Blue DRagon Charters AJ's!!!

[kapoc]

We took a charter of 4 to the Blue today looking for their first AJ experance. We put to sea with 5 doz spot and croaker in the well to make their last trip and a energetic crew that was ready to do battle. We cleared the cape and started our 50 mile trip to the tower into a head on sea (thanks for missing the forcast again NOAA) so we slowly plowed our way to the spot. After 33 long hours we saw the erie shape of the tower loom out of the smoke and we pulled back the sticks and gotthe rods ready. Made one pass around to mark the fish and it looked like they were READY nothing but streaks headed up to see what the noise on top was. Out went 4 live baits and down went 4 rod tips in seconds and it remained that way all day we jigged, live baited and then i got told that there were two spinning rods that i needed to put through the ringer so we grabed a big zara spook and within 3 ft of walking the dog a 52 in AJ crushes it so i put the stops to it and after a 15 min battle we grab him then we did the same a few more times and switched to a jig and continued to crush them. Around 1:30 the charter said somthing like we catch one more and i'll have a stroke so we pointed the bow north to hit a few bouys on the way back among other things. When we got to the first few bouys we saw a trio of cobia swimming around the bouy but were being picky then the phone rings. One of the other Charter Capts at the dock was watching the weather and saw a set of boomers heaeded right down our gullets. so we bagged it and started to play dodge the storms all the 12 miles back to the dock.

Final Tally
28 Amberjack to 52 inches
1 sore crew the next day

[Catch-All]

kapoc - those reef donkeys will knock the stuffing out of your PFD's for sure!

Catch

[knock down]

I was one of the crew on that charter trip , Capt Mike went above & beyond!!! The man is a machine & he worked his Ass off to give us one hell of a trip!!!!!! ( thanks Mike ! ) It was rough getting out to the tower that day , but once we saw the tower I knew that it would be all worth while . We were the only boat out there After the first pass with all rods down at the same time & the Chinese fire drills begining well let's just say the rest is a blur!!!! It seems that if you didn't have a rod in hand Capt Mike would make sure you did Take it from me the Mike is Proffesional , & Passionate about his fishinf & he truly cares about his clients! I will HIGHLY recomend him to any one who wants to have a good , fun , safe day on the water!If it can be caught then look no further , Mike can catch it! Not taking nothin away from other charter capts out there! If these men didn't enjoy it they thierselves would not be in buisness ! I was just very impressed with how Mike never stopped & kept on going ! now if ya'll will excuse me I need some more MOTRIN Take care & tight lines to ALL