Kings and Mahi - June 26, 2007

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to go fishing with my good friend, Randy Durham owner of NC Angler.com. The Lord blessed us with one of the most beautiful days on the ocean I have ever seen. Not a cloud in the sky and hardly a wind or swell to be found on the sea - it was like a mirror.

We headed out about 24 nm and started trolling ballyhoo for Mahi. It wasn't too long before we had a hook up. Only trouble is that before Randy could get it to the boat, a toothy critter decided to make the back half into his breakfast. We did manage to catch a whole one a little later. We had several short strikes (most likely kings) and lost another one on the way in.



We only had one pack of ballyhoo (the bait store was wiped out). So after that was gone we decided to come in a little closer and king mackerel fish. Our first two stops resulted in NO fish, so we tried a third spot. We didn't even get the first bait all the way out when we got our first strike. Once again, Randy got half of a fish (King) to the boat. So I started calling Randy, Mr. Halfafish.



It wasn't long before we landed a whole king, then a few more. Most of them where in the 8-10 pound range. Randy did have one smoker that looked to be a 25 pounder at the boat side but it turned at the boat, slacked the line and threw the hook..... We finally had to leave the fish biting as it was getting late.



Great day on the water with a good friend and some good fishing!