05/18/2013 Offshore Fishing Report

Chris, Amanda, Andrew and I hit the inlet around 8am to find sloppy seas but manageable. We trolled 200' off Singer island for about a couple of hours and had 2 knockdowns within 5 minutes after putting the spread out. Nothing after that. We then drifted sardines over a couple of wrecks and got hit by a few fish, presumably Kingfish by the way they bit the bait. After toughing it out for a few hours our newbie wasn't feeling too well so we headed in with a big goose egg! Skunked for the first time in over a year. Wind was calm in the morning then was ESE at about 10-15mph, spotty thunderstorms with a water spout offshore and 2-3' seas. Water temp was 79-81 and moon was half full. There were some patchy weeds but nothing concentrated. We did see one boat pull in a amberjack over a wreck otherwise all appeared very slow. Captain Steve headed way offshore and also could not muster up any fish there or even after he came in close to try to salvage something.