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A Wahoo

We went out after wahoo yesterday. It was a slow day for us. We caught a wahoo, a dolphin and missed one other bite. Fishing off of my dock has been more productive, catching striped bass, speckled trout and shrimp … Continue reading

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Virginia Swordfish

We ran the Healthy Grin out to the Norfolk Canyon for an overnight trip: 3 swordfish, 3 white Marlin, 1 yellowfin, 1 skipjack, 1 wahoo, 2 hammerheads, about 15 dolphin divided between gaffers, slingers and bailers. Started out with our normal … Continue reading

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Science Trip

We ran the Healthy Grin out yesterday in search of Young of the Year bluefin tuna for Dr. John Graves. We started trolling little spoons on the 10-Fathom Hill inside of the weather buoy. There was nothing there. At the … Continue reading

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Sailfish

We ran south yesterday to get in on the sailfish action of the previous several days. Within 10 minutes of getting lines in, we were hooked up to our first sailfish. It was going to be a great day. A … Continue reading

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Serious Fishing

Today, I took Tricia, Cameron and his girlfriend, Haley out fishing. We left at the crack of 1, 1:30 or so. That is as in the afternoon 1, 1:30 or so. We ran all of 100 yards and put out some … Continue reading

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Cobia Science

We took Dr. John Graves and his newest grad student out after cobia today. We caught three. We should have caught many more but we won’t dwell on that. We got DNA samples from each and we deployed what I … Continue reading

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Sailfish

We ran the Healthy Grin to the Norfolk Canyon Saturday. It was a slow day for us. We caught a couple hammerhead sharks and Wes Blow caught a nice sailfish. There were some white marlin caught around us and a few … Continue reading

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Fishy Weekend

I had run my boat around to Dare Marina and Yacht Sales for the PSWSFA Youth and Ladies Tournament the previous weekend. I had a long list of things to be fixed on the boat. I told them that I … Continue reading

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Not a King

Trolled the oceanfront for a king yesterday morning. Pulled the hook on a king near the boat. Caught a cobia.

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White Marlin Saturday

We fished for white marlin at the Norfolk Canyon yesterday and had a good day. We caught chub mackerel, bridled them up, and slow trolled the area. It is a technique we first tried last summer. In our area, Captain Randy … Continue reading

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