I took Jim Brown and his group offshore yesterday for some trolling. We left at 2:00 A.M. and headed for the Spencer. I knew that there had been fish there before the blow and the wind was supposed to ne NE so it sounded like a plan. We started trolling in the wake of some rainstorms that produced enough wind to make it a bit sloppy and worked out to the tip , the east wall, and saw nothing but grey, 74 degree water with no birds, slicks, and most important, no hits. I decided that I could go south or north and decided on south since the latest reports from the north were for the same conditions that I found in the Spencer. As we trolled down the 100 and then across the 60 toward the east wll of the Wilmington, the water temp slowly improved and we found 76 degree water in the Wilmington. As we approached the tip, we had a mystery bite that dumped about 150 yds of line off a 9/0 with the drag set at 26 lbs before the hook pulled. It was a welcome hit but it sucked that we did not see the fish. we trolled down the edge on the east wall, and it was alive with birds, slicks and acres of skippies. We had a double header hit and did catch a 40 lb. YFT. We trolled for several hours and went by 15 or so pots until finally a dolphin climbed on. We pulled in all the lures and broke out the spinning gear and bait. GAME ON! We ended up with 15 nice 4-8 lb dolphin and ran home in a smooth sea with 5' swells behind us. I never saw or heard another boat all day. I believe that if I was going to fish offshore, I would give the Wilmington a hard look. Water was much nicer than above canyons and the temp was good as well as the activity that was happening there. I have not seen as many schools of Skipjack in the canyon in years.