Sailed on the Mary M-III this past firday for an annual charter we do. 11 toggers set sail in the cold, wet conditions.
Theresa and I forgot our skins and could have really used them that day. I felt nekkid without them all day long and one wave reminded me how important they are when out on the water.
Weather was a bit better than Ianticiapted, but still a rough day. Captain Sam tried his hardest and did put us over some fish. Was a pick fo rthe most part, but a few of us managed our limits. A couple spent more time in the cabin sleeping than they did drowning crabs.
T slept half the day, but still managed to put 4 keepers into our cooler. I pulled 11 keeper sized fish over the rail and even tied with another for the big-fish for the day at 6.5#.
Quite a few shorts were released as well. All in all a good day and better than I expected.
Sailed on the Sea Hawk sunday with a good amount of other toggers. One was an ex-mate of the one time Sea Pigeon. He ended up being high-hook with his limit of 8 and took the pool. I was second with 3 keepers and just lost out on taking my 4th pool win.
A few ling spiced up the catch for some as well.
Hopefully this passing full moon will get things going like they should be.
