04/09/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

Hit the seas at 7am after a bad start to my morning. I will always remember the plug from now on though i can guarantee that!! After having the lines in for a half hour the free line starts screaming and the mahi starts jumping. After a short battle, Luke lands the 33 incher for his first Dolphin! Then Luke the Sea Warrior begins to feel a little sea sick so we head to Peanut to get his sea legs back under him. Bound and determined we head back out and trolled in 30-80' of water for some mackerel. We had a King hit a Ratlin Trap and spanish macks hit a Rapala Dolphin plug and Yozuri Crystal Minnow. With 4 fish in the cooler we head in to cook up our catch. Water was much clearer after a few days with Southeast wind and water temps are rising quickly. Winds were out of the south/southwest and picked up as the day went on. Slightly overcast conditions with temps in the mid 80's.

04/08/2010 Inshore Fishing Report

Luke and I headed out around 9am to find rough seas and a strong southeast wind so we fishing around Munyon most of the day. We used soft plastics, cut bait and top waters. We got a lot of bites and saw a lot of jacks chasing our lures but no hits. There were a lot of turtles on the flats and we had one manatee pop up right by us. Not many days we get skunked but today was one of them. After catching a fish every time we went out for over a year, we now have two goose eggs on the board this month!

04-03-2010 Offshore Fishing Report

Well the East wind really started to howl overnight creating very sloppy seas in the morning. We hit the water around 7am and started trolling deep diving plugs out to 400'. We did not have a single bite while trolling partly because seas were tough to navigate and we were getting beat up. After we got fed up getting tossed around we drifted and landed a small grouper, snapper, bonito and blue runner. I spoke to a guy at Peanut and he said they didnt have a single bite the hold day trolling or bottom fishing so all in all i guess it could have been worse. Seas were sloppy 2-4'+ however atleast some blue water is finally getting pushed in tight so hopefully the mahi and kings will begin working back closer to shore in greater numbers.

04/02/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

The bossman let us out of work at 1pm today so we hit the waters planning for a Peanut Island Adventure but Bridget wanted to go fishing out in the ocean since she has never been. Within minutes of putting a line in the water she caught a Grunt Fish while Jackman caught a huge "bottom" fish. We also landed a good size Bonito. Nothing great but considering no one is coming home with much these days we will take it especially for Bridget's first trip on the boat. East wind had just started so it was blowing lightly and the seas were perfect for fishing. Water temps continued to be in the low 70's and there was a color change in 150' holding some Bonito but not much else.