07/03/2011 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Chris and I hit the water around 10am once again after morning storms delayed the trip. This time we at least slept in rather than hoping it would stop. Once we got out we headed south with hopes to avoid the bonito but instead we were greeted by Trigger Fish that just kept eating bait after bait. I then headed up north to see if we could find a sailfish or two. Luck would have it that as soon as we stop to drop baits, a boat next to us hooks up in 150' of water. About the same place where we caught on the week before. I believe we had one hit our freelined ballyhoo due to the way the bait was sliced up but we will never know. After that we began the bonito bonanza. I lost count but i think we caught 11 in about 45 minutes and then ended the day with a nice king in about 130'. Seas were very calm with a moderate swell and then seas picked up as did the current which was basically slack when the Triggers were biting. Never great day when we catch bonito all day but it was fun and we had a shot at a sail but couldnt capitalize. Maybe all these bonito mean my wahoo is coming soon....