Attachment to Squids OI report.....

[offshore]

This is just a little addition to the action packed report that Squid gave earlier.

What a great Sunday and Monday fishing out of Oregon inlet!! Lots of boats on the water and it was almost like a combat zone with everyone getting hookups on mostly Sails and a few Whites thrown in for good measure. We started the day kind of slow but after we settled in we had a White come in crashing the squid teaser almost engulfing the last squid in the chain!! I reeled in the teaser as Alan (Headhunt) dropped back the TLD25 with dink bait to the White. The White turned and piled on the dink 15 ft behind the boat. After a six count it was on with the white and after a short fight we released the White.
While fighting the White I talked to Bryan talking on the radio and they were hooked up as well a little north of us. I have Bryan on the Video and the big boys talking about the black outboard hooking up!!
We had a few more chances Sunday loosing a white and whiffing on a few Sails. Then at the end of the day we had another Hot Hot Sail attacking the port Squid chain and after three drop backs and the teaser 3 ft off the transom Walt with the third drop back to this sail came tight and hooked up the Sail on the 25. This Sail peeled off quite a bit of line and Walt finally brought him to the boat for the second release for the day. At the end of day one we were one for two on the Whites and one for three on the Sails.
Monday was a interesting day. The Ocean was flat calm and the fish were not near as aggressive as Sunday. Most of the hits came on the long riggers and the center rigger. With only a few coming up on the teasers. It was kind of frustrating the sails would pop the riggers but not take the drop back after the initial hit or they would take the drop back then come unbuttoned !! By 2:00pm we were 0-8 !! That is right ZERO for eight. Feeling a little dejected we talked about what was going on or better yet what was not going on so we thought we would try something new if we had another shot. Well that shot came again when a nice Sail attacked the port long. I immediately dropped the boat speed down to idle as Alan dropped back to the sail. The Sail engulfed the drop back and we finally had a release on a nice Sail. We ended the day only one for nine on the sails but did learn quite a bit while fishing flat calm bathtub conditions.
It was nice chatting with Squid and Dave on the radio Sunday then Monday. Everyone had a great few days fishing and lots of chances with the Whites and Sails. Got some Great footage which I will post at a later date.....Great couple days of fishing...... Tight lines Mark

[Squid]

Great talking to you the other day Mark and glad y'all found a few willing to cooperate. Sounds like yesterday was much like Saturday---very lazy fish not wanting to eat. Looking forward to the video! We've got some awesome video as well that I will try and get up as soon as it's edited. Hopefully those fish stay around for a few more weeks! Would love to get back up there and do that again!

[BTH284]

Sounds like the day we had. The fish were there but our luck was not quite 100%. Good job on figuring out how to keep them buttoned up.

[offshore]

Sounds like the day we had. Good job on figuring out how to keep them buttoned up.

On a center console it is so tough to see those fish back in the spread. By the time we know they are there they are gone. Maybe we have a little system to hook those fish up now. We will try again after "Bill" tracks on through. It sure is fun watching the Bowed up Whites and Sails come up on the Teasers !!! nothing else like doing the bait and switch!!

[gameover]

Good Job Mark, now you need wayne to build you a little tower for that boat. I hope to get mine built this winter, I have the spotting tower but I need something that I can run the boat from.

Taylor

[offshore]

Good Job Mark, now you need wayne to build you a little tower for that boat. I hope to get mine built this winter, I have the spotting tower but I need something that I can run the boat from.

Taylor

Taylor
Im going to do something but what I dont know. Not being able to see doing this type of fishing really sucks!! Glad to here you had a good Hatteras trip. Are you going to fish OI anytime soon? If Bill wasnt going to be off the coast I would be back out this weekend...Mark

[gameover]

Taylor
Im going to do something but what I dont know. Not being able to see doing this type of fishing really sucks!! Glad to here you had a good Hatteras trip. Are you going to fish OI anytime soon? If Bill wasnt going to be off the coast I would be back out this weekend...Mark

Mark,
my weekends are filled up till the first part of october
Family obligations and then vacation with the wife to greece. (they got yellow fins in greece?)

I am going to try and do some week day trips in the interim, I will let you know when we head down. I'm also waiting for some better meat fish reports. good luck...

Taylor