"C-Time" Offshore - 11 Sep 11

[ocnslr]

"C-Time" got underway at 0330 and cleared Little Creek Inlet at 0345. Crew was Cathy (aka "the Admiral"), Chuck Kahlert and Austin Hayne. This was Austin's first trip further than the 4th Island, so we hoped to make it a special one for him.

Flat water with moderate swells made for a great ride out, with the first stop at the navy buoys. Managed three nice gaffers, with a bit of success on each buoy. Saw some swimming under one buoy, but decided not to bring in the gear to try bailing. Trolled to the north wall of the Canyon and worked it all the way to the mouth, but no joy. Turned south to cross the mouth and had a white on the stbd flat for about 15 seconds in the middle of the canyon. One jump and he was gone, but it was exciting. Trolled the southeast corner area for a while with no joy, so shifted to bottom work.

Tried deep dropping in three of our previously successful spots, but a very slow drift and no bites. Moved to 'shallower' water at another favorite spot and managed ten blueline tilefish. Lines up at 1500 and headed home. Great ride until 30nm out, then a bit choppy from a brisk southerly breeze.

Would like to thank my crew for their hard work and patience. Shagging grass can get tiresome. Austin did a fine job and will always be welcome onboard.

Tally:
3 for 3 on gaffers
0 for 1 on whites
10 for 10 on BLT
Saw another white below the boat near a baitball
Saw a mola-mola, lots of turtles and dolphin
Had a tuna bird on the boat for almost 15 minutes.

Brian

[tunafisher]

Thanks for the Report.:thumbup:

[PlaynHooky]

Nice trip Brian! Thanks for sharing! !

[bobdu11]

We saw you out there C-Time...nice looking boat.....Great day on the Mahi....Bob

[grady28]

Nice trip!!!!!

[ocnslr]

We saw you out there C-Time...nice looking boat.....Great day on the Mahi....Bob

Thanks for the compliment, Bob. Next time give us a holler (16, 72, 79) and we can work together on finding them.

[t- bird]

i look forward to your offshore adventures w/ great expectations.
one of these days, soon, i hope to get my team out there.
how late in the season will you be venturing out?
congratulations on your catch! great work!
T

[ocnslr]

i look forward to your offshore adventures w/ great expectations. one of these days, soon, i hope to get my team out there. how late in the season will you be venturing out? congratulations on your catch! great work!
T

Thank you for the nice comments.

We head out there as long as the weather allows, and the opportunity to catch fish is still there. We have gone in January and February on dedicated deep-dropping trips, with some great results. However, the deep-dropping is not as reliable as it was just a couple of years ago, and the recently implemented closed seasons on Black Seabass makes the winter trips less appealing. I don't like bringing a fish up several hundred feet and then having to release it with low chance of survival - better not to fish at all where you may catch BSB.

Brian

[t- bird]

thanks for the information.
now i understand that it varies, but how much longer, ballpark,
do you get to target tuna/ wahoo out of vb.
T

[Mike Avery]

Nice meat run Brian and crew. Looks a like little better class of mahi have moved in. Seems the small bailers where there most of the summer.