07/03/2009 Offshore Fishing Report

After the evening trip, I was slightly worried about the day trip because the only time we did not catch a fish in a year and a half was when I brought Scarano out. My worries were quickly squashed when he reeled in a Bonito which was the beginning of many. Wherever we went we could not get away from the boneheads, we went north to Juno, out to 200 feet of water, and in shallow. Finally, I took us down to Breakers and Jackman hooked up with this nice size Trigger which was fantastic on the dinner plate. Thanks to the guy who fished right on top of us for telling us about the great taste. Chris then caught a nice Rainbow Runner, while Mike and I hooked up with nice size Muttons. Chris then hooked up with a 9lb King. Sharks were also very prevalent as we got bit off several times while fighting Bonito. Then came the fish of the year thus far. Jackman finally lived up to his name, Dr. Reelsgood, and landed this nice Sailfish. I had free lined a ballyhoo that I thought maybe would get eaten by something other than a Bonito and lucky enough, a sailfish took it and danced across the water giving us quite a show. Overall we had about 15 or so Bonito, 2 Mutton's, Rainbow Runner, King, several Trigger Fish, some annoying remora and of course the Sailfish. Conditions were calm with what little wind there was coming from the west. The abundance of bait was remarkable the last few days.