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SATURDAY 12-3-05: Todays charter cancelled because the winds had blown all
week, I assured him that the fish would still be offshore, but he couldn't be
convinced. So Capt. Chris and his mom Barbara, and I went fishing. Yeah, I got a
I went fishing, fishing report!!!! We headed the 'YEAH RIGHT' south east this
morning, Capt. Chris's mom and I were stretched out on a couple of bean bags in
the back of the boat. Today, I was going fishing, and I thought I was going to
take it easy, WRONG!!! After a quick look at a satellite imagery of the water
temps. Capt. Chris was at the helm and wasn't going to back off the throttles
until he hit 69* water. After about a 50 minute ride, I heard the engines start
to wind down to a fast idle. 72 degrees I heard from the helm, I got up and took
over the helm while Capt. Chris got the reels ready, seeing anything, he asked,
yeah, it looks pretty good, I replied. We were not planning on what was to come,
usually when we go on a commercial trip, we leave at daybreak. It was nearly
noon, we were planning on bottom fish. I told Capt. Chris this looks like King
Mackeral. Let's give it a try, said Capt. Chris. Well as the old saying goes,'
the rest is history'!!! Leave out of Southport,NC from where the Cape Fear River
empties into the ocean, head SSE till you find 70* water, approximately 30 miles
offshore, find some bait somewhere in the water column, drop in some frozen
cigar minnows, and just try and see if you can get more than one rod apiece in
the water. They are taking the baits as you are letting them out. The tide
dropped out on us and the winds shifted to the SE, that slowed the bite late in
the evening, good thing though, if they had kept on biting the way they were, we
would still be there!!! As I have said before, when that 'window' opens a bit,
be ready to go, the opportunity gets smaller in the winter, but when you can get
there, the fish are hungry!!!! Till next time, FISH ON!!! Capt. Butch Foster,
Capt. Chris Foster, and 'Private Bodie' the fish dog, says HI!!! SEE THE PIC'S
ON MY SITE!!! YEAH RIGHT CHARTERS, SOUTHPORT,NC. www.yeahrightcharters.com
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