We left OB around 9 or so, and putted all night down to the steps. Found a great rip at sun up in brown-on-green water that produced no fish, and was quite lifeless. Continued down to the double nipple where we found beautiful blue water and scattered weeds. Worked that area a bit, but decided to head further south to get away from all the boats that showed up.
We ended up spending most of Saturday close to the W Fla slope. We caught a bunch of dolphin and wahoo, but nothing over mid 30's. sat night we paddled up to the squiggles, and worked there to the nipple on Sunday. The water turned pretty green, but there were areas holding scattered grass and a lot of bait.
We found a few nice fish on a small log, but they were not interested in our trolled baits. Decided to ease on up and try to get them interested in something else. Wes did a fine job of picking out the biggest fish, while the crew assisted in landing what turned out to be the biggest cow dolphin I have ever seen. We actually did not realize the weight of this fish until we put the boga to her later on. It weighed close to 50# on the boga, so we decided to head in a little early to the weigh docks.
Turned out this was a good idea. The fish took first in the Mahi division, and scored us a little fuel $. We had a blast, and look forward to the next trip. Hopefully, we will see some of you out there, as it has been way too long.
Here are a few pics, and the results are attached below. Sorry for the long post.
DOLPHIN 1ST PLACE 46.90 BLUE MARLANA WES SHEROUSE
DOLPHIN 2ND PLACE 46.40 BLUE EYES BILOXI,MS. DAVID GARY
DOLPHIN 3RD PLACE 45.80 No Shoes AURELIA BRYARS
