Do you guys fish anymore?

Seems like the only posts on our blog these days are about working on boats and partying. The camera is usually ready to go for that nonsense but what about a fish picture? Well, not a lot going on this time of year so we might as well be doing maintenance and drinking beer. We did however get out a few days and here is a short summary. We were able to get offshore four times this trip. Although Dolphin fishing is not very good in the fall and winter, we always have a lure or two out that might catch one. We also now always include a deep running lure on a wire line for a shot at a Wahoo or big Dolphin and we also run a "Big" lure in the shotgun for a shot at something "Big". The reports were that a few Mahi were being caught in the 200-400 feet of water range. We found scattered weeds most of the time and a couple really nice skinny weedlines with assorted debris in them. The first trip out we caught 2 really nice Mahi on a barrel in a weedline. It had more fish on it, but we could not get another bite. We dropped spoons, jigs and chunks along side and trolled about every variety we could think of and nothing worked. We had enough for dinner about 3 nights so that was good. The next trip out we found similar floating debris and caught one decent fish. The third trip we were skunked. The next to the last day in town was a light wind day so we decided to try it one more time. We found some really scattered weeds at about 350 feet of water. We decided to troll on out towards the hump and try the weeds later. Soon after pulling away from the weeds we picked up a nice Mahi on a Billy bait on one of the riggers. We continued on out and caught a second fish the same way. We found nothing on the hump so decided to make our way back in. When we got to the 350 feet mark the weeds were gone. At about 300 feet we decided to reel up. I had everything in except the deep rig with a large rigged ballyhoo on it. We found the weeds. They had drifted in to about 200 feet of water and formed a great weedline. We immediately had a hit and caught a really nice fish about 15 pounds. With all our tackle now in the boat and the daylight going faster now with daylight savings time we trolled just the deep rig a few more minutes and went in. Not a great catching trip overall, but we got to stretch a few lines and spend some time on the ocean and have fresh fish several nights from our catches. On our last night in town our cruising companions John & Lori drove down from Miami. After a few cocktails on the porch we went to Lazy Days where they "cooked our catch" of fresh Mahi and yes, had a few more cocktails! Not too shabby!

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