Wrightsville Beach Mahi Mahi and Barracudas, Nice day on the water!
After catching live menhaden and picking up clients, we headed out of Masonboro Inlet at 6:45. I was lucky to have a marine, his wife, and their two kids fishing with me today. I asked the kids what they wanted to catch and one said a dolphin and the other said a barracuda. There was still a lot of chop left over from the previous winds, but it was not to bad of a ride out. Started around 24 miles out in clean blue water and it wasn’t long until one of the reels went off. We had a dolphin on and it was putting on a good show. The kids took turns reeling in the fish and then it was finally mom’s turn to land the fish. Started fishing some more and another line went off. This fish ended up being about a 20lb barracuda. We caught some more barracudas and decided to head back in closer because it was getting closer to time to head to the hill. Even at around 12 miles out the water was clear, completely opposite of last week. We trolled for a little bit and then we had a hit on the downrigger, it was a king. Mom began fighting the fish and as we got it up to the boat it took a strong run and pulled the hooks. The wind began to blow so we went ahead back in, it was defiantly a beautiful day out there today. We got to see lots or porpoises and a group of bat rays.
