Some Day are Diamonds......

Custom Canvas · 09-25-2009, 10:45 AM

.....and some days are STONES.....Unfortunatly we had the latter today.....

With a Perfect forcast we motored away from our slip loaded up for a wahoo slaying. As we made our way into the sound i knew we were in for a treat on the sea conditions "SlickCam". As we made the inlet the stars were shining brightly and there was no moon. We could see the entire shipping channel out to the sea bouy.

With a 25kt ride out we had our first line in by around 725 we set out on about the 515 or so. On some scatterd grass. Nice looking spread and a planer pole.

First Hour goes by not a sniff....worked north hoping to get a bite.... working deep out to the 100 and beyond with hot hot water out there..... and back with out a sniff. WTF..... Lets do something different we pulled in the spread and set out the HIGH Speed rigs.... pulled three baits for around another hour with one bite and lots and lots of scattered GRASS....wanted to drop to the bottome out in the deep but 2knts of tide made that VERY tough.....By this time my buddy has put 3 hoos in the boat not very far away from us so we put the spread back out and worked that area no love....

By 130 i am ready to Jump overboard and give up....we went back inshore to try and get some Pullage for my about to DEPLOY neighbor... but we couldn't even find the jacks or much less get them to bite.....We tried and tried nothing....
finally put the spread back out and around 200 we get a nice bite on the planer pole and the 80wide growles nicely get the angler on the rod and a couple cranks and he's GONE!!!! MOTHERLESS SONOFA!!!! Re set the planer make a couple more laps in that area but by now the water temps are nearing 90degrees....wow. we had 81-82 in the am and by the afternoon we had 86-87 very hot water.... WE did catch one fish while clearing the lines to move inshore we always leave out the WWB out until last and its gets nailed pretty good..fight the fish to the boat and realize its a damn STINKY

finally moved inshore to some other numbers to be greeted with more TIDE 2 knts or more in places marked lots of fish on this new ground but no love.
IT WAS NOT OUR DAY!!!

All in all it was STILL A great Day on the water with good friends. And as pretty a day as I have seen all year....
Hear is a BAD VIDEO of a BEAUTIFUL ride home....

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Nauti Natured · 09-25-2009, 10:53 AM

Sorry to hear it Zack. At least you didnt get your ass beat to boot. Looks like a nice ride.

thoffman · 09-25-2009, 10:54 AM

you got one of the "bad" days outta the way, next trip could be the one. Your intentions were noble, no worries.

BTH284 · 09-25-2009, 01:47 PM

Hey at least you got out there. Nice gesture to your neighbor as well. He will have some good memories of a beautiful day to keep him connected to home.

weekender · 09-25-2009, 04:09 PM

tuff love from mother nature, she can be so generous and she can be a B!@#$%...

clt_capt · 09-25-2009, 04:46 PM

Any day on the water beats pushing a desk...

merry marlin · 09-25-2009, 06:06 PM

Zack you can never know till you're out there.... at least you had a heck of a ride! Next time will be the good one. I'm stuck at work again this weekend and would rather have a no fish day!!!
MM

TROPHY SPORTFISHING · 09-25-2009, 06:52 PM

it was better than mine!

Tenacious · 09-25-2009, 07:17 PM

Hope we can make you feel better next week!

Ponce · 09-26-2009, 10:33 AM

Sorry to hear that you guys didn't kill them. I t was very nice of you to take your neighbour out.

We had pretty much the same luck yesterday, only we didn't have to fight the current. We taked to a couple of boats out there and it didn't sound like anyone was doing much.

09-25-2009, 10:45 AM	#1
Custom Canvas Stop staring at my Avatar. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Morehead City Posts: 402 Credits: 2,690.1 Boat: 25' Parker Home Port: Morehead City, NC Best Catch: Bluefin, Hatteras 2/2009 Occupation: Canvas	Some Day are Diamonds...... .....and some days are STONES.....Unfortunatly we had the latter today..... With a Perfect forcast we motored away from our slip loaded up for a wahoo slaying. As we made our way into the sound i knew we were in for a treat on the sea conditions "SlickCam". As we made the inlet the stars were shining brightly and there was no moon. We could see the entire shipping channel out to the sea bouy. With a 25kt ride out we had our first line in by around 725 we set out on about the 515 or so. On some scatterd grass. Nice looking spread and a planer pole. First Hour goes by not a sniff....worked north hoping to get a bite.... working deep out to the 100 and beyond with hot hot water out there..... and back with out a sniff. WTF..... Lets do something different we pulled in the spread and set out the HIGH Speed rigs.... pulled three baits for around another hour with one bite and lots and lots of scattered GRASS....wanted to drop to the bottome out in the deep but 2knts of tide made that VERY tough.....By this time my buddy has put 3 hoos in the boat not very far away from us so we put the spread back out and worked that area no love.... By 130 i am ready to Jump overboard and give up....we went back inshore to try and get some Pullage for my about to DEPLOY neighbor... but we couldn't even find the jacks or much less get them to bite.....We tried and tried nothing.... finally put the spread back out and around 200 we get a nice bite on the planer pole and the 80wide growles nicely get the angler on the rod and a couple cranks and he's GONE!!!! MOTHERLESS SONOFA!!!! Re set the planer make a couple more laps in that area but by now the water temps are nearing 90degrees....wow. we had 81-82 in the am and by the afternoon we had 86-87 very hot water.... WE did catch one fish while clearing the lines to move inshore we always leave out the WWB out until last and its gets nailed pretty good..fight the fish to the boat and realize its a damn STINKY finally moved inshore to some other numbers to be greeted with more TIDE 2 knts or more in places marked lots of fish on this new ground but no love. IT WAS NOT OUR DAY!!! All in all it was STILL A great Day on the water with good friends. And as pretty a day as I have seen all year.... Hear is a BAD VIDEO of a BEAUTIFUL ride home.... Video Player

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09-25-2009, 10:53 AM	#2
Nauti Natured I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chapel Hill / Atlantic Beach, NC Posts: 2,177 Credits: 4,513.5 Boat: Contender 31 Open, Yamaha 225 4 strokes Home Port: Atlantic Beach, NC	Sorry to hear it Zack. At least you didnt get your ass beat to boot. Looks like a nice ride.

09-25-2009, 10:54 AM	#3
thoffman Hide- My Wifes Logged On Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 160 Credits: 832.9 Boat: 29' HydraSport Home Port: MHC	you got one of the "bad" days outta the way, next trip could be the one. Your intentions were noble, no worries.

09-25-2009, 01:47 PM	#4
BTH284 I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Inshore Posts: 3,041 Credits: 3,431.4 Boat: 23 shortbus Home Port: Morehead City Occupation: Your guess is as good as mine	Hey at least you got out there. Nice gesture to your neighbor as well. He will have some good memories of a beautiful day to keep him connected to home.

09-25-2009, 04:09 PM	#5
weekender I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,352 Credits: 3,163.0	tuff love from mother nature, she can be so generous and she can be a B!@#$%...

09-25-2009, 04:46 PM	#6
clt_capt If Ignorance is bliss, Why aren't more people happy? Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Raleigh, MHC Posts: 5,946 Credits: 8,636.1 Boat: Luhrs 36 Home Port: MHC Occupation: Supporting my Tackle habit	Any day on the water beats pushing a desk...

09-25-2009, 06:06 PM	#7
merry marlin I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pittsboro NC Posts: 1,335 Credits: 3,693.3 Boat: 25 Parker Home Port: Marshallberg Best Catch: Core sound shrimp! Occupation: Raising 4 kids...	Zack you can never know till you're out there.... at least you had a heck of a ride! Next time will be the good one. I'm stuck at work again this weekend and would rather have a no fish day!!! MM

09-25-2009, 06:52 PM	#8
TROPHY SPORTFISHING I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Myrtle Grove Sound, N.C. Posts: 1,189 Credits: 2,246.2 Boat: 46 Egg Harbor/ 198 carolina skiff DLV Home Port: Wrightsville Beach/ MHC N.C. Best Catch: 3 Blue Marlin and a Sailfish one day out of MHC and 750+ Blue 17 Whites out of Pirates Cove Occupation: Paying for my habit	it was better than mine!

09-25-2009, 07:17 PM	#9
Tenacious I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Metairie Posts: 2,086 Credits: 4,588.1 Home Port: Venice Best Catch: Jill Louise Occupation: Compressor Sales	Hope we can make you feel better next week!

09-26-2009, 10:33 AM	#10
Ponce Crab mustard is good Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 604 Credits: 2,047.0 Boat: 24 CC Sea Hunt Home Port: MHC Best Catch: Wife and Kids Occupation: Retired USMC, Current flight simulator instructor	Sorry to hear that you guys didn't kill them. I t was very nice of you to take your neighbour out. We had pretty much the same luck yesterday, only we didn't have to fight the current. We taked to a couple of boats out there and it didn't sound like anyone was doing much.