Due to some intense tides, we were forced to leave the dock at 1:45am so as not to dredge our canal on the way out. We were greeted with a flat ocean and a beautiful night. There were a few thunderstorms along the horizon with lightening that made the clouds light up periodically. The sky itself was crystal clear with no moon or humidity and we had a great view of the milky way and we were also treated with an awesome meteor shower with a few them literally crossing the sky form horizon to horizon.
Pulled up at the Georgetown Hole an hour before first light and took our time rigging the baits, telling stories, and watching the sky. At first light we had all lines in and within twenty minutes we had something nail the WTFB and take about 100yds of line before coming unglued. Checked lure to find the 180lb flouro chaffed about three feet up the line. 500lb Blue as far as I’m concerned. Before I could get the line back out another rod takes off and we put a blackfin tuna in the boat. Ended the morning bite with five dolhin, a tuna, and an ASS of rookie mistakes and lost fish before the bite slowed down.
Worked south towards the SW Banks with really no action besides a few cudas here and there. Headed back towards the hole around noon and had a big blue come out the water twice chasing flyers about 80yds from the boat. No luck with our spread. Shortly there after we were covered in sailfish for about two hours and could not buy a hookup. They were mauling our baits and I had to change chaffed leaders four different times. Around 1:30 the bite turned back on and we put some nice dolphin and one 40lb Wahoo in the box.
I spent a bunch of time and money this offseason putting together a planar rod for just such a fish and he nailed a flatline with 50lb fluoro leader and a naked ballyhoo with a dink-bait hook. Still not sure how we got it in…
Headed home around 4pm minus 8 packs of ballyhoo and low on ice. Great day with some great guys. Also, it was pretty ■■■■ cool watching the tal
