Sharp-toothed critters--Lookout Offshore
Morehead City, August 5th
Offshore on the Asa Gray
Steve Rehner came down from DC with his boys Isaac and Daniel and met me at the boat to head out after kings and AJs out on the wrecks off Cape Lookout. I got to the boat yard right around midnight and splashed the boat and snoozed for a few hours until Steve and crew arrived in the wee hours of the morning. After waiting for an impressive line of squalls to pass we headed out. We fished AR 285 first--mainly drifting cigar minnows and live baits. Steve nailed a nice 'cuda and we hit some kings as well. We were enjoying hearing the reels sing as the kings ran line out when we got a particularly strong hit. Not savage (that comes later at the Russian Freighter), but man did it put a bend in the rod. It put up a hard fight on the 20 lb gear--really a strong fish. It turned out to be a 6-7' long shark in the requiem shark family, probably Carcharinus plumbeus, the sandbar shark. Man, what a good looking animal.
After a few hours at AR285 we headed out to the knucle buoy and the litte wreck right near it and picked up one small dolphin. Then, out to the field of dreams....sky blue water over the Russian Freighter. We caught some wreck fish for bait and did some live-lining and drifted cigar minnows. The 20lb rod took the most vicious hit and fastest run I have ever experienced on any gear. The fish was so hot that the water in the reel spool flew out in a white fog! Very cool. The fish had some weight on him too. But, into the fight he broke the hook off a commercial king rig. I'm guessing a big wahoo, but I guess a ginormous king could give the same fight. We were watching big schools of bait swim under the boat when we saw a very large 'cuda (maybe a king--it was deep) moving with them. Steve rigged up a live bait and we drove up on the bait ball and pitched it in--WHAM!!!--and he was hooked up. We were catching Atlantic sharp-nosed sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, as well. All in all a great day!
Offshore on the Asa Gray
Steve Rehner came down from DC with his boys Isaac and Daniel and met me at the boat to head out after kings and AJs out on the wrecks off Cape Lookout. I got to the boat yard right around midnight and splashed the boat and snoozed for a few hours until Steve and crew arrived in the wee hours of the morning. After waiting for an impressive line of squalls to pass we headed out. We fished AR 285 first--mainly drifting cigar minnows and live baits. Steve nailed a nice 'cuda and we hit some kings as well. We were enjoying hearing the reels sing as the kings ran line out when we got a particularly strong hit. Not savage (that comes later at the Russian Freighter), but man did it put a bend in the rod. It put up a hard fight on the 20 lb gear--really a strong fish. It turned out to be a 6-7' long shark in the requiem shark family, probably Carcharinus plumbeus, the sandbar shark. Man, what a good looking animal.
After a few hours at AR285 we headed out to the knucle buoy and the litte wreck right near it and picked up one small dolphin. Then, out to the field of dreams....sky blue water over the Russian Freighter. We caught some wreck fish for bait and did some live-lining and drifted cigar minnows. The 20lb rod took the most vicious hit and fastest run I have ever experienced on any gear. The fish was so hot that the water in the reel spool flew out in a white fog! Very cool. The fish had some weight on him too. But, into the fight he broke the hook off a commercial king rig. I'm guessing a big wahoo, but I guess a ginormous king could give the same fight. We were watching big schools of bait swim under the boat when we saw a very large 'cuda (maybe a king--it was deep) moving with them. Steve rigged up a live bait and we drove up on the bait ball and pitched it in--WHAM!!!--and he was hooked up. We were catching Atlantic sharp-nosed sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, as well. All in all a great day!
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