Hatteras 3/2-3 Late Report

[TunaTeaser1]

Well after my spring break plans fishing in the keys fell through, me and a couple friends decided that trying to find some yft's out of hatteras wouldn't be such a bad alternative . I left early on friday to move the boat down from Manteo to Oden's for the weekend, and after getting all tied up we began gearing up for Sunday. My buddies and one of their dads who had never been offshore met us down on Saturday while I started feeling the effects of food poisoning . I didn't feel any better the next morning but wasn't gonna let that get in the way. It was blowing pretty hard but we slowly made our way to 69 degree water and dropped at the 230 in about 50 fathoms. Conditions got worse and worse, but we did manage 5 bites with none coming tight ...so with a couple others getting sea sick, we headed for the slip at about 11 am feeling pretty low with an empty box.
Monday was completely different with calms seas, and after dragging around in the same area for 45 mins, whitewater engulfed the bar. For several seconds the fish attacked the squids until finally it chose the right one and came tight. 10 minutes later we had a small bft in the box and were feeling a little better about ourselves. In the middle of setting back out, the long popped and there's a hole in the water where the lantern used to be. Shortly after we released number two and set back out trolling south. A couple hours later we got over a huge mark and the chain gets hit but no luck. We jigged and jigged, and had 3 more bites with 1 staying tight. Lost this one pretty close to the boat after he spit the hook. Didn't have any luck the rest of the day and never got to the yft's, but it turned into a good start to spring break and a fun first trip to hatteras. Here's a couple pictures from day 2.


Not a bad day for March...

[fishskipper]

Alex,
Nice pics............ See you let little Bro go!

[WAHOONBOX]

NICE SUNDAY MORNING READ HERE CAPPIE!!!

AND NICE RELEASE ...PICS ARE AWESOME

I HAVE A QUESTION....I AM LOOKING AT THE PICTURE WITH THE TEASER CHAIN HANGING.....I SEE WAHT APPEARS TO BE A "PIECE" OF MONO .....IS THER SOMETHING ON THE END? IS THIS MY IMAGINATION? IS IT A BRIDLE? A CUTOFF SQUID? I AM ONLY CURIOUS HERE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE I AIN'T MISSING OUT ON SOME HATTERAS TRICK YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HOLDING OUT!

[TunaTeaser1]

Ron,
He's still in manteo and glad he got to go one day. I tried calling you on saturday but something was going on with my phone...

Marty,
I noticed that when posting up the pictures as well. There should be a squid over that swivel, but I can't quite figure out where the squid could have gone ? I've never had one get bit off without us noticing but I guess it occasionally happens? We later switched that one out.
-Alex

[WAHOONBOX]

I GOT YA! I LOST A FEW WITCHES MYSELF THURSDAY TO THE TEETH....