Veatch Canyon Blue Collar Trip

[SaltyDog]

I cant make the long trips to Oceanographer yet, next boat hopefully, so we studied the charts and saw all the great water was slowly pushing west into Veatch. It would be a trip to catch the lead fish in that New Water that was moving in from the Ocean/Hydro.

We left FH at 230p and got set up for the evening troll at 730p in the middle of the tip of Veatch. I wanted to swordfish in the 76 degree water in 5000ft so we pointed it south and trolled until 930p in the moonlight. We had an immediate knowckdown and boated a 10lb mahi. Few minutes later we had a nice hit and hoped initially it was our Eyeball. After a good fight we boated a 50-60lb YFT. Glad to see we had different class of fish in the new water moving in.

We setup for swordfishing under the bright moon and had mahi around us all night in the sword light. We boated our fill with chunks of butterfish and waited, waited...At 1am the 250ft sword bait gets bumped( maybe slashed), drag clicking a bit, and then gets taken with a long slow pull, seems like a sword, no vicious run-off, no head shakes. After a few minutes of solid fight it came unbuttoned...5600ft, full moon, deep bait...hit, fought, and lost like a sword but will never know...

Pulled all lines in at 430am and steamed to the location of the YFT from last night in the middle of Veatch. The plan was to work the flats east of Veatch as the break looked great. Sirius Weather confimed it was there.


It was a slow but productive day. Nice 40-60lb YFT all day with hours spread out between any action. We would get a double knockdown, boat one of them, pound the area for hours with nothing further. Blue collar, really make us work for it day.


Continue east on the flats all day, BANG, single fish, Albacore, big one 50lbs in the boat. I have never caught one albacaore. It's always either every rod goes off or nonw. So we pounded the area again for a few hours and could not get another albacore hit. Strange day of single-double fish all day


The flats east of Veatch did not have the marlin or wahoo that I thought would be pushing west. Hydro must be holding the fish for now. Cant wait to hear some reports from Hydro. Overall a productive trip with many big YFT, Mahi, and Albacore. We just had to pound and pound like fishing east of chatham.

On the way home we came across acres of small BFT pushing halfbeaks across the Nantucket Shoals. Amazing sight. We were in 80-90 ft cold 66 degree water with no boats in sight. Great place for light tackle, small boat BFT if anyone can get a shot.

Hope all that water moves west because 5hr ride each way and 320 mile round trip is a long way to go. At least this water hold a larger different class of YFT, Albacore, and Mahi than all the chicken fish off West Atlantis so far this year. Great working with TechnoFish, Runaway, and BonitoBud.

[Bill_N]

Congrats on the trip! What days were you out? Looks like you had great weather

[BIGJAHOOTIE]

DINNER WILL BE GOOD TONIGHT
LIKE TOSEE AN EYE BALL SMASH THOSE 6/0 SENATORS, YOU GUYS BE IN FOR A FIGHT

[SaltyDog]

JaHootie, got the Senators loaded with 800 yds hollow core spectra and 25lbs drag so no worries for BigEye, now big blue marlin I may have some trouble... I have half my spread with lever drags reels which are awesome I'll give you that. Although after 6 years I have yet to have a Senator break down...