17 Jun2007

We left out of Rudee at 4:30am towards deep dropping country off Virginia Beach aboard my buddy Jake Hile’s boat, the Matador. The crew was Tom Kidwell, Greg Allen, Chuck Kahlert, Dr. Ike, Robin and my Mom (Sharon), and our mate, Bill Knapp. The weather was beautiful, with calm seas. At 50 fathoms we marked of stacks of bluelines and hooked fish until we had a limit for the anglers. The largest blueline was a citation for Dr. Ike at 10lb. 4 oz. Next stop was 150 fathoms. In no time we began hooking blackbellied rose fish in 900ft. While hooking these weird little fish, I hooked into something that pulled back. Big fish on. The crew awaited my 10 minute fight from the depths, where the confirmation of a nice 21.5 lb golden tile popped to the surface. Yay. Chuck had the next one a while later, about 15 pounds. We boated a total of seven goldens, with Jake’s weighing in at 31 lbs. We investigated a few mores spots, and then headed in with a very tired, but content group.

Talley: for the day were 49 blueline tiles, 7 golden tiles, several dozen black bellied rosefish, and two red hakes. We also caught and released a few bait-swiping birds.

A great day on the water, with great folks!

Mom's Blackbellies


First Golden

More pics

Chuck and Tom's goldens


Julie's Hake

Jake's Golden



Nuisance bait stealer

Chuck's Blackbelly


Final Talley

Awesome trip Julie...really enjoyed having you and yours aboard. Would love some pics for my album, when you get a chance...can't wait for the next trip, the goldies are dialed in.
Bill

Wow great pictures, I have always wanted to do a trip like that. It seems to me that it would be a good back up plan if the tuna bite is off. If anyone needs an extra to help with fuel and bait, I would love to help out and learn how to do some deep drop fishing.

Thanks Gordy,
We enjoyed it as well. You got it, I'll try to get those off to you tonight. I got your bmail...Mom has me on the run!

Geez, the water in the pictures looks like you could have been in Lynnhaven. Pretty work on the tiles. Lots of grillin' material there!

It sure would be nice to have some cordinates on those GOLDEN TILES your catching. The couple of times we have been we didnt have any luck catching them but that was eariler in the year. I know we were dropping in about 800 ft with some thick mud on the bottom. The mud was so thick that we when sinker hit the bottom it just burried itself and it was hard to reterive. From what I have heard the GOLDENS like the mud because they can get in there and do the same. Great report and keep tearing them up.