Call rescheduled for Monday.
In the meantime, got the boat back from my 20 hour servicing which means I can run the motor as hard as I want now. Took it offshore yesterday. The wind laid down and I was able to get out there but I doubt my boat could handle any big seas.
It was a crazy day. Our goal was to catch kingfish. They migrate through in the spring and fall and they are here now. We spent the morning catching bait and then went out to troll some. We really didn't know what we were doing and we probably wasted 2 hours. Then we decide to hit a couple of spots my friend knows.
We caught a bunch of snapper on the first spot and kept 3 big ones. I cooked some of it tonight. Yum!
Then we went to another spot he knew and I immediately hooked something. Then my rod just sort of stopped. I tried to reel it in but couldn't budge it. I just swam around slowly. We are pretty sure that a goliath grouper ate the fish I originally caught. If you aren't familiar with these, they are HUGE fish. You almost need a winch and cable to get them in. I cut the line.
Then a few barracuda showed up and we hooked one of them but it got off. Caught a nice cobia (see below).
On our way in we saw a lot of birds working and headed towards them. Kingfish everywhere. We hooked about 6 or 7 but lost them all. I question the hooks we were using but all the fishermen here use them. I dunno.
Then about 20 dolphins showed up and the kingfish disappeared and didn't come back.
All in all a great day. I love this stuff.