Yeah Right Charters Fishing Report 7/9/08

By Fishing Reports - July 9, 2008

This morning I met Robert and Sean Faulkner from Copley,Ohio, Scott Faulkner from Cary,NC and Ryan Faulkner from Cincinnatti,Ohio.

I stopped just off BHI this morning and asked if they wanted to call it quits now or head on.

I knew the "YEAH RIGHT" could handle it fine, I just wasn't sure about us.

The decision was made to go on, I'll have to give credit where it's due. I never heard the first complaint all day, these guys are pretty tough!!!!

Today was a little sporty to say the least. The weather man this morning reported that the winds would relax as the day went.

YEAH RIGHT, it got down right nasty this evening!! Easy 6 to 8 feet crossing the shoals and 4 to 5 every where else!!

The winds were blowing a good 20+ MPH from the SW. Not a good wind for Southport if it's over 10 MPH!!!

We were fishing in the tower area and I can't ever remember the current running as hard as it did today.

This made bottom fishing extremely tough, all but impossible… It got to running so hard that we moved up into shallow water (40 feet) and we could not get to the bottom with two (2) 16 ounce weights.

Yeah, 2 pounds of weight would almost float on top!!!!!

I tried stopping the boat on top of the fish and used both engines in reverse to hold the boat, but by the time I stopped and went from foreward to reverse I would be 3 to 5 tenths off the fish.

I think today was the toughest day I have ever tried to bottom fish, as I said earlier, I have never seen the current this strong!!!!

The King Mackeral were biting some around the South Forty and we caught two Mahi-Mahi and a King Mackeral on the lite line, but these guys were more interested in bottom fish.

I did all I could to get some fish and we did get some despite the terrible conditions I had to work with. Perseverance pays off again!!!

I am not sure if perserverance is the right word here. With todays conditions the old saying "I'd rather be lucky than good any day" sorta comes to mind!!!

Scott caught the King Mackeral we got on the lite line today, and Sean caught a Nurse Shark today around 50 lbs.

Robert thought he had hooked the south end of a north bound VW but it turned out to be a nice Amber Jack. Now he knows why they are called "reef donkeys"

The rest of the catch was comprised of Grey Snappers, Silver Snappers, Joltheads, Calico Bass, Mahi-Mahi, Sharks, and Black Bass.

As I said this morning before we ever left the Marina that I figured today would be an adventure, if I got nothing else right today, that part I nailed down perfectly!!!