I had Masa, Kei and Hiro travel down from Michigan for 1 day of deep jigging. This was there 1st time jigging in North Carlina. We had a small 1 day weather window and a decent ride out with a NW wind/chop. Stopped in 140 feet but due to all the hard west winds the cold water had pushed out and it was only 54 degrees we moved slightly south and found the break the and the temps went to 73 degrees. We had no action in the shallow water so moved out to 350 feet. It didn’t take long and we started hooking good AJs and Almaco jacks. The guys did a great job fighting the fish from the deep water and we only had a couple small sharks bother us. Later in the day we tried the shallow water looking for some Africans and even though the water temps were 73 degrees the current was running 5 mph from west to east and it was impossible to work the jigs correctly. The afternoon bite was wide open in the deep area and we had multiple hook ups most drifts. Masa had 2 nice 15 to 20 lbs gags and released unharmed after a few pictures. The guys enjoyed a rest in the bean bags during the ride home.
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