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Trigger
 
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Today started out great. We let the rain pass this morning and decided that we would take our children out to catch a few fish. The rest of the day, my wife and I watched the storms come over pensacola, it was incredibly beautiful and hot 8 miles off shore. All of the sudden I felt a cold burst of wind....I saw the dark, western clouds and told my wife to secure everything while I pulled the anchor, I decided to head due north for the beach, as we got closer the wind started howling and the clouds became ominous. The rain began and the wind picked up more and more and more. I sent my wife and children into the cuddy, the wind was blowing so hard that the hatch blew open, my son finally secured the hatch and then all hell broke loose. I have absolutely never been that scared in my life. 6ft seas were breaking over the boat, I was trying to keep the bow of the boat into the waves, but the rain and wind were so bad that I could not see anything, I remember looking at the compass to see north, the beach was not in sight, nothing except the most absolute furious rain, wind and seas I have ever been in. I tried using my radio to all the coast gaurd to let them know my last known position, so if we went down, they woud at least no where to look...I know this sounds dramatic, but I am telling you there are not enough words to describe it what we went through. I never got a response from the coast gaurd. I don't know why??? Anyway, the storm finally eased and we made it to the site of the beach and followed the beach back to the pass. Everyone is safe and ready to go back; however, my wife says she will not go out fishing unless we get a new radio and an "epirb" (sp?) On a positive note, I now get weather radar and a new radio...Since this is the offshore report: we caught 4 snapper and 1 trigger, and one hell of a ride . I also want to tell my 8 year old daughter and 11 year old son how fantastically proud I am of the way they conducted themselves in such a bad situation, and to my wife, I have never heard you talk like that to me LOL. I can laugh now, it wasn't funny then!
James Martin
26 ft Century
"Graymack"
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Sailfish
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| ahaha... all in all it sounds like a good trip but a scary time...
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Mingo
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| Glad ya'll made it back safe and sound!
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Ruby Red Lip
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glad you made it in,when that cold wind hits you out there you know its comin...
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Trigger
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| Glad you and your family made it in safe. Things could have really went different.
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Grouper
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| Been there done that. Glad you made it back. \ I spent 17 of the 20 years of my navy life on a ships and let me tell you......... The me tell you, the most scared I have ever been was on the GOM in my boat. Don't even want to think about it. The 45' seas going around the cape in a 600' ship was not SHIT compared to the 6' seas on my 25' boat. 
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Snapper
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Sounds like a scary trip, glad everything turned out ok
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Ruby Red Lip
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