Weekend Report

[deepsouthcharters]

[SIZE=3]You have to wonder, where are the reports of the bad trips? Well, here it is! haha!

I guess not too bad but not super good either.

We were able to fish Saturday and Sunday. The forecast was looking a bit rough but not rough enough to cancel. Saturdays seas ended up being ok i guess, Sunday was bumpy.

Out of the two days, Saturday was the best. We set out to find wahoo and you know how that can go. We were fishing 3 days before a full moon and I just knew that we would crush them. A little trolling in the morning and nothing to show for it, we made a stop to get our amberjack. Now the jacks were hungry and didnt take long before we had a 6 man limit in the boat. It was a good way to start off a day. After a little ice on the fish, we head to find the wahoo and maybe a few tuna.

We made a stop and pulled the cutting board out. Matt began to cut bait, I lined out 3 guys to start chunking. Took a while but did get a couple nice blackfin and 2 small yellowfin to eat. This wasnt really doing it for us so switched gears and went to pull baits.

After many, many wraps around a few rigs we hear the reel scream. The customer made quick work of the fish and we had our first and only wahoo of the day in the boat. The guys put in a good effort but just couldnt find anymore hooters.

We ended the day chunking for tuna, only to fight shark after shark. Like I said, not too bad but could have been better!

Now for Sunday.

Start off in blue water at a floater, fish it hard, one small yellowfin. Seas are starting to build now so we head in a little closer to have a shot at some wahoo. After pulling baits for a while, the rough seas are taking a toll on my crew. One is sick and one is not looking good! I hear talk of them calling the trip so I quickly put amberjack baits in the water so I can get the guys some meat before it is all over. After the 6 man limit of amberjack is in the box, at 12:30, the guys say take it to the barn, we have had enough!

I hate to see a sick crew but as you all know, it does happen! I would like to think we would have caught a few more fish but who knows. I know of 2 wahoo caught that day. Glad that weekend is over.

I did not fish Monday and Tuesday, Friends of mine did catch a few nice fish on these two days so I am pumped to get back at it Thursday!

We have this Sunday open to fish as well as the 16th, 17th and 26th! March is getting pretty full but we still have a few open dates!

If you would like to fish, please contact us by phone or email. Please visit our blog for all Deep South Charters fishing reports! Be safe on the water. Hope to see you out there.

Capt Josh Howard
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[Jordan]

Nice catch Capt.

[bjhooper82]

Nice catch. You left motor looks half way under water in that second to last picture!!!

[Ray]

Sharks have been thick at Ursa after dark the past month or so.
Don't see them in the daylight.

[Montauk17]

Keep taking punches to the face and keep rolling....thanks for the report and nice pics. Hope to make another trip with you this year sometime,that offshore stuff is highly addictive.

[deepsouthcharters]

Originally Posted by bjhooper82

Nice catch. You left motor looks half way under water in that second to last picture!!!

yeah, that is a friend of mine, the wave was just right in the picture! haha

It was rough as hell out there!

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by deepsouthcharters

yeah, that is a friend of mine, the wave was just right in the picture! haha

It was rough as hell out there!

Is that Bagwell's ameracat ?

[capt hoop]

That is Lee's boat and it shows mike needs to go on a diet. Josh was that one of the trips he did for you?

[deepsouthcharters]

Originally Posted by capt hoop

That is Lee's boat and it shows mike needs to go on a diet. Josh was that one of the trips he did for you?

haha, no, we just ended up at the same place!