break on through to the otherside....

[seavee32]

I have done it twice out of Ponce Inlet (Daytona) but have friends who have done it much more. Ed Dwyer is one of the pioneers of the fishery and is pretty much "the man" when it comes to fishing the Otherside. He fishes out of Port Canaveral. Our runs from Ponce Inlet were around 90 miles but it can vary probably anywhere from 70-100. Basically, you leave around 4 am so you are at the otherside at daybreak and use your radar to find the birds. Then you put your tuna lures way back and try to intercept the school. It can be hit or miss but when it's good, it is really good. Usually if you can't find the tuna you will come across some massive weedlines and still have a great day catching dolphin. They apparently see a lot more marlin over there than on our side of the stream. On my last trip out there in April we never really found the birds so we fished a big weedline and caught a white marlin in addition to dolphin. We are making the run on center consoles so we get out there pretty fast.

[waterman482]

It all depends how the water is configured out there! it can be really good or really bad! i've seen both but up in the northeast its near impossible for a sportboat to reach some of the water where its been good!

[knot for shore]

Didn't Billy V run that far off to hunt for sharks? I thought I read that somewhere. He was the king shark fisherman that ran the REELISTIC out of Indian River, DE.

[giantfan]

Didn't Billy V run that far off to hunt for sharks? I thought I read that somewhere. He was the king shark fisherman that ran the REELISTIC out of Indian River, DE.

I know that he (B.V.) ran to the deep to get those monster makos but I don't think he made it to the other side. I remember hearing that he was running 100-120 miles offshore... I don't think that is the other side... possibly the west edge of the stream on a good day. The stream moves all the time so who knows.

[knot for shore]

Let's just get some SFC members together, charter a monster vessel from somewhere and check out the other side for ourselves!! Road trip anyone?!?!?

[Capt_John]

The few times that I've fished the other side off of NC, the fishing was either red hot with yellowfins, bigeyes, mahi, and marlin....or it was almost completely dead. There was never a so-so fishing day. You were either a hero or a zero. That makes it really hard to commit the time and fuel to go unless you got an owner with deep pockets that doesn't care.

[Capt. Brian Daley]

The few times that I've fished the other side off of NC, the fishing was either red hot with yellowfins, bigeyes, mahi, and marlin....or it was almost completely dead. There was never a so-so fishing day. You were either a hero or a zero. That makes it really hard to commit the time and fuel to go unless you got an owner with deep pockets that doesn't care.

Well said John I've been out there 5 times and so so its been great or dead, we gotten 94 lbs longs fins out there and gotten
spooled on an 80 wide so fast didnt even have a chance from
the 1000 line another 50 miles out your balls feel a little lighter
out there

[waterman482]

Well said John I've been out there 5 times and so so its been great or dead, we gotten 94 lbs longs fins out there

Isn't that a record longfin???

[cravertosu]

Sport,

I'm hoping to head out of Hatteras Inlet for a trip to the other side sometime this summer! I don't really have the boat for it and wasn't looking to plan anything until later after I got back but saw your thread. Be great to have you join me/us down there for the trip! Or anyone for that matter that would be interested in such a trip!

Tim

[Phat Mann]

We made the trip two yrs ago out of Hatteras during the Big Rock. Saw one other well known Consistent tourney winner over there as well.

We saw the most beautiful weedline, temp break, color change, rip I have ever seen.
Neither one of us caught a thing (billfish wise).

The only reason we went there was cuz BM fishing was so so on our side.

Never leave fish to find fish!