Oregon Inlet Tuna Tournament 5/31 - 6-2 2nd Place !

we had a couple of good days of fishing.....On Friday we decided to check out that body of warm water out at the 800 line in the deep. water/break looked good, lots of life and marks....right after we put our spread out a Monster slob of a fish crashed my shotgun spreader bar but didn't come tight...he was big....lots of marks out there but that was the only Tuna we saw...did catch a couple of small gaffers....Decided at about 10:15 to hit the 700 line in 100 fathoms where we had caught a bunch the week prior..while running in at about 500 fathoms we saw a couple of charter boys stopped and looked like they were bailing dolphin off the bow....Not Dolphin...50# class YFT..they were on top destroying some little tinker mackerals and the charter boys were netting bait and live baiting them....we circled and circled around them and pulled 4 nice fish off that bunch of fish...Friday was epic..the most air time I've ever seen for the Tuna they were flying everywhere....anyways...we ended up weighting in a 55, 50 and 43 for 148# for the first day....put us in 10th place..Talked that night and decided it was going to be quality vice quantity on Saturday so we rigged all big baits and islanders to try and get a Big-eye bite....had the big bars and big islanders out all day....only had two hits...first one was a 45# YFT on the pink spreader bar shotgun....2nd 1 was the money fish...he half spooled a 50 with about 20 pounds of drag set and it was on....we harnessed up Steady and he put a hurting on the fish and his back !...he fought for about 35 minutes before we got color....we were all business until we actually got the fish in the boat.....Mike Winner stuck him in the throat and Otter was right behind him with a 2nd gaff shot to the head....got him in the boat and it was party time....he ended up going 106#...nice fish .....we fished until three (lines out) with only a couple more hits but nothing came tight.....Ended up with 3 fish cumulative 211 pounds which put us in 2nd place by 4 pounds......big fish 106 and somebody had a 106.5, half a dam pound !...but we were stoked....the winner board looked pretty funny1st place "first Crack" 55 Spencer 215 pounds2nd place "Still Think'n" 28 Southport outboard 211 pounds3rd place "Sea Wolfe" 65 foot something (Hatteras) 205 poundsWe got 2nd biggest 3 fish, 2nd biggest fish and 1st place outboard divisioin...of course we were the only one in the outboard division !...hahah..but we'll take it.....Good time, good crew...had a few drinks with Bob Sinclair and his crew.....outstanding food and drinks...good run tournament.....Bob

26 May 2007 Oregon Inlet

Fished on board Still Think'n wioth Don, Otter, Jeff and my Don's nephew Jake. Ran out to the 700 line. Fund water around 68 degrees. First hit comes on the Cedar plug in the wash. Rod goes to jake and he fights and we land his first Atlantic YFT...scales around 50 pounds!!! Keep working area and Blue and White witch goes off on the left long...Fat Beard on the job. Fights to the boat and break off...lost tuna. Regroup and lines out...Tiki Bar goes screaming, second Tiki Bar gets hit and hit again, left long gets a rock...only first Tiki comes tight and Jeff gets his tuna.Work south to the 670 around lunch, Jake gets his second Tuna off long rigger blue/white witch in among a pod of dolphin. Find tuna birds working an area over really hard with a slick and the scent of a feeding going on. We troll through several times and no takers. Must have just missed it by ten minutes.Had a mystery fish playing with a bait aroudn mid day in some warmer 75 degree water...never saw it, so not sure.Final tally...3 YFT to 50 pounds, lost 2 at the boat and missed several others in the spread. Great day on Still Think'n with the crew. Wind was up and made things a bit snotty...nothing the Southport couldn't handle!! Good day fellas...thanks for the day!!!

20May Oregon Inlet Trip

got to the fishing center with Steadman and Otter...Met Mike (Gusman) of G&H Lures....we were the ONLY boat at the ramps at 0520...wind was blowing pretty good but it was west/southwest....got in line behind the charter fleet and had a pleasant run out to the 550 line in about 150 Fathoms where the break was....lines were in for about 3 minutes before we had a triple header...it was pretty much good action all day on the Mahi....only heard and saw 1 YFT caught today..there was a blue Marline hooked up but he got off....we were visited by about 3 billfish today but with tight drags and tight outriggers they didn't come tight....ended the day with 14 Gaffers...all quality fish....Otter got his Biggest Mahi today...seas were really not bad today...was able to make 30Kts comfortably both in and out...lots of wind early but quieted down offshore later...inshore wind was whipping pretty good when we got back in....Hot lures of the dayGet Reel TIKI BarG&H sea witches and chuggers....our planer got hammered while trolling a orange and black islander by a pretty nice bull.....great day with great people.....Bob