Ma500 Wrap Up and Thank Yous

[Deep C]

The "Dad" was already in Utches after the WMO and rigging out was made easy... Good relaxing pace. I guess my first thanks go to Mary from Hinches for being so on the spot with great service and bait as usual.
My team guys showed on Sunday. The Boss reitterated that hero or zero was the way he wanted to play and the team was unanimous behind him. Did the tent formalities and called it an early evening.
Day one found us in the Baltimore. I can't recall seeing more bait, whales, porpoise, dolphin, etc. Bites though were few and far between making for a long day. Just one mystery bite was all we had to show for it.
We did a couple lay days back to back. Gave me a chance to try and get surveyors in place for our new addition comming soon. I chatted with some of our SFC family and met some others for the first time. I guess a couple thanks in here. First to Box and a couple others trhat offered up lunch. Then to our new girl Jersey for being so good about insurance and "making my day" with her smile...
Thursday found us above and deep near the Wilmington. Hero or zero was the game in play and usually that includes a standing order to shake off any rat whites or undersized blues comming to the spread. All good in theory but when dragging effectively fourteen teasers (Ten slob baits + four real teasers) fish can't help but raise. Raise they did, and despite trying not to catch em two whites managed to find the big steel any how. Some others didn't. We donated part of our spread to a pack of wahoos before the day was done and soon it was lines in time.
Back on land, Utches stayed open late to service our fuel needs. Restaurants were all Jammed but my backstreet scallop spot found us seats so a thank you goes out to them too.
Friday had us working a gorgeous break. Bait, flyers, birds, debris, colir and even a few mahi but no real fish. Other boats in our area commented on the same. I got back inside 1000 fathoms and a near keeper blue launched on the shotgun. The tag line band let go but the rod never even twitched.
A tripple of whites came up next and battered the spread of plastic bigger than they should be tryin and two actually took drag before setinng the rods to standing straight again.
I slid back further in and the shotgun got hammered blind. Half a spool down to me indicates a well hooked fish but as we cleared the last line out of the way that stick stood up too.

Crunch time was commin at at 3:07 the one small bait we had out had tickled the pickle of a medium small blue. Got it calmed down 3/4 of a 30w spool out and like the small blue of last tourney it began racing back at us with the same result as last... a pull off.
Back on land I met back up with Jersey and enjoyed some pleasant chit chat over a cold one. My crew came later for dinner and I gracefully bowed out to join them...
All in all the last two events couldn't have gone much better. Great to have guys who have a go big or go home attitude and all the patience that needs to go with it. We caught a few fish, had plenty of action. Great company and a better time. Thank you to all who helped make summer '08 such a good one.
Its not over by a long shot. Got a couple overnighters to the Hudson scheduled and a new rig to get dialed in... So the sunshine state is gonna have to wait a little longer to get me back... Lucky state...

[paul708]

nice write up

good luck out there in the hudson

[clt_capt]

Very nice report.

[LadyAngler]

Paul, we always look forward to your visits and are glad to help out the Cammie's Dad crew anyway we can. Wish we could have met up w/you during the week but w/Chuck fishing, there was no heading into town for me.

Have a safe trip home and we'll see you again soon!!!!

[dunn6253]

Sounds like you had a good time, fish or no fish. Good luck the rest of the way. What is the new interm sled going to be?

[Deep C]

Mary
It was great starting and finishing my week with your smiling face to add just that more to a really dandy time. Thanks for everything...

As for the new sled... I'm not sayin a word til the surveys are finished... Don't want to jinx a thing. All the pieces are in place. Boss man loves it. I love it... Just need to dot the "I's" and cross the "T's".... Short of a major issue its a done deal though...


Almost forgot to thank Vixen Joe for the use of his chair the last couple weeks too... Really made life comfortable...

[Vixen]

Mary
It was great starting and finishing my week with your smiling face to add just that more to a really dandy time. Thanks for everything...

As for the new sled... I'm not sayin a word til the surveys are finished... Don't want to jinx a thing. All the pieces are in place. Boss man loves it. I love it... Just need to dot the "I's" and cross the "T's".... Short of a major issue its a done deal though...


Almost forgot to thank Vixen Joe for the use of his chair the last couple weeks too... Really made life comfortable...

glad it worked out for you Paul I took the boat out for a two hour spin on sun hopefully I can get back to fishing now keep in touch talk to you soon

[Deep C]

Glad to hear she's grumbling again... I tested the grumblers on the new rig today and for ice cold detroits that havn't run in two months to fire up clean without the first hint of smoke says that I might get lucky with this set...
Thanks again for the chair use... Boss loved it!