Well, Wade & I have finally made it back to the beach, feels like forever!!!!



Thursday:

We ran down from Deltaville & busted thru the Lesner bridge sportin' our colors (Frostbite Challenge flag still flyin high! )
Get tied up at LBP ready for friday.
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Friday:

Crew is Dad, Sean, Boyce, Wade & I.
Plan is to head out to the canyon & troll for Mahi & tuna & deep drop in the afternoon.
This is Boyce's first time ever offshore!!!Gotta get him on some fish!!

First hook up is a Dolphin, Boyce brings it on in like a pro. The seas are fishable, but close together & choppy. Bang out a few more gaffers off the lobster pots. Then it happens!! Right behind us, wesee a few birds & the porpoises are busting on the surface, going nuts. A lot different from the playful jumps you usually see. These things are feeding. We troll with them & then turn & go accross them & BAM!, it's on. Long rigger (left goes off, long rigger right goes off, but does not come tight. Sean is on the left rod (pink G&H Sea witch). Get him belted up & he fights this fish to the boat. Dad hand lines the leader for me & I prepare to gaff the fish, when out of nowhere, an unauthorized gaff man (boyce) comes in & a swing & a miss & the fish is gone!! Looked to ba about a 50 pound yellowfin! Not today, no hard feelings!LOL! Hell, between all 5 of us, only 2 of us have gaffed a tuna of that size, so it could have happened to any of us! By then the fast moving pack had moved off & we could not find them over the millions of white caps. So we bang ut a couple more gaffers & decide it is a little rough for deep dropping today & head in wit the bow down at 20 -21 knots. We burned 148 gollons of fuel.

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Saturday July 4.

We had decided not to fish today because of the beat down of 14 hours in the choppy seay on Friday, until....
I got up at around 7. Looked at the weather buoy at 8:00 at the Cigar....2.3 ft every 11 seconds!!!! Wade & I bust a move & clear Lynnhaven Inlet at 8:45 & shoot to the fingers. Lines n at 10:45. Sloooooooooooooooowwwwwww!

It was so dead, we retired the Frostbite Challenge flag, took turns napping, had bologna breakfast & lunch sandwiches & caught some rays from the sun. Ended up at the tip of the Cigar. Started running in & put lines back in around Wayne's World & got 1 gaffer on. He jumps a few times & spits the hook . Guess it's bologna for supper too! Get back to the dock at the edge of dark & call it a day. Still a nice day on the water, just Wade & I.

Can't wait till next week!

Cheryl & Wade

Glad to hear you are back on the water!!

Way to go!! I saw you guys heading in near Long Bay on the 4th...I was on Wired Up! Heres to more fish in the box!!!

Nice to have you guys back in action... Nice job on the fish.

Welcome back, Cheryl and Wade! Glad the foat got bloodied! Teresa and I had planned to be in the area but had to return home to deal with multiple issues with my parents. Catch em up for us- I will likely be off the water for a while and SOMEBODY has to be fishing! Here's to the Salt Shaker!

Great report Cheryl and Wade.......bout dam time you got the boat wet and bloody again....congrats....Bob

Nice class of Mahi, great to read a report from you folks. Glad to see you're throwing fish into that hole in the water rather than more money! Welcome back!

Way to chase 'em down Cheryl, they can't run away forever.
Tight lines!
Dave

We started at the 21 Fathom Finger on Sat. Hailed you on the radio but no joy.

we didn't hear you, we were on 79 & 72

We were probably out of range by then as we worked out way to the Canyon. I tried those channels.

Nice job

Nice job Cheryl and Wade. Let me know if you need someone to hop on board.

VooDoo