05/16/2009 Offshore Fishing Report

We got to the inlet at 615am and saw the rough seas and headed back in to put on some ponchos and get ready for the rough adventure out to the drop. We drifted dead sardines hooking up with kingfish every few minutes. Caught a 10.5 pounder good enough for 10th place in the Simmons and White KDW Tournament. We did fight something for two hours before finally giving up. The Kingfish were everywhere from 70 feet to 120 feet hitting our sardines and tearing through the flourocarbon every drop. The water was murky due to the rough conditions with a strong southeast wind pushing seas 4-6'. Below is our catch. Winning dolphin was 24lbs and winning King was 34lbs. All in all it was a successful tournament considering we were the smallest boat out of 40 boats! Thanks to the crew for helping out and pitching in during the rough conditions. I wouldnt have been able to go out there without everyones help.