Morehed City Fishing Report 4-25 Bluewater Lady

[Bluewater Lady Charters]

Had a group of Marines on the charter today, that never been offshore before. Headed out in the morning to a little north of the Big Rock. Figured it was going to be a little crowded to the south.
Stopped on my mark and found a nice rip about a mile from it. 69.5 –71 degree change First fish comes off the bridge pole. Nice wahoo. Worked the area some more, planer rod goes off, another decent wahoo. Tried trolling out to the deep, colder water, so we went back to the same spot. Caught a dolphin or two and had some short bites. At around 11:00 the planer rod goes off. Charlie backs off the drag about half way. And line is peeling off the 80 reel fast. Put one of the guys in the chair and clear the lines. And finally the fish settles down. After about 10-15 minutes the fish starts coming to the stern. Well he wanted no part of it. All lit up, mean and green. In a split second the fish turns the chair with the angler in it 90 degrees to port and starts running toward the bow. I had to spin the boat on him like a bluefin. Get him to the boat again, Charlie wires him but he decides he wants to make another run. Finally get some steel in him. Wahoo about 70 pounds. Never saw a meaner hoo. Trolled back over the same spot and the planer trips again. This time a fish hit the braid and cut it off. Worked the area which was only about a mile and a half square for the rest of the day and managed a few more dolphin.

[SeaBiscuit]

Had a group of Marines on the charter today, that never been offshore before. Headed out in the morning to a little north of the Big Rock. Figured it was going to be a little crowded to the south.
Stopped on my mark and found a nice rip about a mile from it. 69.5 –71 degree change First fish comes off the bridge pole. Nice wahoo. Worked the area some more, planer rod goes off, another decent wahoo. Tried trolling out to the deep, colder water, so we went back to the same spot. Caught a dolphin or two and had some short bites. At around 11:00 the planer rod goes off. Charlie backs off the drag about half way. And line is peeling off the 80 reel fast. Put one of the guys in the chair and clear the lines. And finally the fish settles down. After about 10-15 minutes the fish starts coming to the stern. Well he wanted no part of it. All lit up, mean and green. In a split second the fish turns the chair with the angler in it 90 degrees to port and starts running toward the bow. I had to spin the boat on him like a bluefin. Get him to the boat again, Charlie wires him but he decides he wants to make another run. Finally get some steel in him. Wahoo about 70 pounds. Never saw a meaner hoo. Trolled back over the same spot and the planer trips again. This time a fish hit the braid and cut it off. Worked the area which was only about a mile and a half square for the rest of the day and managed a few more dolphin.

Good catch captain D and Charlie. Glad you got to show our boys in uniform Carolina fishing at it's finest.
The big fish is a stud!
SeaBiscuit

[clt_capt]

That is definitely a stud 'hoo. Congrats.

[WAHOONBOX]

YOU GUYS ARE ON A ROLL WITH PLENTY OF MEATNDABOX! GREAT JOB CHARLES....

[Bite Me]

That a serious hoo ya got there and lots of meat on the dock. Sounds like a great way to spend the day with some of our nation's finest.....pretty work!

[EMTAE]

Thanks Marty it was one bad ass on the wire.

[merry marlin]

Pretty work on putting some quality fish in the boat. That is one Nice wahoo...
MM

[weekender]

awesome job on the hoos, and good catch of mahi to go with them, good deal with Charlie showing the marines a fine day

[erg153]

What a beauty. Some good hoo steaks there. Is there any difference in taste between the smaller wahoo (<35lbs) and the larger?

[Nauti Natured]

Wow! What a slob! Sounds likt the bite is starting to ehat up a bit. Woo hoo!