Game Face? ... Check...

[Deep C]

Quite probably the worst day I've had in a tournament.

Bait cooperated just fine. Splashed em and drilled a tuna right out of the gate. Got worked by macks decking one. Bounced off a sail then caught one... Then disaster. Live well pump quit and it was bucket brigade during the long pump replacement process, made worse by kinda choppy seas. The bait was not quality after that...

Learned something today... Don't bother running live ballyhoo when everybody else is working goggle eyes. When we got off on our own we had activity. Macks, triggers and raising sails that weren't eating. When somebody would drift down on us flying the kites and gogs. Not only would they score but even the junk fish would shut off. I moved three times and each time kiters got in on me. Didn't matter. I zagged when I shoulda zigged. I take the blame.

Yeah we have the lead for tuna and mackerel calcuttas but our sail score of one is abysmal and I need to go beat myself up for it...

[Deep C]

Nightmare continues... 0 for 5 this morn. One king. Baits racing away from fish right into wheels. Birds carying baits over each other. Heavy chop. Guys with kites drifting all over each other in total disregard for each other. Cutting each others fish off. Not pretty... Busted our control trace and started shipping water into motor cowling. Violent weather closing in. Tornado watch etc. Time to head in early for repairs...

[captainviv]

better luck tomorrow ......

[Deep C]

You know? Silly as it sounds I'm really in good spirits. This is fishing. Some times things just don't go as planned. Bottom line though is a good one. My boss and his guests are having a ball and thats what its all really about... Mechanical breakdowns happen. Human error is, well, nature... We're here in paradise, eating like kings, seeing fish, bending rods, laughing and tellin jokes. Thats the stuff that counts. Hell just sittin on the bait patch catchin hoos and looking into a virtual aquarium is fun. Regroup and just give it our best tomorrow...

[clt_capt]

Better luck tomorrow and keep the bossman happy...

[Deep C]

Zactly... Thats the plan... Repairs made... Obscene amounts of stone crabs consumed for dinner. Wind still up but now blowing off shore. Knock that five foot chop down some... With the goggle eyes so poorly behaved dashing back to the boat (and into the motors) we're going back to hoos which is a game I'm fine with. Just gotta fish away from the fleet.
Way behind the curve but no quit in us...

[Deep C]

Gorgeous day. Calm. Nice... Punched a bigger tuna this morn but I think we might have been nudged out by one of those hummer 25 pound skippies that lives here. Went 2-3 on sails finally crushing the cherry we have been working on...

[mad dog bite]

How did alex end up deep???

[Deep C]

He was at or near top first day then slid back upper middle pack I think... Miami boys pretty much controlled with Weeze in there doing it like them with the kites and live gog chumming.