After studying the satellite images and determining that our best chance of any blue water was to head south of the spur we left out Friday morning with modest hopes. (We was me and friend Herbert) Arrived at spur and started trolling south.  Water was dingy gray.  Never found any color change but did find a pretty good rip that was forming up N/South about 15 miles south of spur.  Easy to see with lots of foam and some trash.  Had high hopes, but nada.  Herbert and I made the comment thru the day that with offshore fishing it is as much the journey as the catching and we  had great time on the water even though we only caught one Wahoo that hit a small Islander/ballyhoo out in the middle of nowhere.   I continued to use my new autopilot that replaced my worn out AP and continued to be amazed at the AP.  Ran over 200 miles in the day and basically never touched the wheel unless it was to follow a section of the rip!  Fished til dark then ran in to be under bridge just after 9PM.  Great day on the water.

Still can't figure out how to correctly post pics!

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Herbie and the Hoo

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We troll with seven lines, three on a side and a way back shotgun

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Rip forming up

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Sunset 50 miles offshore, Life if good

If you are really bored and want to see the boat running under AP, here is a 2 min video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k5kqwKuAFM

MScontender

These pics make me miss the problem child. Nice day on the water and you didn't get skunked. Thanks for the report.

team 

"gladiator" 38' Topaz Flybridge

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