New Boat 1st Block trip
Left Swansea at 0400 Full moon nice cruise out of the bay went out east passage saw what I assumed were squid boats off Soco beaches
then I thought I had hit funny fish jack pot ! several schools of marauding fish cast after cast nothing but no birds , after watching for several minutes I think they were mullet . they were ravenous
the headed to SW side of the Island 3 waying eels got 2 30lb class bass and a few blues one guy hooked into what they assume was a shark the had on the line for an hour
went for some fluke but got hammered by sea bass and scup
a confused sea on the ride home i am feeling it a bit today but 105 miles round trip 100gal of gas 4 on the adults on the boat and burned a Quarter of a tank of gas nice trip but i'll drive closer next time
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