10/7/2007 fishing report

Yesterday was the kind of day to remember how much you really have to love this stuff to keep offshore fishing...The fishing was slow all around, the weeds were terrible but the company and the weather was fantastic....Had Don, Steady and Captain Fatbeard onboard. We rolled out of RUdee at 0430ish to a beautiful slick calm day with clear skies and bright starts. The 1/8 moon lit the way straight to the canyon which we arrived at 0630 and put lines out as the sun was just peaking up above the horizon. water temps ranged from 74.2 - 75.8 with scattered weeds and gentle rolling swells. There was a small school of porpoise which we worked to no avail, one of the porpoise actually flipped his tail and hit the bow of my boat....I"ve never had this happen before and this would turn out to be one of 2 fish hitting still think'n today !Found a formed up weedline and trolled it for a while, pulling one Mahi out from under the weeds. There were so many big weed patches but almost all of them were empty all life except these little Jacks that were ferocious and were magling our bait but not big enough to stay hooked.We trolled and trolled, found a weedline next to the triple buoys North West of the Canyon tip and the Planer rod trips and starts pulling drag. Don't on the rod and knows we have a nice Hoo on...saw him a couple of times as he got close to the boat before making another run. I'm gonna say he was bigger than the 83Lb Wahoo I caught a couple of years ago...Dam fish threw the hook right behind the boat...During the ride back Don spots a Giant Ocean Sunfish..he tells me to put the boat in neutral as this gian goes under my boat...we hear a THUMP as the boat glided slowly over the Giant Mola Mola making this the 2nd fish of the day to hit Still Think'n...luckily no damage....SLow the rest of the day....gorgeous ride back in with Slick Ass calm conditions...the crew was hilarious today ....Got back to the house, cleaned the fish and boat and hung out at the bargola for a while...went to bed early...Good times and good crew....can't wait to get out there again