# 47173: Subject: Offshore Virginia, Virginia

Submitted by Zigh (ip 152.163.188.195)

• Fished on 10/4/2002
• Report received: 10/4/02

Water Temperature: 73.6
Water Clarity: good to excellent
Seas: Moderate SE swell
Weather: partly sunny and warm low 80's light SE wind
Fishing_for: Tuna, Mahi, Wahoo
Boat: Big Minnow
captain: Paul

Report:
Hey fishing fools. Here's the lowdown on today's adventure w/ Capt. Paul and company on the Big Minnow. Left Salt Ponds under hazy, dark, and calm conditions. EERIE. Our 1st stop would be the weather bouy due E of Va. Beach. When we arrive, it's still dark and so we decide we'll give the Mahi a shot on the light tackle and Albert chunks. Before putting trolling lines out at 1st light, we already have 3-5 Mahi in the boat. We make a pass with the spread and manage a couple more fish in the same class size to slightly larger. As we troll NE away from the bouy, it isn't long before we have 2 knockdowns. 1 fish is hooked up. and after a nice fight we have a 25lb. Yellowfin aboard. We circle around and 1, 2, 3, lines go off. After some time we manage to get all 3 Tuna aboard. 2 more Yellowfins and a Blackfin. Excellent!!! We proceed E for some time with not much action and then we spot a bouy and troll past it. We have a couple short hits and then WHAMO... the flatline gets crushed. After a nice fight, a 60+ lb. Yellowfin is in the box!! That's what it's all about. The rest of the day was quiet, although we did have a Wahoo bite off and landed some more sporadic Mahi. There was a fair amount of scattered grass and the water we fished was mostly 73.6 degrees, blue/white was the hot color. What a great freakin' day offshore. The weather was more like June than October, the SE swell and breeze made for a great ride home, and we got into some Tuna. AWESOME! Totals for the day: 5 Tuna up to 60 lb. and 14 Mahi from 3-10 lb........ I'll take it!!! Fishing is great, but Offshore is extraordinary!!! I'm addicted!!!! Go Big Minnow.................. Tight Lines, Zigh

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