2016 - 81
Text comes in from Driver, "Wanna go for a boat ride?" "Sure, " I reply, "when do I need to be where?"
"Got any heavy gear?"
"8 wt"
"That'll do"
That's how my first False Albacore trip started. In the past I've always been on call during a month long period that spans the albie season, but not this year, the proposed BAT takeover of RAI has put that annual project in jeopardy. After some discussion about the end of Daylight Savings Time, we agreed to drive down Saturday night to be able to get on the water at daybreak.
Picking up a Franzian
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LoginWith a "Quality" room, an air mattress, and three ear plugs, we managed to get a few hours of sleep before the 5:30 alarm went off.
"Free" breakfast!
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LoginThe boat in front of us belonged to a couple of guys from Cape Cod who were finishing up a week of fishing.
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LoginWe moved on out and chased after the first trawler with hopes of finding feeding fish. The ride out was pretty brisk, but not unbearably so. I made a few cast into the wake before we decided to head along Shackelford Banks to inside the hook of Cape Lookout. Fish were busting bait everywhere and I hooked into my first Albie on my second cast. Jesus, those fuckers can fight! Crank that drag down tight, those mothers can run! With three in the boat, we sort of took turns, but had many doubles and a triple hook up to boot. For the next four hours the action was insane.
It looked like this....
http://vimeo.com/190582466
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LoginIt was all pretty much fun and games, until I hooked a hot fish and was feeding line when, "Oh, shit!" there is a knot in the fly line. "Crap," I had only a second to try and pull it out, but I was too late and it popped through the guides getting hung up somewhere near the tip and the ¾ of the TFO shot 30 feet out into the water and I was left holding on the butts section with a whirling knuckle busting reel. Franzian came over and retrieved the rod from the sea as I was able to get the fish under control and put the sections back together.
We lost some fish on hooks that bent out, and a hot one that ran far into the backing and then got tangled up with a fish from another boat. But no rods were broken. The fish spread out in the afternoon and didn't stay up long. So after many frustrating chases we finally called it a day an hour from sunset
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Login Hose the boat down and then off to dinner and the drive home, I was in bed at 11:30 totally worn out , but feel great today, except for the sore spots on my abdomen
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LoginThanks, a million!