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Since Admin hasn't got his report up yet or either Mary... I guess I'll give the Deep view of the "War at the shore".
I arrived early Wednesday stopping at Hinches first. The store was jammed with people working over the best stock of offshore goodies in south Jersey. I don't know how they do it but even under slam jammed up conditions its like they some how find time to personally walk you through like you are the only one there. Every customer's question is answered thoroughly and every customer is treated like family.... I carry almost everything a man can carry but a trip to Hinches and Off the Hook always has me carfrying packages of goodies out.
I slid to C Dock where slip C-9 held the Foolish Pleasure my ride and home for the next few days. Ike the full time wheel turner was there to greet me and walk me through the magnificent girl. I've seen her in Palm Beach and cosmeticly she's gorgeous. Big boats seldome really impress me but this girl was dressed to the hilt. I went up one set of stairs to the air conditioned bridge an returned to the main salon via a spiral staircase. Impeccible!
I went about checking drags and knots etc and Tims tackle is top shelf and then some. He wraps his own sticks and being a rookie could not be determined by looking at the fine workmanship... Next came bait doin and we were ready to rock...
In typical fashin the Canyon Club/ South Jersey event was first class. Plenty to see and do at the captains meeting. Friendly handshakes and "good lucks" aree exchanged though deep down you know they are really saying "I hope I beat the shit out of you".Now flanked by Tim, his daughter Alexa, Dad Dick, step mom Bonnie, Nimrod Paul, Admin himself, Chuck, Mary, Ike and his Missus... We joined the fray and snacked on a wide variety of goodies...
Day 1:
Untied about 4:40 and rocketed of to the Washington in some pretty sporty conditions. Arriving just about lines in time the water was green er than I'd like to see but fishable. I guess we were an hour into it when a tight dink on a 25 was slammed. We got Tims daughter, Alexa into the chair... She was coola s a cucumber as she turned the crank and shortened the distance between us and the fish... I saw color grabbed leader. Tim needed a bigger gaff, smoothly upgraded and stroked the yellowfin with a bullseye.
Ike put us back in gear and we pounded the area. The long super sneaky bait got drilled next. It was our white! It didn't stay stuck...
We pounded the area for a long time with nothing more a violent curent was running and the water went ugly so back into the canyon we went. Near the tip we found some debris. This got us beating on dolphin with regularity and Mary from Hinches drilled a nice ten pound speciman...
Back at the dock we saw few flags. Our catch was pretty fair in comparison. Alexas fish went up the scale at 56 pounds and points were on the board. I learned at the points table that Sea Splendour with Whitey and Box had bested a white and was glad for them. I then saw a blue had been taken which set the bar real high...
Lay Day:
Generally I hate lay days. You always get talked into having breakfast. Then you adust spreads from the day before. The green heads tear you up. Its hot. Mechanics run around fixing stuff on warranty boats that should have been right in the beginning. Condo owners and fishing crews walk on by... Lunch party though was top shelf. Out by the big poole they went all out first class right down to the bacon wrapped scallops and lobster newburg... It was rig baits time again.
Then for dinner we had an allstar cast with Chuck and Mary and now Mary 2 (Luck Lady) had joined us, then our favorite human pinyata joined us ... Seafood Johhny!
Day 2:
Shorter run this time. 5:30 lines off and we were early getting to our spot. The various temp services ahd reported favorable water in spot X but I wanted to try spot Y a few miles from there as it holds a lot of blues and a lot of promise for points. Lines in call was made and a monster spread of 11 baits, 2 dredges, 2 teasers and a partridge in a peart tree were deployed.
I spotted a huge mako do a drive by on the WWB but no take. Birds, porpoise, etc showed some signs of life. Nimrod Paul spotted a marlin tail and we circled that way. We had no take on the first pass but comming back through on a second run the Island Pro got popped...
There he was! A smallish blue back there window shopping and test slapping a few of our baits before exploding on the rainbow teardrop! I saw the bait go down the throat and it was game on. Alexa got back in the chair as the 5r0 tiaga sounded like a harley in heat... Half a spool out shed started to get string back. She followed the coaching to a tee.. "Turn the cranky thing there"... She did. fifteen minutes later leader was in reach grabbed and score 300 more points for team Foolish pleasure and one sore mouth for team Blue Marlin....
High fives were quick and the spread went back a couple passes later the WWB got doinked and the horse attached was wrecked. Another pass had the flat screaming out. Lucky Lady in the chair this time ... For those who don't know , despite all the teasing I give here this gal is a very accomplished angler and she worked that fish like a pro. At the transom the 40 class yellowfin found the zinc bolts before the steel found him... Oh well not a point fish any way. That would be our last real bite for the day.
Back at the dock it was a waiting game to see where we stood. The officials tallied and counted and counted and tallied...
Ceremony time was an SFC sweep... First place white marlin. Sea Splendour with Whitey and Box taking those honors. Top Junior ... Foolish Pleasures Alexa! Top lady... Foolish Pleasure's Alexa! Top boat...Foolish Pleasure! Top overall team... Viking!
Foolish Pleasure the pleasure was all mine...
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