Here Fishy Fishy!

The windows have been small, but we've tried to take advantage of the fishing opportunities whenever we can. 

Tuesday, the seas dropped a bit to a range of 3-5 feet (and our hope was they would be closer to the 3 foot end of the range).  We left the dock at 7:30 and so did some of our neighbors.

We ventured down the river and out the inlet.  (The inlet was a bit choppy, ok, it was rough!)  We went slow but eventually made it out to where we could start getting things ready to fish.  Frank barely got the line in the water and ZIINNNGGGG, there was a fish!  He pulled it in and we determined it was a kingfish (mackerel) which was something we hadn't caught before. 

We continued on for a while, with a few knock-downs, but nothing got hooked.  We heard several reports of sailfish jumping and a few releases.  Try as we might, the closest we came to one was seeing it jump several times across the bow of the boat. 

Thursday was another good day and seas were forecasted to be 2-3 feet.  We headed out at our usual time and heard that fish were being found in rather shallow waters (60-110 feet).  We get everything set up and they must have liked what we were serving because we had a fish relatively early.  Although it was a schoolie (small dolphin), it qualified and found a new home in the fishbox. 

After getting things cleaned up and lines back out, we had another bite.  We fought it for a short time and before we could get it close to the boat, another line was hit.  We brought the first one in and it was a bigger dolphin.  Into the box it went.  Now our attention turned to the second line.  No jumps or splashes but Frank got a pretty good workout trying to bring it to the boat.  For a moment, we thought it might be a bucket!  Once we got it to the boat, we could see it was a small shark that had gotten hooked in a very unconventional way.  That one DID NOT get into the boat.  We cut the leader and sent him on his way.

We also caught a bonita (but didn't keep that one either.)  The last fish of the day was a nice bull dolphin.  Lots of jumping and aerobatics which took place in front of several other boats too.  It seemed like I fought that fish for a half an hour before he finally made it into the box!

All in all it was a good day.  We tried a few different techniques and baits along with another secret trick, and we were handsomely rewarded!