DA BIG ROCK E-QUARIUM TODAY !!!

[WAHOONBOX]

GOT A PHONE CALL THIS MORNING FORM A FRIEND WHO IS A PILOT...HE HAS A TWIN ENGINE CESSNA WHATEVER IT IS PLANE....AND SAID LETS GO FOR A ROAD TRIP...I MEAN AIRTRIP......

WELL ,,,,"WHAT ABOUT THE WIND "? I asked....HE SAID 20 KNOTS WASN''T SQUAT TO WHAT HE NORMALLY FLIES IN AT 18,000 FT SO I SAID...OKAY......

I THEN SPENT 1 HR LOOKING FOR MY COSTAS & VISOR AND THEN FINALLY MADE IT TO BEAUFORT AIRFIELD A BIT LATE......

HOLEY CRAPOLA WHAT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THIS RIG WAS!! SHE LOOKED LIKE NASA CENTRAL WITH THE FANCY GADGETS ON THE DASH AND ALL......8 PASSENGER TURBO JET IT WAS!


AND LIKE A KITTEN ENTWINING & RUBBING ON YOUR LEG ...WE SMOOTHED TAXIED DOWN RUNWAY #2 AND UP WE DID GO.......WHOOPIE!


UH ....NOT SO FAST ....WHOAA.............500 FT OFF THE TARMACK AND IT WAS MORE LIKE A MANGY HOUND HUMPING ON MY LEG INSTEAD OF THE CAT THING! IT WAS A DANG BIT LUMPY UP THERE !

FINALLY HE EASED HER OFF AND WE LEVELED OUT....."KEN SAYS " WHERE TO?" ...................DUH...........UHHHHH.........YOU'RE ASKING ME???? .HELL YOU'RE DRIVING NOT ME!


I FINALLY EASED UP WITH THE WHITE KNUCKING STUFF AND LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY SIDE......ON THE TAKE OFF YOU COULDN'T HAVE PRIED MY FINGERS LOOSE WITH A 24 POUND CROWBAR...........

195 KTS WE WERE NOW CRUISING ALONG AT AND I SAID ...." OKAY.....TAKE ME TO THE BIG ROCK"........."THE BIG ROCK? he asked.......WHERE THE HELL IS THE BIG ROCK?

"26985.2 - 39585.0 IS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WAHOO CENTRAL ...HOW BOUT LET'S GO THERE?" I grinned.

N O PROBLEMO ......HERE...HOLD THE WHEEL BOX WHILE I GET SOMETHING FROM MY BAG.........

OH SHIT ! NO LORD...NOT ME....NOT NOW........PLEASE TELL ME HE DIDN'T JUST SAY "BOX HOLD THE WHEEEL!!!!" PLEASE TELL ME HE IS STILL IN HIS SEAT!!!!


"RELAX BRO.....SHE'S ON AUTO..........."

MY SPHINCTURE JUST WENT FROM THE SIZE OF A JUVENILLE FLAX SEED BACK TO A HALF NORMAL POSITION..........WHEW! THAT WAS CLOSE.

IN 12 MINUTES, WE WERE OVER THE BREAK....WOW....WOW 20 TIMES! GO DOWN LOWER DUDE!!! .......IT'S BEAUTIFUL DOWN THERE!!.........OH SHIT....WE ARE LEANING SEVERELY......GEEZUS WE ARE DROPPING RAPIDLY AND KEN IS SMILING!

I DON'T LIKE THOSE SUDDEN DROPS!....BUT WOW.....WE ARE NOW AT 300 FT ....AND ONLY 90 KNOTS INTO THE BREEZE AND THERE IS A WEEDLINE YOU WILL NOT BELEIVE!....BIRDS! BIRDS EVERYWHERE !!....A STRING OF BIRDS WORKING THE WEEDS LIKE I HAVEN'T SEEN IN YEARS...........AND QUIET POSSIBLY A TANKER HAS LOST HALF HIS TOPSIDE CARGO BECAUSE I SEE CRAP FLOATING EVERYWHERE! LUMBER ...BOXES...TREES.....CRAPOLA OF ALL TYPES....

MAHI ! ....LOOK AT THE WAD OF MAHI BY THAT WOOD!!.....AND THERE IS ALSO A BLUE "TARP" FLOATING THERE AS WELL AND IT IS COVERED SLAP UP YELLOW!!! LORD PUT ME DOWN WITH A SPINNING ROD AND LET ME LOAD UP!



WE CIRCLED BACK FOR A SECOND LOOK....KEN POINTS DOWN " WHAT'S THAT?" ......................I AM LOOKING..................................SHIT! SHIT SHIT!

TUNAS...YELLOWBELLIES BUSTIN THE SURFACE.....3 ACRES OF THEM! LEAPING 5 FEET IN THE AIR!.....THEY LOOK TO BE THE FORTY POUND CLASS ONES.....


PLEASE GO SLOWER DUDE!! AND LET ME FILM THIS!! ....HE PULLS HER BACK TO A LUMBERING STALL .......I KEEP ONE EYE ON THE RIGHT PROP TO MAKE SURE IT IS STILL TURNING

I SEE A HAMMERHEAD CRUISING AS WELL....THEN ON THE COLD SIDE OF THE CHANGE I SEE A BIG ASS RAY.....TWO RAYS!!! THE OCEAN IS ALIVE ....PEOPLE...THE E-QUARIUM IS HOLDING DA MEAT!!!!!! THERE ARE WADS OF BAIT VISIBLE AND I CAN SEE SHADOWS TEARING THEIR ASS UP!!

"LETS GO OUT TO 150 FATHOMS...MAYBE 200" I SAID.....IN 3 MINUTES WERE WERE IN 500 BIG ONES AND I COULD SEE THE "DAKOTA" LONGLINER .....TWO MEN WERE WORKING THE STERN AND WHITE WATER WAS EVERYWHERE.....SHE WAS VERY ROUGH WHERE THEY HAD MADE THEIR SET......


I COULD SEE A COUPLE BIG MAHIS FLIPPING AROUND ON DECK BESIDE THE HOLE .....WE MADE ONE MORE PASS FOR A SECOND LOOK AND I COULD SEE THE CREW LOOKING UP LIKE "WTF?" .....SLOW DOWN DUDE!!! I said..... IS THAT A SWORD? YEESSSS! THEY GOT A BIG ASS SWORD ON DECK! HOLEY SMOLEY THATS A PIG!!!

I WAS DYING HERE AT 300 FEET....I FELT HOGTIED AND WAS CESSNA SHACKLED......AND I COULD DO NOTHING BUT PRAY FOR THE WIND TO LET UP SO THAT WE COULD GET OUT HERE TO THE BIG ROCK KILLING GROUNDS AND DO OUR THING.....HERE IT IS ALREADY APRIL 1st AND I HAVE BUT ONE YELLOWFIN TUNA TO MY CREDIT THIS YEAR..............

PLEASE LORD.....GIVE US SOME LIGHT AND SLIGHT PALEEESE.....

[Bite Me]

And I thought that Pony Tail had you spreading pine staw all day.

[clt_capt]

Anyone ever tried outriggers on a helicopter??? Seems like the perfect answer. Hover, backdown, etc.

Seems like you could stay just above the waves - who cared how sporty it is...

[tunakiller 4 hire]

PLEASE BOX tell me you got a shred of film I need to see some bluewater.

[WAHOONBOX]

VIDEO COMING SHORTLY...IT IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT FILMING FROM A PLANE SO BEAR WITH ME

[dunn6253]

Must be worse then pulling teeth to know tha meat is there, and there is nothing you can do about it while the winds howling outside. It will come, and the meat will be in da box.

One question, is it common for swords down in NC? I only have followed the fish you guys catch through your forum and posts Box, and unless I am wrong and haven't noticed a post this is the first one that I have read about swords. I haven't been around for that long, so I may have missed some sword reports.

So, were you able to snap some video footage of this adventure?

[juicyhook]

Box? Is this april fools.....

Man if not that weather men need to pray for us...

[WAHOONBOX]

WELL THE VID IS NOT OF MY NORMAL QUALITY RESOLUTION BUT ... LITERALLY ....CRANK IT UP AND JOIN ME IN FLIGHT




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[tunakiller 4 hire]

If it is an april fools joke he got me good I just put on my visor and flip flops dont feel right to see bluewater any other way.

[Gusman]

Got me goooooooood.........