Fished south of my usual area today and it was a wild ride in and I'm glad I got back inside before the turn of the tide or getting back inside might have been interesting. It wasn't blowing too hard, but man did the swells and chop build in a hurry, plus I was overloaded

with friend Drew and a couple hitch hikers. Let a 32 lber go that gave me a great fight and drew had one on that I had to chase to can line and even I could see that fish rubbing on the bottom by watching the tip of his rod shake; fish won and broke him off. Sent Drew home with a nice bag of fillets and I'm firing up the grille myself for a Patriots bbq.