Going Fishing - Checking In On Occassion

Me!

Yep I'll take one, can you ship it to me please.

So how many of those fish did you keep? if any.

The first two days Mike we kept and ate fresh the Spanish Mackerel we caught. Everything else was donated to the local food bank.

Tuna were caught for eating! They are all coming home.

Following is my final Outer Banks fishing vacation update.

We left the dock at 6:30AM, a thankfully 'late' departure versus our 5AM departure yesterday. The Wanchese NC marina looked like this on our way out:



The Captain drove us about 15 miles off shore - to the blue water Atlantic. This morning the sea was laying flat as a pond as the boat powered through the sea.



The Captain put us over a rocky bottom high spot in about 80 feet of water - and we drift fished catching sea bass and a wide variety of other smaller fish.

The sea bass were the star of the day. Both the Captain and Mate said they are their favorite eating fish in the ocean.



We ended keeping 27 sea bass. Here is the 'trophy shot' in front of the charter boat.



All of our tuna and sea bass were cleaned at the Marina.

I'm taking home with me fresh about 5 pounds of tuna and a few pounds of sea bass - that's for friends and family to eat fresh without ever being frozen.

I have 35 pounds of tuna and more sea bass being flash frozen, vacuum packed and shipped back to my house.

Same fish going home for my buddy Robbie.

We did set aside some sea bas and tuna - and took it to a local 'catch and cook' restaurant tonight. The chef did a masterful job, the best fish meal I have ever eaten in my life.

It helped that the fish were swimming this morning and yesterday.

Just for fun - here is the tuna finger food plate the chef delivered:



The sea bass main course was spectacular.

So, that's it. I'm heading home tomorrow.

Enjoyed sharing the adventure with you. Appreciate the comments.

Take care all - David