Beaufort NC May 16 report

The ocean is still VERY rough here but fishable in a big boat. 4 of us old guys went out at 5 am on a 57 viking and came in at 7pm and over all had a pretty good day collectively ... 11 kings to 23 pounds , 4 Wahoo to 38 pounds and 5 Mahi to 17 pounds and I lost a really big (for north carolina) Mahi which was an easy 40 pounds ...Sh## . We had good luck trolling 2 oz chrome jap pink and white feather jigs with white 6 inch sea rind trailers , Manns Stretch 30's in baby dolphin color and Huntington Drone spoons in yellow flash on the downriggers..we were out around 17 miles in around 71 degree water 66 feet deep so they are coming in fast and in a couple of weeks they will be in small boat range right off the beach..we also stopped at the sea buoy 8 miles out as there were 3 nice cobia probably 30 pounds plus swimming around but no takers..yellow bucktails etc but they were not interested although one swam around the boat several times ..I thought about jumping on him with my new fillet knife but I decided on a flounder sandwich and a double jack daniels instead...Frank