VBSF.net offshore Chat (MD-VA-NC) http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:14:46 -0500 120 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19383
http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19374]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:10 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19383 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19375 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:54:46 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19375 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19368 Bob, On a past rainy day, surfing the web looking at boats. Ski Boats unlimited had an interesting ad for a 28 ft CC Southport. Say it ain’t so???????????? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:16:16 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19368 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19325
We set up for our evening drift inside of The Point and drifted east. We had stuff for swordfish, tuna chunking, and of course shark stuff. We started out putting out a couple of swordfish baits. We had the lines taken from our hands as were feeding them out. Sharks were already there so we started shark fishing. We put out some chum and started to catch sharks as fast as we could re-rig and get a bait in the water. I’m not good at identifying sharks. These were just sharks, dusky, bull or other sharks. We did not catch any of the easy to identify sharks. I expected a lot of blue sharks based on long-line reports in the area but we did not see any. These sharks ranged from 4 to 8 feet long. Wes Blow caught the largest, about 200 pounds. Bob Manus had a big fish on but it was on one of the swordfish rigs and after an impressive run, it bit through the monofilament leader.

This was Bob’s first fishing trip since back surgery. It probably was not a good first trip. I think he is going to need some more surgery. He sure was making some funny noises while fighting those sharks. We drifted on out past the 1000 fathom curve. The sharks stayed with us the entire night.

Sunday morning, we started trolling again. There was a lot of life around but we only caught false albacore. We picked up early for the run back to Rudee. I was a little concerned about fuel. We had run to The Point before and we have done plenty of overnight trips but we had never run to The Point for an overnighter. It turned out we had plenty of fuel.

Monday morning, I fished the Triangle Wrecks. Everyone else was at work except the Poquoson School kids were out of school. I picked up 14-year-old Hunter Southall on the way to Virginia Beach. We caught some nice flounder which went in the cooler. We also caught some nice sea bass which we had to let go. Big bluefish are out there as some of the sea bass were bit in half. Time to go fishing for bluefish. The flounder we caught were 18 to 26 inches long with most of them in the 22-24 inch range.













]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:17:11 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19325 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19320 LOTS OF PUCKER FACTOR. Pulled in to Wanchese at 6.20 pm after the slowest trip i hope i ever have from the gulf stream. Thank god for the following
My fraternity of fishing friends had 4 different boats pull up and ask are we ok. Thanks G&H and Fat beard for the call

Sat phones I was able to call two other boats fishing with me that we were going to go to Wanchese they were jigging the rocks off Hatteras and i couldn't get them on the radio.

GPS allowed me to calculate distance and timing and make the call to go to OI inlet.

Last but not least my other motor it got me home and safe.

Steve called me from Joe"s marine repair about an hour ago in Wanchese he is my Yamaha dealer to let me know my warranty expired 47 days ago. GO FIGURE


]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:20:13 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19320 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19318 We made the trip south of the point along with the fleet. Got the spread out and shortly after get hit on the long rigger, line goes slack and pull back in a bite off. I guess that set the tone for us for the day. Fished hard in grass most of day and was only able to get a gaffer and a small black fin for meat off a forming weed line. We must have had 30+ Nerf football size Blackfins for the day all on cedar plugs off the back of the boat. Still a nice day on the water. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:47:40 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19318 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19317
Our gears are shifting to rockfish and the chance to get into a Bluefin in sometime in December out of Morehead City.

]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:05:04 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19317 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19315 http://www.chumlordfishing.com/Chumlordfis...mber_WAHOO.html]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:58:51 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19315 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19314
Ran to the tower and dropped two planers and drone spoons thinking of trying to wack a king - but no takers
water temp 63 and dirty green.

Plenty of bait - looked like fireballs of bunker - but nothing biting in them - for me at least.

Thought I would pass it along.

Kent]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:21:34 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19314 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19310 Launched at Teaches at sunup. Hit the Empire Gem...nothing. Trolled 100fa at the 230 line...no bites. Bottom fished the 230 rocks...nothing. Caught some bonita for bait then ran S. 17mi to the Rockpile...bottom fish were snapping. Loaded up on triggers. Also a few nice seabass and some throwback gag groupers. Wx and sea conditions were absolutely beautiful. Ran back in at 29 kts. 80 deg water and T-shirt fishing in Nov. Gotta love Hatteras! John (Korona, 22 Grady) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:21:54 -0500 http://vbsf.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19310