:00 till 2 fished scattered weeds clearing lines 3 more slingers found some good sized weed patches water temp 78 4 more gaffers lost 2 gaffers @ the boat. ended the day w 5 gaffers 18-30lbs 8 slingers. Day maker, look on abel’s face @ the end of the day. we had floated over a line left out while slinging the last 2.The line got hooked around starboard prop, trim was low on fluid and wouldn’t come up. Able wanted to get in the water and cool off and decided this was a good excuse. I told him there was a lot of bait in the water and probably some sharks around, he just kind of shrugged and smiled. He had stripped off his shirt and shoes, stood up on the stern of the boat to dive in and right under him we all looked down to see an 8 ft bull shark.Able’s eyes about popped right out of his head we laughed @ him all the way home. First trip out this season was a lot of fun. Can’t wait to go again
lucky he saw the shark first instead of feeling it
we saw three big sharks cruisin on the surface.
I would have sh*t my britches! Everytime I think how nice a cool dip in that beautiful clear gulf stream water would feel, I read something like this. Glad ya’ll had a good day. I’m goin next week, looks like I’ll be headed south.
Cape Horn 24OS
twin 150 Optimax