Overnighter in the Gulf of Mexico

[exspeck big specks]

We left Saturday morning around 8:00am from fouchon. Arrived at our first rip around 10:30 about 40 miles out in about 3500 ft. of decent water. Trolled for several hours with no strikes . Then headed south to a big rig named Madusa found a rip there and some cobalt blue water. The rip had litterally mud water on one side and blue water on the other 70 miles off-shore. Started trolling and seeing litterally thousands off chicken dolphin the whole rip, and flying fish in the area so I knew the bite was ready to turn on. Then finally WAM! the left out-rigger snapped and a 30 # dolphin came jumping off the stern. After landing that fish it was one after another for the next few hours- then Steve was realling in a 10lb. dolphin and it was about 20 yards off the back when WAM!! it was like a mack truck hitting a watermellon- I saw the head and bill then the tail slamming down, AWESOME! We let it run for 100 yards then set the hook and no hook up..

When the sun when down we headed to Cajun Express and started slamming huge yellowfin breakinng off on two huge one's at the boat. I hooked and landed one on top water around 30lb.'s Then hooked a monster 100+ easy -handed the rod to Bonsack and he lost it. So we went 1-4 on the tuna. Then the dirty water moved in and the tuna left. So we cruised all night back in to snapper fish at sun-rise. And they were pilled on top of each other in about 130ft. of water.....

Ended with 5 dolphin- 3 -tuna- 8 snapper- 1 -triple tail- one huge marlin lost!!! Fun Trip