We started the season amazingly and ended it sweetly!!
A total of over 50 fish caught and 6 or 7 fish kept for the season!
Below are the reports for the last 3 days we fished in Oregon Inlet North Carolina with our guest from Hot's, Chris before the closure of the inlet.
Day 1 4/7,
Adrian, Chris from (Hot's), Khalid, Tom and myself went on the Sea Breeze with Captain Ned and mate Ronnie.
Left the dock at 6am and found the fishes in the afternoon.
First to hookup was Khalid who fought the fish for a good 20mins before the fish found its freedom. Next up Chris and i had a double hookup, Chris got his fish alongside the boat in less than 15mins (fish was tailwrapped), quick measure of the fish taped at 77inch and released. Mine was next and had it to leader in 35mins (fish with a v bad attitude) taped at 74inch and released. Chris was "on" again when we returned to the spot. Fish almost emptied Chris's 20000sw max spool after 2 runs and refused to budge, battle ended when hook pulled from the fish and Chris had to reel in ~300m of line.
Great crew, lots of laughs and cheering!
Tackle used,
Fatigued arms and back.
Rods - MC Works, Hot's, Valleyhill, Blackhole.
Reels - Stella's and Studio Ocean Mark.
Jigs - Hot's, Shout, FCL Labo.
Line - Sunline, YGK and Varivas.
Day 2 4/8,
Crew on board Sea Breeze, Anthony, Brian, Carl, Chris (Hot's) and Sami.
Nice 70 degree weather and a nice ride out in the morning. Fishing was pretty slow with 100s of porpoises greeting us, the tunas showed themselves only later in the morning at 11am and everyone immediately dropped their jigs, Anthony was the first to get a hit and miss; next was Carl who hooked up but the orgasm lasted seconds as the fish was lost due to leader chaffing, next up Chris from Hot's had a hit and miss
Day ended when the weather started to look bad and the guys made the call to head back to the inlet.
Tackle used,
Fatigued arms and back.
Rods - MC Works, Hot's, Valleyhill, Spinal.
Reels - Stella's and Studio Ocean Mark.
Jigs - Hot's, Shout, FCL Labo, Deep Liner, Seven Seas.
Line - Sunline, YGK and Varivas.
Day 3 4/10,
Crew on board Smoker with Captain Brynner and mate Scotty - Chris, John, Raymond, Sami and myself.
Getting out of the inlet was an amazing experience, Kudos to all the Captains! Again, the tunas were not found till late in the morning and as soon as we started marking them, everyone dropped their jigs, Ray was the first to hook up but lost the fish, next up was John and Myself who each had a hit but no hook ups...On the 2nd drift Chris and Sami had a double hook up, Chris's fish, what i thought Moby Dick was stubborn and stayed ahead of the boat all time and the captain had to constantly keep up with the fish, Sami had no choice but to loosen the drag and allow Chris to catch up to the fish, Sami had his fish to color numerous times but couldn't bring it in as Chris's fish just love staying ahead of the boat. Chris had the leader to his spool after what seems like an eternity and just as we thought we can finally take some cool shots, Moby Dick decided to give us the finger and made a dive 3ft from the surface. Chris's line parted from the reel and than a roar from him in dispair a quick check on Chris's drag, "it was locked down all the way" Sami was hanging on to his fish all this while when Chris was playing tug of war and as soon as Chris's was done with Moby, Sami went back to his "Gorilla mode" upped his drag and winch in his ~74inch fish in 5 minutes. The bite kind of shut off after the fight and we headed back to the inlet.
Tackle Used.
Fatigued arms and back.
Rods - MC Works, Hot's, Valleyhill,
Reels - Stella's and Studio Ocean Mark.
Jigs - Hot's, Shout, FCL Labo, Deep Liner, Seven Seas.
Line - Sunline, YGK and Varivas.
Thank you for the amazing trip guys!! Especially Captain Ned and Captain Brynner, both of you are top notch!
All fish are released as best as we possibly could!
Now for the photos of bent rods and surfacing fish!
Cheers,
Paul.
