MARTINIS "HOOK A HOO" Rodeo to date....

[Ace1st]

After three days of wind the seas finally layed out and Tuesday 26 of 51 boats made the trip offshore to get the Third Annual "Hook a Hoo" Rodeo underway.

Monday night saw light winds but no temp shot from the satelites were available so boats went offshore hoping to find warm water and BIG FISH. Some went south, some went north.

Boats saw great conditions with seas 1-2 but warm water was hard to find. Although boats to the north did find warm temps and some fine fish.

After it was said and done, many large HOOS had come to the scales and three nice fish were on the boards. To date, this is the standings......

TUESDAY

WAHOO
74.08lb Ocean Isle Fishing Center/Brant Mcmullan
66.86lb Getting Jiggy/David Braswell
58.50lb Sings Fling/Kevin Singletary

MAHI
21.58lb Sings Fling/Kevin Singletary

TUNA
17.9lb Chasin Bugs/Eric Jordan

WEDNESDAY
One boat fished but did not weigh a fish

THURSDAY
Two boats are in the hunt today with three days remaining to fish. Question is can the OCEAN ISLE FISHING CENTER stay on top or will they be knocked off the bubble by weeks end? Its a nice fish but with 20+ boats left to fish it could be exciting at the scales with every boat possibly hanging fish. Friday looks like nice conditions with great sea temps stacking up on the ledges. Soon we'll see who gets bumped.

[Ace1st]

And those of you concerned with TEAM BIG TALKERS, we came we saw, WE FISHED, but we didnt hurt um. Left out blind Tuesday morning, and headed South just below the Georgetown Hole hoping to fined some water. Upon arrival, we realized we had made the wrong choice. With 67 degree water, we quickly went into HUNT MODE trying to find some decent water. We put out the search pattern and off we go. Around Mid day we located some 71 dergee water and we quickly were hooked up with a nice fish. After 20 minutes of give and take and a whole lot of line out we finally started getting some back. But it wasnt meant to be, about 50 feet off the transom we see a flash and the "SLAYER" feels that tale tale sign of a head shake, then nothing. She was gone! Oh well! We get back on em and soon we get another bite. This time our 175 lb single strand wire is clipped like HOT BUTTER. Strike two!! All in all we get five good bites and went 0 for 5. Just couldnt keep em buttoned up. But thats fishing. But at least we were fishing and not making excuses.

[BarryTurano]

And those of you concerned with TEAM BIG TALKERS, we came we saw, WE FISHED, but we didnt hurt um. Left out blind Tuesday morning, and headed South just below the Georgetown Hole hoping to fined some water. Upon arrival, we realized we had made the wrong choice. With 67 degree water, we quickly went into HUNT MODE trying to find some decent water. We put out the search pattern and off we go. Around Mid day we located some 71 dergee water and we quickly were hooked up with a nice fish. After 20 minutes of give and take and a whole lot of line out we finally started getting some back. But it wasnt meant to be, about 50 feet off the transom we see a flash and the "SLAYER" feels that tale tale sign of a head shake, then nothing. She was gone! Oh well! We get back on em and soon we get another bite. This time our 175 lb single strand wire is clipped like HOT BUTTER. Strike two!! All in all we get five good bites and went 0 for 5. Just couldnt keep em buttoned up. But thats fishing. But at least we were fishing and not making excuses.

Ace,
The big winners are the kids this tournament helps.

[Big Jay]

Cool stuff Ace!

Very nice pics. Nice hoo's too.

That fountain sure looks purdy!!!

[clt_capt]

0 for 5 hurts especially with a nice one close to the boat... Bummer. But like you say you were out there...

Team OIFC sure knows how to find big fish... But there are bigger out there.

Good luck to all fishing the rest of the tournament - and Keep the kids in mind at the auction...