All I can say is WOW what a trip! *Having this much fun with your clothes on should not be legal *;D
Finally got the chance to take the Blue Runner offshore. *Went about 20 miles out to the gulfstream out of Hatteras Inlet NC. * The temp break was actually at around 12 miles where the water turned cobalt blue.
The bite was on almost immediately on Saturday and again on Sunday. *We fished Islander rigs rigged with ballyhoo on Shimano TLD and Penn outifts. *I did put one stretch 30 - red and white - down deep on wire and it had the most tremendous hit I've ever seen in my life. *In the blink of an eye the line was broke! *
Day one we managed 5 nice dolphin and a wahoo. The wahoo came in on mono and was the first offshore fish ever caught on the Blue Runner. *8) *He weighed 15 lbs. *The dolphin went from 15 up to around 18 or 19 lbs each. * *Day 2 we had 6 nice dolphin. *Each day we lost some fish too. *The very first dolphin I had beside the boat I missed it with the gaff and he got off! *I was soooooo ticked! *That quickly faded away once we had a double flopping around in the boat only a few minutes later *;D
First day we burned 45 gallons of fuel and went about 115 miles. *Day 2 we burned about 40 and recorded around 100 miles total.
Here's the pix:
Wahoo - 1st fish caught
Me and my fin-man Snead
We trolled 5 rods, could have trolled more had we hooked up the flat line release clip. *
Those mahi sure know how to pull. *Here's Chad
Chad on the gaff using the bench seat
Miller with his first offshore Mahi
Luckily we didn't catch any huge bulls - they wouldn't have fit in the box
The seat boxes on each side made awesome "fighting chairs". *I wish I had a pair of swivel gimbals mounted on them the rest the rod butt on. *
Chad and Miller
This was the best trip of my life so far. *We had a great weather, great fishing, and a great time. *Can't beat it. *;D