I'll Take IT!!!

[Deep C]

The wind was up. I looked at Bruce, the 8 year old and the 80year old father in law and knew offshore was gonna be short.
I had a well full of live baits we caught yesterday and went to deploying them as i crossed the edge. It was a nasty kind of 4 foot. The father inlaw with his metal hips stayed tough. The eight year old whined with every wave scared each time we rocked. I got to about 200' the radio was chattering with a few sails and dolphin being picked.
As I turned down sea, my right flat runner popped up top with a sail all over him. I fed it and the tld 25 did the work. The boy and Bruce shared the experience. Basically a dead boat fight we had leader in about twelve minutes. I started sending a fresh one out and the other flat that I originally got drilled. Quick hard bit. Father in law took a tunrn and worked the fish nice. I came back on that one hard and it was over quick as well.
I expected Bruce to wave the white flag but he asked if we could try for dolphin. No problem. I Switched to a dead four naked spread and set the autopilot for east as I set it out.
We got to almost 500 feet and the 4 foot stuff had gone to five. I set the W on the compas and had made a hundred yards when the bird bait started rolling out. I cam tight and a billfish launced head high. I was thinking sail but it sure looked stocky. A second greyhound showed pointed dorsal and I got hard on the back up... It was a half hour slugfest but there was the first blue of the year to my transom. I no sooner touched the leadrer that it threw the hook at me. Still counts.
Bruce motioned for me to point at the beach and I thought it was gonna be great to get in real early. As I cleared the inlet he asked if we could go back to the rock pile? I thought to myself. "You just got two sails and a blue and you want to go play with grunts?"
He's the passenger so I stopped at sailfish marina for shrimp and chum. Set her up on the hot spot and enjoyed about five more hours of nonstop grunt grabbing and snapper slapping. The kid had a ball. The father in law was looking more comfortable and we just had a ball. A guest appearance was made by a great big angel fish as well as other exotics...
I thought the boy was gonna cry when we pulled the anchor today but I assured him theree would always be a spot for him next time he comes around...

[Ravens16]

Hope that isn't the only Blue that hits your transom this year
You fish as much as I drink

[Talbot29]

Sounds like a great day! I spent the day nursing my head/chest cold...

[Deep C]

I usually see a few and catch a few here each year. Over at Chub I see as much in a few days usually as I see here in a year...

[kevin oconnor]

deep was this the day i saw u

[Deep C]

Today...
Yesterday we spent the whole day inside... What were you doing on that ride by the way?

[kevin oconnor]

well it was a friends boat and his wife and friends wanted to go on a boos carouse