Crew: Tim, Pat, Chris, Greg, Harrison
Water Temp: 63.5-64.9
Tide: Moving
Wind: 15 - 17 knots Wind West/SouthWest
Conditions: A few clouds and 23-4 foot
Caught: About Six Blue Sharks
We had planned on doing an overnight tonight, boy and I glad we didn’t.
Scraped the overnight tuna chunking trip for a sharking trip.
Met Greg, Harrison, Chris (Mygirl) and my nephew at the marina at 6am.
Off to the race in some hazy/foggy conditions for bluefish.
Couldn’t catch a bluefish to save my life...
Headed to block and hit a wall of fog.
Maneuvered by the boats at the south west ledge and tried for blues... nothing again.... figures....
Decided to head out only a little ways because the seas were a little sketchy and wind was blowing a solid 15.
Set up 10 miles south west of Block Island.
After and hour and half the slick attracts it first visitor, a huge blue that takes a live dog fish
We had plenty of blue shark activity through out the day, even a nice dragger came by!
He came with 50 yards of the boat.... so close I could hear he was playing the same radio station we were!
That is okay, because his slick blended with mine and his had sharks in it!!!
Once the dragger passed, we had trouble keeping baits in the water!
(Keep in mind, some f these blue shark took nearly 1 hour to release!Here is Pat working a fish on full drag!
This is the ONLY blue that would allow to pose for a pick!
Cute little guy!
Bring the gear in at 3pm, just about to pick up the last rod to reel in and the live dogfish is attacked!
Set the hook, I worked the fish for a while but find myself tiring quickly..... handed the rod off to
Harrison works the rod for nearly 45 minutes, Since time is running out, I am telling him to fight the fish past strike!
That is 27 lb of drag!
He tires and Pat jumps in.
Time is running out and it is getting to the make it or break it point..... well, we broke it....
Full drag and both thumbs of the reel the 80 lb line breaks... oh well
Came home is some really really really sporty conditions... rough seas, wind just at the wrong angle..... very limited visibility....
Still a real fun day on the water!
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