CHUCK HARMES,KING GEORGE ,VA.

Jun 6, 2010

TODAY WAS A PRETTY DAY IN THE OCEAN.THINGS STARTED A LITTLE SLOW FOR US,AS A FEW OTHER BOATS WERE GETTING TUNA BITES WE WERE LOOKING FOR OUR FIRST BITE.TROLLING OFFSHORE LOOKING FOR SOME GRASS WE HAD A FEW DOLPHIN GET AFTER US AND GOT THE SKUNK OUT,THE HARDEST ONE WAS OUT OF THE WAY.IT WASNT LONG BEFORE WE WERE IN SOME 79 DEGREE WATER WITH GRASS,DOLPHIN,TUNA,AND MARLIN.FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WE WERE NON STOP CATCHING FISH.FIRST WE HAD DOLPHIN ON THE TEASERS THEN ON THE LINES,THEN IT WAS A TRIPLE OF TUNA,UNDER THE BIRDS.WHAT WAS NEXT? WELL I'LL TELL YOU, WE HAD GAFFER DOLPHIN TRYING TO EAT THE BACK OF THE RIGHT TEASER AND TUNA HITTING THE MIDDLE OF THE SQUIDS ON THE SAME SQUID CHAIN TEASER. AS WELL AS TUNA FIGHTING OVER THE OTHER TEASER PULLING OFF ENOUGH LINE TO GET US TANGLED WITH A TUNA AND A DOLPHIN THAT WE HAD ON.WOW! WE ENDED UP HAVING FOUR TUNA AND FOUR DOLPHIN ON. WITH FISH GOING IN EVERY DIRECTION AND A TEASER WITH A MASIVE TANGLE IN THE MIDDLE, EVERYONE WAS EXCITED.AS WE WERE LANDING FISH WE WERE DRIFTING BACK MORE BAITS AND HOOKING DOLPHIN.ONCE THINGS SLOWED DOWN A BIT WE HEADED DOWN SEA TO RELOAD,BUT BEFORE WE COULD THEY WERE AFTER US AGAIN,BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS A MARLIN IN THE MIX. AFTER CATCHING A FEW MORE OUR CREW WAS WORN OUT AND THE SEAS WERE BUILDING,SO WE CALLED IT A DAY.THANKS GUYS!