Saturday, went over to the Eastern Shore with Capt. Blake Hayden of Right Tide Charters. Saw plenty of tarpon. Had baits in two. Did not get a hook in them enough to get them to jump. Both fish just came to the surface enough to show themselves and the hook pulled out. These were not as big as two we had jumping last summer while fishing with Blake. Didn’t catch them either. Those were pushing 200 pounds. Saturday’s fish were 60-80 pounds. Starting to think that the proper way to fish for these critters is with a shotgun.
Sunday, headed the Healthy Grin offshore. Heard more boats catching blue marlin than anything. Few tuna by the fleet. We had a blue come in an attack a teaser. Had another blillfish tailing beside the boat. Had a big bait cut off right behind the hook, probably wahoo. Had a tuna dump most of a Tiagra 50 wide very fast before the hook pulled. I believe that was our bigeye bite. Stayed around trying for a bigeye wham. Looked good, never another big bite. Ended up with 5 yellowfin, missed a few other bites. We were around the Norfolk Canyon.
Happy Independence Day!
Dr. Ken Neill, III
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