Did a solo trip trip the other night 1/28. Ran into a huge weedline in 300ft of H2O off the Tennaco on the way out. Boated 3 dolphin. Ran out of light and headed out to the grounds in glass. Cruized out at 36mph sitting down, like riding out in a Caddilac... Set up my spread. 2 jugs, 2 tips. 200, 300 and 100, 175 and a freeline. Started at the 49. About 45 minutes and the outside jug gets hit. Good fish! I tighten the drag to about 15 and he keeps taking line. I tighten down to 23 ( my preset ) and after 1/2 hour I get him close to the boat. I set the rod into the far rod holder and try to grab the leader. He runs again about 50 yards and then straight down. I decide to go to work and start making up line. First sign of the light stick and I pull the hooks... So my streak is broken 2 trips, 2 fish boated and another released.
I hear a US Navy warship hailing a SF boat about 6-8 miles north of me. They were practicing flight maneuvers and wanted a 6 mile perimiter. That was on 16. I pick up and run south again. This time I set up on the 49.5
I have tinkers all around the boat on this drift. Also 2 large schools of squids come into the lights. A swordie comes into the light chasing tinkers and is gone as fast as he appeared. I bring up a tip rod in hopes that it might get hit but notta. Waited about an hour and saw nothing/no hits. I heard (threesenough?) on 72 saying they see the front on their radar approaching and are going to pack it in. I look north and the sky is black! Forcast calls for it to get snotty after midnight so with dolphin in the fishbox I decide to call it a night. After pulling in the spread I get rained on as I'm leaving. I run in at 36 and only get about 5 minutes of rain. What an incredible night at sea. Like Jimmy Buffett say's, " You had to be there".
