Late report Wednesday Hudson

[loosescrews]

Left Leonardo at 130am after loading the live well with peanuts. Was much bumpier than expected and could only average about 18knts for the majority of the ride. Got to the not so secret spot much later than I had hoped. Trolling around the fleet for about an hour or so looking for mr bigeye. No such luck. Got set up on the chunk around 9am we had our first taker 20 min later. We don't clear the lines and loose this one after about an hour of chaos. 4 lines tangled, then hand-line, miss with the gaff, then tangle in the motor, then cut and re tie, then I reel the snap swivel into the tip, miss with the gaff, and bye bye yellow fin. What a cluster F. Oh well live and learn.
We still managed 2 nice fish by the end of the day even after hearing radio chatter that we missed the bite they had earlier. We heard fish were caught on poppers and jigs but no love for us there. I think the live bait saved the day for us. Ride home was much better at 30knots.