| Nyati Overnight Offshore Report
Port Aransas,
TX
April 7th-8th, 2005
Report by Scott 'OldSalt' Nelson |
YT, Troy, Matt, Rodney, Jim, Scott Andrews, and I headed offshore
to the floaters Thursday around noon on the NYATI. The seas were favorable,
so we made good time.
We arrived about 5:00 p.m. and decided to troll for marlin and yellowfin
until dark. Other than a blackfin, the trolling was uneventful, so we got
ready for the main event--the nighttime yellowfin bite.
Right after sunset, we started noticing a few yellowfin blowing
up on the surface. We threw topwaters for awhile, but had no takers. Thereafter,
we started jigging blackfin for chunk baits. Almost every drop of a diamond
jig would produce a blackfin. We ended up catching 45-50, saving 27 for the
table and cutting up the rest for bait.
Matt started the yellowfin bite with one in the 40# range. We
then fished until sunrise, picking one off here and there. We ended up with
5 yellowfin, all in the 40-50# class. Three were caught on chunks, 1 on a
flying fish, and 1 on a live bait. Strangely, the bread and butter bait,
flying fish, were not around the lights.
During the night, we caught a 6-7' dusky or silky which was
picking off our chunks. We released him, but he had some short-term memory
problems, so we kept catching him throughout the night.
The next morning, we trolled around the rig, picking up 3 wahoo and 2 nice
oceanic bonita/skipjack tuna.
We trolled a bit the rest of the day before heading in to clean a big mess
of quality fish.
Once again, Thanks YT for another sweet fish-catching trip on the NYATI.
- Scott
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