Feb 04 2010
Yellowtail Fever
On Sunday and Tuesday Awesome Charters was out at the Agulhas banks looking for yellowtail. Reports of these fine fighting fish being landed was coming in from various other boats and we were determined to get our share of yellowtail.
We had an early morning launch on Sunday and was at the 12 mile bank at 5am as the sun started to rise over the clear blue waters. We quickly made an anchor, got the baited lines in the water while a few of us started with some vertical jigging. It took about 5 minutes before the first “Fish On!” was heard and from there we caught yellowtail in regular sucession.
Today was a super day at sea with no wind and no swells, and both the Awesome boats were on the 12 mile bank as the sun came up over the horizon, looking for yellowtail.
Nothing makes an offshore angler’s blood boil more than a disparaging comment attacking the lures he’s pulling. I got set up like a bowling pin during the Miami International Boat Show this past year when I joined a table full of lure manufactures at the Clevelander bar. Capt. Jeremiah Nachtigal asked me what my favorite lures were while sitting across from the famous Hawaiian lure makers Bomboy Llanes and Marlin Parker. The Jack Daniels told me that the best course of action would be to piss the whole table off, so I blurted out, “They’re all the same, and I could whip anybody’s butt with four black Wide Ranges.”
In February we will be ready to take on the might Black and Striped Marlin during the 2 Oceans Marlin Competition. This competition runs from 10-14 Feb. The good news is that a few black marlin have already been spotted behind the 12 mile bank, and indictations are that we are in for a bumper tournament.
