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#276
#276
Went offshore for marlin Saturday here in the Outer Banks.

Woke up at 3:30 and our boat (42' custom sportfisher) and crew left the dock at 4:30. Super calm seas on the way out - almost like a mill pond. As usual, the wind picked up over the course of the day, but no big whoop (2' seas).

Pulled back on the throttle about 7:15, and there were huge schools of "raindrop" bait (anchovy) everywhere. Nothing scattering them about, unfortunately.

Dragged a combination of naked dink ballyhoo on Penn50s w/multifilament and flourocarbon leaders targeting whites, and skirted horse ballyhoo on Penn120s for blues.

Never saw any blue marlin, but hung with the rest of the fleet and hooked 6 white marlin and landed 3. Biggest around 75 pounds.

Not a hot bite yet here for whites, but September's usually the best. Tuna start to come back then, too. By October and November, we should be back into schools of yellowfin tuna and wahoo.

Tight lines!

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#277
#277
MontyPython said:
Went offshore for marlin Saturday here in the Outer Banks.

Woke up at 3:30 and our boat (42' custom sportfisher) and crew left the dock at 4:30. Super calm seas on the way out - almost like a mill pond. As usual, the wind picked up over the course of the day, but no big whoop (2' seas).

Pulled back on the throttle about 7:15, and there were huge schools of "raindrop" bait (anchovy) everywhere. Nothing scattering them about, unfortunately.

Dragged a combination of naked dink ballyhoo on Penn50s w/multifilament and flourocarbon leaders targeting whites, and skirted horse ballyhoo on Penn120s for blues.

Never saw any blue marlin, but hung with the rest of the fleet and hooked 6 white marlin and landed 3. Biggest around 75 pounds.

Not a hot bite yet here for whites, but September's usually the best. Tuna start to come back then, too. By October and November, we should be back into schools of yellowfin tuna and wahoo.

Tight lines!

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#279
#279
jackcrevol said:
C &R?
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I would hope c, p and r... but if not they are dang good eats. Was dragging a huge ilslander Bubbler with a rigged Spanish for big blue in august many years ago and we gigged a white through the eye and into the brain since the offset trail hook was 12 inches back. He was stone cold dead right after he hit the 80 tw and some of the old timers on the dock in morehead talked about smoking white marlin back in the day. We brought him home smoked some, grilled some for fish tacos and Made sashimi too.
I have enjoyed several that didn’t make the revive ( Mostly partial shark kills)and believe it or not it is as good to me as Mahi.
 
#280
#280
bag12day said:
I would hope c, p and r... but if not they are dang good eats. Was dragging a huge ilslander Bubbler with a rigged Spanish for big blue in august many years ago and we gigged a white through the eye and into the brain since the offset trail hook was 12 inches back. He was stone cold dead right after he hit the 80 tw and some of the old timers on the dock in morehead talked about smoking white marlin back in the day. We brought him home smoked some, grilled some for fish tacos and Made sashimi too.
I have enjoyed several that didn’t make the revive ( Mostly partial shark kills)and believe it or not it is as good to me as Mahi.
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Gotta do it at that point, dont want to waste meat. Those billfish gotta go back.
 
#283
#283
MontyPython said:
Could be. The dude doesn't give up the location. I'm actually thinking it's Ascension Island... check this out... terrain looks similar:

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You’re probably right. Obviously volcanic to have such a steep drop off. That little vent in the background also didn’t look like anywhere in Hawaii. Can’t imagine going all the way to ascension to fish from shore. Pretty cool though
 
#293
#293
Fished in the surf today in Kitty Hawk, NC (Outer Banks), as I have nearly every day this week.

Perfect conditions. Fished yesterday evening for speckled trout, and knew it was gonna be perfect this AM.

15 minutes of fishing and BOOM.

Could feel the weight. Once she realized she was hooked, ran and peeled off alot of line (for a trout). WHOA!!!!!

Realized I had the biggest trout on of my life.

After a few minutes got her in position in the surf. Let her swim in it without applying too much pressure, but saw her clearly. HUGE FISH!

Next wave, we're gonna ride it in. Made the made dash up the beach with the wave pushing her towards me.

BUT

Got stuck on the beach. My line was peeling off as I ran up the beach. She was 20 feet+ from me.

The tension on my 12 lb. multifilament was too much.

POP.

My line broke.

I literally ran and dove headfirst into the waves (in my waders) and had her in my hands. She was so big my two hands didn't touch around her. And...

She slipped through my hands, as I had her mid-fish instead of the head.

Estimating her between 26-28". 6+ lbs.

Citation fish I've chased my whole life. Swing and a miss.

Cursed and got alot of "awwww mans!" from the other guys.

Grabbed my rod off the beach, pissed off and frustrated, walked in disbelief back up the beach to my SUV.

Too angry to just rerig up.

Drove home. Soaked.

Examined my line closely.

My knots didn't fail. My flourocarbon leader didn't fail. The line itself broke!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Gotta remember to spool some off every once and awhile cause it gets nicked up and weakened.

The one that got away.

*That's why they call it fishing*

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Sidenote:

Last week, had this kid come up next to me with his dad. His 2nd cast, he caught this whopper. Estimated around 5 lbs.

And... FWIW... I'm going offshore for tuna tomorrow. Hopefully get this off my mind.

BREAKING OFF IS HARD TO DO!!! ;-)

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Um, I eat speckled trout, though I've never caught anything that big and might release it to spawn another day.
 
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