Sorry for late report guys--got to in late and was dead tired.
Fished south Sunday 100 to 200 line. We could not make our mind where to go --no sat shots of other intell. to work with. Most of Rudee fleet down south with us. Arrived on 100 line in 30 fathoms to find muddy green water of about 73 degrees and completed devoid of life. Fished out to 200 fathoms --same conditions. After turning back in to about 30 fathoms, after hearing a couple of boats getting some dolphin shallower--we had a good white come in on the starboard teaser and latch on to the last squid two times. Earlytimes dropped backed to him perfectly, but he would not get on the bait. Shortly thereafter, a couple of peanuts and a big mystery strike on a flat line -- clean cut on the bait --so we think it was a wahoo? On the the northwest lump, we trolled over a large school of rays and got covered with albies.
We heard of an early bite up north on the 400 line --a couple of whites and some scattered yellowfin. If I were going today or later this week I would go north 400 line and above. It is going to take awhile for things to settle out -- there was a lot of upwelling from the storm with about 8 degree temp drops in places which ultimately might be good thing. I think a a 3 to 4 day period will help. Next weekend could be good. On another note --the importance of wave interval on the buoy report was reinforced with us. The sea forecast was 4 to 6, but the swells were MUCH larger than that. We had some hugh rollers 8 at least, but they were so far spaced they were no problem and actually quite beautiful. There were schools of 1000's of jellyfish, apparently blown in by the storm --so be careful when handling you leaders.
Kent and crew of the Water Dog