8-18 OCMD report & Warning to pot bailers (mahi) headed for Washington

[ultangler]

8-18 was day two of an overnighter for us this week, but (unfortunately) it was when we had our action - the waters outside of the Washington didn't produce a single sword bite all night. (and out at 500 fathoms, was dirty and pretty darn lifeless in general.) In the AM we decided to head in to the lobster pots that have been around the rockpile, and bail 'em for mahi. If anyone's headed that way, be warned - as of Wed., they had shifted the entire string several miles south. They're still in 50 fathoms, but don't stop where they were last week or you'll never find 'em! And yes, they're still loaded up - every drift we had triple or quad hook-ups on these guys:
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After mahi-loading we ran north to our new "secret" tilefish spot, and loaded up on bluelines & bass.
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[KRISTYANNE]

Thanks for the report. Looks flat calm in the pics...

[ultangler]

Actually it looks like I screwed up the pics, somehow the right one is an attachment and the other is embedded in the post - don't know how I did that, I tried to replace the first tile/bass one because it's from last Sunday, not Tues/Wed... trust me, it was not flat calm. The worst came at around noon, when we were heading in already - in 3' to 5' and a constant downpour!