Started at the 50 fathom line, headed east thru the tip and settled in for a great day catching mahi. Our last 2 trips we bailed a mess of them but it seems like the lobster pots have tripled in numbers and so have the fish. Some of the Wachepreke (sp) boys said to keep some wahoo rigs on as the've been lurking around these pots as well. Had some mini zooker type lures in the flats (no meat....ballyhoo was getting tore-up quick) and a nice hoo hit one (black/red no doubt) . The boys on the boat said he was bigger, but I'm saying he was a solid 4ft. As I was reaching for the leader he simply turned his head and cut my boys leader and lazily swam away.

Back on the troll we came across an increadible weed line on the south wall area. A real thin line of grass, but one side was Gulf Stream blue and the other Va. Beach green. There was about a 2 deg. difference in the temp too. All boats were steady hooked up no mater what side they worked. We got tired of that and decided to finish our day where we started so started to troll in that direction.

One guy (also mates and said he didn't want to reel any fish) yells that he saw a huge splash on the port long area, so as we are all straining to see "whats up" the starboard long starts screaming. No splash at all. I pick up the rod and hold on as the line never stops ripping and the fish is steadily making huge......and I mean HUGE splashes. The second that he stopped taking drag he was gone. About a 3 min fight. None of us actually saw any part of the fish but it had to be a blue and probably the largest blue Shore Thing has ever had hooked up. Oh well...makes for great story telling back at work.

Cool thing was Capt Pete's daughter got him a pink/maroon zooker for his birthday and that thing wasn't wet for about 3 min. before it put a mahi in the box. And I'll be danged if that ain't what the blue had in his mouth for a few minutes before he decided to give it back.

Mike

Great report Mike! Sorry to hear about that wahoo and that monster Blue.

sounds like some nice action. fish or no fish , action will always get the blood pumping.sounds like a fun day thats for sure!

It has always been my experience that when a fish is lost it was gigantic, that"s my story and I'll stick with it. Sounds like a great day and hopefully after this blow is over we can get back out before the waters cool too much.