Going Fishing - Checking In On Occassion

We had a really enjoyable first day of fishing. Caught 5 Bluefish and 4 Spanish Mackerel in a 6-hour trip mainly within Pamlico Sound.

The Captain tried to get us out into the blue water through Oregon Inlet but the wind had whipped up the waves where it was just too rough to go out there.

None of today's fish were very big, but all fought well and were great fun to catch. Here is my buddy Robbie with a typical Bluefish from the Sound. The mate told us these can get up to 30 pounds in the open ocean.



For dinner tonight we grilled up the 4 Spanish Mackerel - delicious.

These are really impressive (and expensive) fishing boats. Today's was a custom 46 foot boat built specifically for blue water ocean fishing. Here I am after our day trip standing near a row of them at the marina:



The wind forecast for tomorrow is uncertain. We are booked on a charter for 8 hours of blue water ocean fishing. Captain says to meet him at the boat at 6AM and he'll decide what can be done.

I'm hoping for a calm sea and blue water fishing tomorrow.

I used to go fishing for Blues on the NY Long Island Sound; most were 8-9 lbs.
Hope you guys catch a big one tomorrow; sending you some luck!

We're back at our VRBO after a fantastic day of blue water fishing.

Met the boat at 6AM, still dark, and had a discussion with the Captain where he said the seas would lay down enough to get us offshore.

Here we are on the multi-million dollar custom sport fishing boat.



The Captain powered us about 15 miles offshore where we trolled in the vicinity of an old WWII US Navy steel tower. Apparently there are many of these out there.

The towers provide structure for the fish, and so there is great fishing around them. A tower looks like this:



From the tower we trolled our way back in towards shore.

Fishing score for the day were 7 Albacore Tuna and 3 King Mackerel. We actually had a 4th King Mackerel nearly to the boat when a Barracuda made his supper from the back half.



These fish were fantastic fighters, great fun to catch them.

Here is our 'trophy shot' with fish by the tails



Tomorrow is our big day, depart at 5AM for a 12-hour trip ~40 miles offshore to the Gulf Stream. We have hopes of lots of big Tuna!

I'll check in with you later.