Washington 9/23 FIXIT report

[fixit]

Hey all, Sounds like fishing was very productive this past weekend.. Went to 30 fathom lumps to chunk, Forget it, I'm not a meat slinger and never will be... Tried for 1 hour then we decide to troll, Pickup 6-7 Dolphin.. Heard of a Tuna bite just east of us and head that way. 1 mile outside (east) of the grass white water in back the boat on the short rigger, Soaked us on the second splash and off screams a nice Blue Marlin.. 1 hour 40 minutes later we release him.. It was a nice one and I'm afraid to even try to give an estimate as I don't catch them often. That reel screamed on the first 2 runs.....
Tally:
7 Dolphin (1 gaffer)
1 Blue Marlin
0 Tuna
Did not hit the inlet till dark, That was nice (NOT) Out of Wachapreague....

[surfperch1]

Good job on the blue one!

[TerpHeels]

Great work Scott, that water was so pretty outside 30f. We were thinking the same thing as we heard Always Late had jumped off a blue in the area we went to. I've not seen so clean pretty blue water in my life and with all those little mahi snacks around it doesn't surprise me a blue suit was about. Again, great work.

Oh, regarding chunkin, I hear ya. Unfortuately it does work.

[rockfisher1055]

Great job Scott. I guess i should of skipped our game this weekend and went fishing!! Damn the luck!!

[fixit]

Donny, Wish you were with us, I was rigging like a mad man as all the dolphin kept tearing up our baits.. The water was very nice and blue..

Terp, Yes i do know chunkin works but am not the chunkin type !! Need to go with someone that knows what there doing... Thanks for the reply's..

BTW, Tim (Reeel Therapy) Your cat sure did look nice cutting through those seas .....

[Pat N Mike]

Scott- If you need a chunker, let me know. Terp will rig some ugly stuff. Foam floats ?? Please !!!! And the yelling.... I can get that at home from my wife, I don't need it from him in the ocean !

Great job on the Blue ! Fish of a lifetime! Come on, you can give an unofficial estimate . How long ? 300 - 400#s or bigger ??

Patrick
Pat N Mike

[fixit]

Pat, I'm gonna guess about 300-400#.. It was not a small blue by any means.. Caught a 250# about 4 years ago and this one was for sure more shoulder ..
Terp yell, No way ........ [tongue]

[David]

Reel nice report and I am still Looking for the Man myself.Been Mahi mania out there since the Hurricane passed thru and left all the weeds.Chunked for Only 6 trips this year/partime and most of our fish came within the first few minutes up to an hour after setting up.Thanks for the report.