South of MV

[jamesytuna]

Anyone heard whether the bite is still on south of the islands? I know that this weather probably kept everyone in but I was just wondering.

[backman]

i'm giving it a go tomorrow w/ no star or temp. chart to steer by.

I'll post a quick tomorrow evening; more detail privately - larry.backman@comcast.net

[backman]

2 for 2 on wahoo; 30-40 and large; perhaps 15+ false albacore and a 3' mako shark. Wahoo were in 69.1 degree water near 71.5 degree water. No signs of yellowfin for me and the fleet on the radio. Scattered birds; no real signs of life.

water peaked at 72.4, grey blue and not as good looking as before the storm.

News at 11.

[jamesytuna]

Thank you for the intel. I really appreciate it. I think we are going to pull the plug on tommorow because of the NE winds 15-20 and the 2-4 ft seas. Im hoping if we get a long run of nice weahther we can make it next week. Having one day off a week sucks sometimes a lot.

[keithj]

You went where I went on Friday Larry! Pretty neat reeling in a wahoo within easy visibility of land.

[backman]

bzzz...wrong guess; I was not fishing the Hump of the Vineyard.

Anyone else remember that term?

[keithj]

Ooops. Well then, I guess wahoo in 69 near 71 seems to be a pretty consistent pattern right now... Good work on getting two more. Hoping to give it another go this weekend.

[chumtini]

Similar results for me Fri before the weather came thru. One small mako, double SBFT, double skippie/bone, single yft and a chitload of albies. Piles of halfbeaks around.

[keithj]

Chum- minus the bones and the skippy, add a few mahi and a second mako pup, and that's my exact day from Friday. What type of boat were you fishing out of?

[chumtini]

Oh yeah...and a couple mahi and some bluefish. Pursuit.