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|  Memorial Day Weekend 2013...Late Report 
			
			Better late than never right?  Stayed in Hatteras Village from 5/21 - 5/27 with 3 of my good friends. Such a wonderful place. Someone once said if you listen to the weatherman there you would never go fishing. It is rare to ever see anything below 15 knot winds and 3 - 5 ft seas in the forecast - unless you are leaving that is. We went through all four season while on the island - cold, rainy, cloudy, sunny, hot, WINDY....seems it is that way every year. We had 5 days to fish and we fished mostly all of it but only made it offshore twice. The first time resulting in 5 dolphin from slinger to gaffer. The next outing we managed 8 with mostly gaffers up to 19 lbs and a couple slingers mixed in. In between we watched it rain....and rain....and we tried to go flounder fishing, and cobia fishing, as always when we cannot go offshore due to weather. We also had two excellent meals of fried dolphin (that's mahi to some) coleslaw, mac n cheese, hush puppies, and cold beer. Another really cool thing about our annual Memorial Day trip to the OBX is there is a group of guys who make the same trip from Va. every year. They are die hard cobia fishermen and do very, very well at it every year. Some of the nicest, friendliest, fun, folks you could ever meet. We always look forward to seeing them each year. Alright, one last thing - I want to thank all of those who paid the ultimate price for us and our country. The true reason why we celebrate Memorial Day. Now for the pictures. I hope you enjoy them.          We think this was about a 30lb Mako? He broke off next to the boat and swam off with his new piercing.    
				__________________ 1994 Wellcraft V21 Last edited by Blue_Runner; 06-24-2013 at 02:06 PM. Reason: mis-type | 
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			I think I caught that same mako off of Jersey this Saturday!
		 
				__________________ 1984 V20 "Express" & 2003 Suzuki DF140 (SOLD!) 2000 GradyWhite 265 Express YouTube/SkunkBoat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4F...znGospVOD6EJuw Transom Rebuild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEz94NbKCh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_ZmPOUCNc | 
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			Blue and white ilander hanging out of the left corner of the mouth?  Yep, that's him....can you please mail my lure back?      
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			I'll trade it for a mahi sammich!   
				__________________ 1984 V20 "Express" & 2003 Suzuki DF140 (SOLD!) 2000 GradyWhite 265 Express YouTube/SkunkBoat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4F...znGospVOD6EJuw Transom Rebuild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEz94NbKCh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_ZmPOUCNc | 
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			Excellent Shane, look forward to reading about your trip there each year. Great pics 
				__________________ Willy 1986 V20 Old School 1992 V20 1992 150 Yamaha 1997 HydraSport 2250 Vector 2009 17' G3 Outfitter "G Spot" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDebw...eature=related "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid on a hand on. I don't do these things to others and I require the same from them" JW | 
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			Love that BLUE water!!! Sweet trip! 
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