The weather was favorable for fishing, ENE 10 - 15 knots with 2-3 footers so we went out around 8:00 with Glen and Bill to do some trolling in and around the Gulf stream. When we got out of Sister's Creek it was a little different than predicted by the NOAA....it was more like 15 - 20 with 4-6 footers, so we decided to try trolling only using 4 or 5 rods without the outriggers to see how it was going to be. We trolled parallel to the coast, and I can tell you that trolling West was a lot smoother than trolling East. Going West with the winds put the waves at our stern, but heading East we were taking it on the nose and starboard bow making the ride a bit "sporty" but manageable for the guys in the cockpit. I posted a short video of what it was like for me at the helm. Okay for all of your tough guys out there, you are going to see this and think, "what a wimp!", but it was a lot rockier in the flybridge than in the cockpit!
It didn't take long to get our first fish on, and it was a nice King Mackerel. Within 45 minutes we had two more fish, 2 nice Cero Mackerels and a Little Tunny. It was getting a bit windier so we decided to stop trolling and do some bottom fishing.
We dropped the anchor in 60 ft of water and cast out our lines. Glen and Chip caught a couple of small (3 inches or so) Red Hinds (or Rock Hinds as they are also called) and Chip pulled in a nice Sheepshead (great table fare). This fish had what appeared to be back molars that would make any dentist proud! I took a photo of his teeth to show you. After about a half hour of no bites, Bill was sitting in a chair with his feet propped up, pole in the rod holder, talking on his cell phone when all of a sudden his rod bent over and started screaming line out! He hung up on whom ever he was talking to, grabbed his fishing rod and started reeling. We reeled in the other lines so they wouldn't get tangled while Bill followed this fish all around the boat. Once we could see the flash of blue in the water we could see that it was a Tuna of some kind and that there was another fish chasing the one Bill had on his line. He finally got the fish close enough to the boat to net it, turns out it was a rather large "Little" Tunny. This was a strange way to catch a Tunny, they are usually caught fast trolling.
After Bill's exciting catch it was getting late in the afternoon, so we decided to call it a day and head in.
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