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Had a real late start as we were waiting for the bands of thunderstorms, rain and strong winds to pass be fore heading out. I set just South of the line in 90`and the waves were down to less than 1 foot. I zig-zagged between 90` and 110` South to 42* 26`.The riggers were set with Silver Streaks Magnum Green Dolphin down 60`, Hot lobster down 70`, and Stinger Natural Born killer at 75`, and the Chicken Wing at 55`. The dipseys were back 150` and 180`, Smoke / Lil`boy blue, and Chrome / white. The 10 color lead had a Fishlander Green Monkey Puke.
The biggest King of the day came on a dipsey that took a good 25 minutes to find it`s way to the boat.
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We had strong winds kick up from the North and then shift to the South, rain, sunshine and even hail. I tried to keep the speed at 2.1 kts. on the GPS and found that there were pockets of cooler water with a strong current. At times the rigger cables would really blow back and others they would be straight down. The winds really have the deeper water moving around. I saw that the temp down 55` ranged from 51*-69* according to my Depth Raider.
I don`t know if it was the weather pattern that had the fish active or what, but we ended up a couple over their five man limit, and lost around 15.
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For the afternoon I had a couple of great guys in from Ohio. I ran back to 100` and did the same pattern as the morning. The first fish to hit was this very dark male 4 yr. old.
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I don`t know if that`s sweat or due to the rain, the King made a run out to 490` on the counter and fought for a solid 20 minutes before he found the net. The # 2 wire lil` boy blue / chrome back 180` was a stud fro the afternoon. I ran the same baits on the riggers in the same positions as the morning and it wasn`t long before we had our limit.
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In the last pic you can get a better idea of how dark the King in the center really is. For all you shore fishermen, you know what that means.
"Wet Nets"
Captain Jim
The biggest King of the day came on a dipsey that took a good 25 minutes to find it`s way to the boat.
We had strong winds kick up from the North and then shift to the South, rain, sunshine and even hail. I tried to keep the speed at 2.1 kts. on the GPS and found that there were pockets of cooler water with a strong current. At times the rigger cables would really blow back and others they would be straight down. The winds really have the deeper water moving around. I saw that the temp down 55` ranged from 51*-69* according to my Depth Raider.
I don`t know if it was the weather pattern that had the fish active or what, but we ended up a couple over their five man limit, and lost around 15.
For the afternoon I had a couple of great guys in from Ohio. I ran back to 100` and did the same pattern as the morning. The first fish to hit was this very dark male 4 yr. old.
I don`t know if that`s sweat or due to the rain, the King made a run out to 490` on the counter and fought for a solid 20 minutes before he found the net. The # 2 wire lil` boy blue / chrome back 180` was a stud fro the afternoon. I ran the same baits on the riggers in the same positions as the morning and it wasn`t long before we had our limit.
In the last pic you can get a better idea of how dark the King in the center really is. For all you shore fishermen, you know what that means.
"Wet Nets"
Captain Jim
