Snuck out early this a.m. for a last ditch trolling effort before Earl Hits. We all needed to be into work by noon so we agreed to leave early and head back to the barn no later than 10 a.m. We left Plymouth at 4:30 and slowly picked our way out in the pitch dark. Once passing the Guernet we opened her up a bit and arrived at the SWC at 5:20, false dawn just beginning. Put out 2 splash bars, 2 regular bars, one splash/bar daisy chain and one x-rap for good luck. Only one boat on the bank at our arrival and looked like she had spent the night. I think it was the Sharon L out of Marshfield. We trolled along the contour line East and noted a few whales but no tuna spotted. Birds were present but scattered and seemed to be in search mode. We circled back towards the West and crossed over the high point of the corner and noted more bait and what appeared to be bass/blues marks covering the bottom. A few more whales spotted so rather than troll up to the notch we made another turn along the contour. By 7:00 15-20 boats had arrived and all looked like they had live bait as kites soon filled the air. I was in the cockpit rigging a ballyhoo to mix up the spread a bit when our pink splashbar with the white stinger on the starboard far-rigger got hammered. After 20 minutes we had her boatside and she looked like a perfect slot fish. A quick leader job and gaff to the head and she was on deck, a pure 55". As we all needed to work today, we turned the boat towards Plymouth and made it back to the dock, cleaned and prepped by 8:45. What a great start to the day!
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