[Gerry Zagorski]

Finally got out yesterday and steamed 30 miles SE to the east wall of the Mudhole. Found some cleaner water, some pots and put our lines in and trolled down the line for a few hours without a touch and no signs of life. Pulled in the lines, steamed another 20 miles SE, lines back in and still no love except for a pair of Skippies.

Decided to change tactics, pull in the trolling gear and go back to where we saw the most pots and switch over to pot hopping with bait. Turned out to be the right move because the first pot we baited Mike pulled a nice 10 pound Mahi off of. Spent the rest of the afternoon hopping and stopping and never put the trolling gear back in the water. I think we wound up with 7 or so with the 10 pounder being the biggest.

What a gorgeous day to be out there, flat clam, nice blue water, cold beer, great friends and a few Mahi for the grill.