We started out loading the boat at 1000AM for the ensuing adventure to the warm waters of Nc. After a truck load of tackle, andother truckload of food, and a couple hundred pounds of ice and bait Greg, his brother Matt, Jared, Bruce, and myself set out at 1245 under light winds and glassy conditions. We hauled out to almost the “b” tower when we saw gannets and frigates wheeling around a slick. We quickly put out a 4 rod spread on the heavy gear to try to get the marks up but nothing then we tried jigging and again nothing. So with the sun falling at a steady pace we picked up and ran once again. While I strated the squid rigging process greg graciously took the wheel and we had a riggin session in the cockpit till we were rigged and ready with some of the prettiest squid you’ve seen ( thanks Princess Anne ). A little after six we arrived at our spot and started to poke our heads around after a test drift we reset to better temps and put the full spread out. We didn’t wiat long first the squid showed immedatly then the two tones ripped them up and it got quiet for a few minutes…..only a few the tip rod screamed off and we got a hook up we faught it for a min and the hook pulled after the second run. Almost immedatly following that the balloon rod gets action. First a slash then he ate and ran wafter the intal hook up we started to settle in on the fight but the hook pulls again . This happened to yours truly again once more. The drags were light for swords but it just wasn’t our night. The genset started to struggle then auto shut down due to a high temp after we apparently sucked in a few dozen small jellyfish reducing the water flo. So while that was cooling and we were sitting around waiting and it happens, we got a SOLID HOOK UP bruce settles into the fight, we spin on him and I see it break the water and the glowstick fly off . Were on and he is stuck solid!!! We settle in to the fight and I start to give chase aggressively till we are close and then it happens….not a break off ….not a hook pull……. But we find out the size of what we have on ….. 400 pounds plus…and a blowhole we hooked a the dumbest friggin two tone in the atlantic. Jared touched the leader and it was an official release. The good news is after the release she threw the squid and the hook so he will rember what stupidity feels like. We made one more drift after the genset cooled and went on our way because the big blow was coming down on us at a quick pace. After a little bit of a sporty ride back we pulled into the slip under 25 kt winds and a lot of salt to clean off
Looks like the season will let us get into swords and other stuff when the striper gig gets to be too much we'll see what happends
mike, glad ya'll had some pullage, too bad not the right kind. Just wondering, are you sure it was a twotone and not a sword? we have hooked some decent fish up here and they like to jump. we had four jump in the daytime last fall and know we had somenightime ones jump, just couldn't see. would have made for some excitement anyhow. we also had a fish that acted like a sword dump a 1/2 a spool on an 80w with braid in less than 90 sec before pulling off. that fish went from 450' to the surface before the rod made a twitch. anyhow, hopefully we can get out there latter this year. keep in touch and i'll let you know what we do when we get back out. Casey
Casey, yah we had him wired ( only 15 ft leader) and their was enough ambant light to see it....trust me the crew was geeked out after the last three pull offs to gaff and poon anything resembling a sword. but after it continued to come up for air breathing out it's blowhole we figured it out and screamed back to re;lease it......oh well there is next time
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