Offshore at last

This week the weather gods have made us work for fish we have found plenty and big ones but these boys have been just waiting to go offshore and the other day the winds calmed enough to just nose a few miles int the Atlantic. Not calm enough to allow us to go the 20 odd miles to the tuna grounds but a very doable day on the reef. The reef extends so 4  to 5 miles south of the Florida Keys with depths of 15 to 40 ft very fishy waters and this time of year the territory of big bad king mackerel. As the A team used to say I love it when a plan comes together and very soon after arriving at a large coral head in 40 ft Robin said the words fish on and boy was he on. Rod bent like a bendy thing and drag just screaming its no wonder the locals call these fish smokers that’s just what they do to a drag. I love the move to modern lure fishing but some times old school still works and all Robin was using was a silver spoon and they just work and god knows what damage these fish would do to a new plastic lure.

Best fish was to Robin a solid 21 lb fun fishing and just what my guys wanted then with the winds easing a bit more we were able to do a few wrecks in about 100 ft and put a few more fish on the species count now over 50, amberjack and and spadefish coming to the boat. Then Geoff shouted god this is a good fish, tearing line from his reel the line was going of so fast I thought Mr shark wanted the fish more than him but Geoff had other ideas and soon deep in the clear blue waters we all saw a tuna. Not my beloved blackfin but a very hard fighting skipjack, I know some people eat them but to me they are to bloody but as a shark bait top class. So one day the plan A worked and now we had the bait to go after my now number on the shark the silky.