05/29/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

Chris and I hit the inlet around 745am to find NOAA was once again dead wrong and sloppy seas were staring us in the face. We braved the seas and headed right to where I caught the Dolphin the night before and sure enough, we had a dolphin and a Kingfish on within 15 minutes of putting our lines on. Chris had no trouble getting either in. As he was fighting the King, a Dolphin took the Slammer Rod and I handed it off to Chris and "released" Kingfish gently back into the water AKA Captain screwed up and lost it. Karma for catching 3 dolphin by myself i think. After a few Bonito we headed back to the spot and once again got into more Dolphin. This time we landed a big bull, 7lbs, 30". After battling this mahi, we went back for round three and this time all 4 rods went off. Chris got one in, then moved to another rod, then to another and then another before we had 5 total in the cooler and more fish than we needed. We let one go back as it appeared to be too small and after my hands being cut up from grabbing leaders every two seconds. After the chaos a storm started to threaten so we headed in to clean the fish!


Water Temp - 82 degrees
Air Temp - 88 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach
Weather Conditions - Sunny, Choppy 2-3'
Wind - 10-15 knots SE
Current - medium
Waves - 2' -4'
Lures/bait - Dead Sardines
Moon - Waning Full Moon