PELAGIC PIRATE OFFSHORE REPORT GOM 5-21

[TITLEWAVE]

Headed out to sea at 10 PM friday night and pounded our way out to 40 miles before we stopped on the ledge in 220 ft. Got the hook down and went to bed , while the others fished for what ever came up in our under water lights. Around 2 am i hear some commotion on deck and come out to see my Buddy Ken hooked up with a nice tuna he hung on a flying fish they caught. Thirty minutes later on light tackle and we have our first fish of the trip , a 30# pound black fin tuna.

The rest of the night was uneventful , and as the sun came up we we started trolling toward the Squiggles. Around 7 am or so i hear the port long pop and see nothing but a sideways balllyhoo , so i clear and re-rig that bait. After putting the rod in place i walk to the starboard side and as i get to the gunnel the short bait goes off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I grab the rod , the guys clear the baits and by the time they start reeling i am at half spool on a 50W......................


We get the cockpit cleared and by then i am now at quarter spool and the fish is a country mile out. Right about then , look out and see a 250 plus pound blue come 15 ft out of the water and proceed to tail walk and shake my black bart rum cay candy out of her mouth ..............DANG IT MAN .

Oh Well , cant catch them all but heck it was 7 am and we already had a long palm beach release . We troll on to the squiggles and work around for a a while and then head north west to the dumping grounds. We trolled for a hour or so and caught 2 open water dolphin but nothing else. I headed for the bunk for a nap and wasn't sure how long i was out but when i woke up the crew had found a floating sea kayak , and YES it was loaded with 5 to 15 pound dolphin fish. We caught them every which way to sunday and basically had our fill of fun , blood and guts and moved on with a box load and headed into 230 feet to bottom fish .

First spot yielded a load of the biggest Beeliners i have ever seen , Im talking about 4-6 pound avg. We landed a few Red Snapper even though they dont exist, and put one nice scamp in the boat. We cruised on to a super wreck i found in 240 feet of water and put some monster AJ's in the box included one i caught that went 50 pounds on spin tackle. We landed another stack on monster beeliners at that wreck as well and basically had two full 300 quart coolers and called it a day at 5 PM.

Hauled it in at a whopping 20 Knots in a great smooth following sea and made it back in time for fresh hook and cook dinner ..... Nothing better !
Was nice to be one the water n such great conditions and cant wait till next weekend

[Rob C]

Good report to bad about the Blue! How did the water look over that way?


Rob C

[TITLEWAVE]

Good report to bad about the Blue! How did the water look over that way?


Rob C

Great question : Well ,over my way Squiggles east and east of the dumping grounds it was purple. Toward the canyon it went blue green acording to our sat reports so we did not venture out there ( which totally sucked because we have been wanting to swordfish for a year . The Mississippi is for sure going to muck up our fishing for a while in the canyon and Gulf in general , but the fishing to the way east should be red hot ( which is closer for me anyway) . Next weekend im going long to Lloyds Ridge for a double over nighter out to the loop current in hopes of catching some more blues that stick this time and maybe a swordfish or two.

report to follow

[Rob C]

Thanks, we are fishing the Cajun next week and on the fence about how the Miss. water flow will affect our fishing strategy. Set that lucky 200ft line and catch a BIGGUN! Good luck on the swords and Blues!

Rob C

[Makaira Pulling Lures]

Thanks, we are fishing the Cajun next week and on the fence about how the Miss. water flow will affect our fishing strategy. Set that lucky 200ft line and catch a BIGGUN! Good luck on the swords and Blues!

Rob C

no worries, rob, on the river, has no effect on the blue water, it is tight right now out of venice! hopefully have you a report from the weekend. good luck and catch 'em up - justin