I had Tetsu, Zoran, Ferb, Andrew come down from NY and Peter and Derek join from Philly for our 1st good day of weather on the weekend this spring. We headed offshore and a SW swell left from Friday’s wind ran 30 mph to the break. Andrew was the 1st to drop in 150 and hooked up immediately. The other anglers joined in and it was a wide open AJ bite. They were little guys but a lot of fun. We moved to another ledge with more of the same great action. The sharks eventually found us later in the morning. We moved into a little deeper water and Derek hooked and landed the 1st African. We continued catching more AJs and couldn’t get another African before the sharks moved in. Later in the day we moved to the deep to try popping for Blackfin. It didn’t take Peter and Derek long to get the 1st bites on top. The ocean was flat and the strikes were viscous. Then Derek had a Wahoo crush his popper and left a 10 foot hole in the ocean but missed the hooks. Andrew joined in using the new Hanta Series Maguro 864 rod with a Saragosa 10000 and landed a couple of nice fish. Late in the day all the trolling boats left and the Blackfin started following and crashing the poppers. Peter ended the day with a fat 30 plus lb fish. Everyone crashed in the bean bags for the ride home. Finally a weather and fishing day.
Captain Mike Jackson
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