Marlana and I left the dock last night around 5pm and headed to the nipple. The water was clean green with decent bait. We immediately put a nice hoo in the box around 30#. We headed a little further south and found a huge line with tons of trees, wood, etc. on it. This line was loaded up, and we put another wahoo in the box, and lost a few lures to some STUDS that skied on us. By this time it was getting dark, so we decided to run down to the spur for some swordfishing.
We put out the lines, and within 10 minutes had a nice fish on. The fish screamed off the drag, but eventually came unbottoned. Around 2am we had another nice hit. This fish was SMOKING the drag. We fought it for a bit, and got it close to the boat, when all hell broke loose. A 300# plus MAKO starts going crazy jumping by the transom. We had the harpoon on board, and were planning on implanting the dart in his ass, but the 400# leader eventually broke on one of the phenomenal jumps. Heartbreak, but what an amazing sight to see in the spreader lights/ moon light. (full moon)
Around 4am it started to get choppy. It was pretty funny trying to watch Marlana sleep in 3-4 footers. She was falling out of the bunk, but never complained one word!!!
We trolled first light from the spur to the nipple, then back on that line. We were the only boat out there the entire 24 hours. It was nice to have that line all to ourselves. Marlana did all the rigging and decking, while I sat in the tower yelling orders..lol It was fun angling, wiring and gaffing with two people, but we got the job done. May switch to wind-ons if our crew stays at 2.
Anyways, we ended up with a box of fine wahoo...biggest @ 40lbs. We caught a few nice dolphin, biggest in high 20's.
We have seen thousands of triple tail over the years, but never stopped to catch one. There must have been a million on that line, and Marlana said she wanted to try some for dinner. So, we caught a couple for the table. Funny, those docile creatures can pull pretty hard once hooked. We will try some tonight.
The ride in was a bit bumpy....some how the wind kicked up offshore to around 20kts, and made for 4 footers out of the northwest. Fortunately, it slicked off close to shore, and we were back at the dock early.
Good luck to everyone fishing the white marlin tournament. PLEASE be careful of that debris line near the nipple. I am serious...I have NEVER seen that much potentially hull-destroying material in one place.
Saw this boat out there the other day while fishing on the cape horn. Anyone know what it is? It was down by the steps.
