I had Nick and Tetsu return from NY and brought 1st time anglers Gus, Chris and Nick. Day #1 we stayed around the wrecks due to the 15 to 20 mph NW winds. Started at around 15 miles and had a few fish. Moved off to 25 miles when the winds slowed and found a good school of decent fish. Tetsu started using top water and had fish every drift. It was great to see them on top water already. The AJs are hungry and aggressive because there is not a lot of bait around yet. Later in the afternoon the seas laid down so we ran out to some ledges at 30 miles. Set up for the 1st drift and Tetsu landed a nice gag 1st drop. Then Chris hooked a big fish and Nick had something on also. After a short battle we gaffed a fat 50 lb Cobia and a 25 lb Cobia. The guys had some good meat in the box. Finished the rest of the day at the ledges and had some keeper sea bass and small AJs.
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