OCMD / IRI Weekend ROLL CALL

[Admin]

We are headed out overnight sat-sun so let me know how things are. Prob be on 88a. Good luck out there. Where is your boat this year?

My boat is on the trailer so I can drop in anywhere close to the fish and I also keep it on the trailer so I can be home with my kids more.

So hopefully we will be fishing up and down the coast this season.

[SharkJP]

We will be heading out Monday from OC. Sadly, this will be my first trip this season (work has been a pain) so hopefully you guys will find em over the weekend and well tear em up on Monday.

[mikehalseyjr]

Hobie: How did you make out?

I stayed away from the beach this weekend, too crowded. Trying to get a trip together for this week.

[hobie2]

Hobie: How did you make out?

I stayed away from the beach this weekend, too crowded. Trying to get a trip together for this week.

We fished the fingers outside the fleet Saturday morning and got our bluefin and a good size mahi then ran deep. Found bad water south of the Baltimore and ran to the Wilmington before dark. Got lots of mahi then it got really rough. Took a beating overnight... Checked my sirius weather and laughed at the 1-3 to 2-4 ft report. It was a 6+ foot chop with a minimal period. Headed back after keeping a mako at 3 am and could only make under 10 knots. Bait was so thick that the screen was lit up all over. Have pics of the screen shot I will post later. Schools of bait so thick in the lights that we could walk over them... Had one bigeye or giant yellowfin over150 swim through the so read when we first were setting baits. Sad we couldn't stay all night but had beaten up everyone on the boat too much. It was brutal but the fishing was great.
1 80 lb bluefin
1 200 lb mako
Tons of gaffer mahi and smalls
Released 2 other makos

[mikehalseyjr]

We fished the fingers outside the fleet Saturday morning and got our bluefin and a good size mahi then ran deep. Found bad water south of the Baltimore and ran to the Wilmington before dark. Got lots of mahi then it got really rough. Took a beating overnight... Checked my sirius weather and laughed at the 1-3 to 2-4 ft report. It was a 6+ foot chop with a minimal period. Headed back after keeping a mako at 3 am and could only make under 10 knots. Bait was so thick that the screen was lit up all over. Have pics of the screen shot I will post later. Schools of bait so thick in the lights that we could walk over them... Had one bigeye or giant yellowfin over150 swim through the so read when we first were setting baits. Sad we couldn't stay all night but had beaten up everyone on the boat too much. It was brutal but the fishing was great.
1 80 lb bluefin
1 200 lb mako
Tons of gaffer mahi and smalls
Released 2 other makos

Sounds like the fishing was hot, 10 knots. . .that is brutal. . .