I got back Sat evening from 2 day offshore. I elected to not go way south as that bite dried up earlier in the week. In retrospect that was probably not a good decision. My observation about the area between the 425 and the 371 and south to the hidden bank is this. Inside the 425 was warmer water which would have been great if we could have found some paddys, but the lack of paddys was combined with REALLY SLOPPY water which made the hunt for paddys next to impossible. The 371 and outside had poor water color. The in between area had good water color, temperature is ok (66-68), there are a lot of fish, and the volume of feed is off the wall. The fish are scattered and are feeding on small stuff. They are getting their gut full fast and then are playing with food items. If the water doesn’t get too much warmer and they get the bait mopped up a bit the bite could be very good for at least a few days. We got 3 albacore (20-25#) and one dorado which is a pretty weak count for two full days fishing. We had three jig fish come unbuttoned and only saw one paddy which was holding rat tails. If you want to fish albacore and don’t want the 120 mile run I would watch the counts and If the bite starts to turn on in this area get on it now. Don’t wait until the weekend when it’s overrun or just over. My opinion which is kind of like……………everybody has one.
Me I would go long for two days as that bite is back and seems to be going strong. My next trip is Tuesday with my granddaughter and the Sand Bass have disappeared. I need to get rid of that black cloud.
Yale
"Riley"
32' Blackman Sportfisher