Sunday, April 26, 2009







Had Otter, Don, Mark Voodoo and his son Hunter fishing with me today...we had wheels up from my house at 0300..everybody on time and not hungover, which is always a good thing....we make it down to OIFC at approximately 0450 and go grab a couple more bags of ice as it's supposed to be a nice, calm hot day out in the gulf stream..as we get down to the Kitty Hawk area coudn't help but notice that all the flag (big flags) were standing straight out flapping in the light and variable (read 15 - 20) knott wind....Hum, must be a short onshore breeze.....well we get to the ramp and people are discussing the weather...but everybody had driven from somewhere out of town so we all decided to hit it....got in line with the fleet at approximately 0530 and made a quick run out to the stream....started at the 650 line in 71 degree water, nice break with two tones all over the place....I followed those two tones most of the morning with the only thing getting hit was the planer getting bumped by one of the many dolphin swimming around the boat...got down around the 560 line (south of the point) and get our first Mahi...little bailer out of the blue and Mark Voodoo make short work on him....get lines back out and something hammers my TIki bar which is riding on a 6/0 senator and is ripping drag...ends up breaking the mainline which must have had a nick in it that I didn't find.....good bye Tiki Bar and G&H sea witch..enjoy your ride in the deep....get lines back out and another TIki bar and get hammered on my pink spreader bar, otter's on t his one and it's a nice Mahi....left long goes down hard with the 2nd half of the Bull/Cow pair and Mark gets his 9 year old son Hunter belted up and on the rod....Hunter make quick work of his fish and Don stick a nice Gaffer....Otter gets his in which is pulling pretty good on a Large spreader bar and Don sticks this one also...Nice Bull and cow in the 20 pound range...get lines back out around the point in 200 fathoms....Otter tell Mark's 9year old son, Hunter, hey greenhorn, the Capt said only 45 minutes left of fishing...you know you have to bite the head off the Ballyhoo and we'll have luck.....Hunter's all over it, Mark says no hunter and then turns around to check for weed...Hunter then commences to completed RIP the head off a thawed out Ballyhoo, take a couple of chews and then spit it out...HOly shit, I can't believe I just saw this....Hunter then hands the half a Ballyhoo and tells otter to take a bite...Well, what is Otter going to do, a 9year old just called him out...so Otter take a big ole bite of ballyhoo belly and just about hurls, but manages to keep it down...wow, good for you guys, Fear Factor on Still Think'n..I'm loving this..Just about the time Otter is shotgunning a Miller LIte to wash his mouth out...Bam Left long, G&H Sea witch gets hammered, this is no Mahi, it's a tuna...marks on the rod....jig the rest of the rod...right long gets hit but comes unglued, otter's is retrieving the Flat line when a YFT comes cutting through the seas and hammers the G&H Pink ballyhoo, otter drops back and he's on it again and is buttoned up...about this time Mark's YFT shakes the hook so we're down to just Otter...we get the fish boat side and Don stick the first YFT of the year on Still Think'n.....by now it's about 315PM...blowing 15 - 20 Knotts out of the SW and we still have a two hour ride through Nags Head Bike week to get home...so we call it a day...back at the docks most boats I talked with had between 1 and 3 YFT and some Mahi...alot of guys fished south around the 300 line with a couple around the point...bite was very slow all over with fish here and there..most of the Tuna came out of Two tones...

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