Good Fishing Despite a Handicap

[KnotNancy]

[font "Arial"][size 2]WOW!! Its been awhile since I've fished offshore. The weather had us canceling a few trips and I've done some instructional trips for bait and inshore fishing. We left the dock at 9:30 am this morning for a day of offshore fishing on the big boat. We bought bait to save time. This would prove to be a good move. As we were going out Haulover Inlet, we felt a lot of vibration and the turbos did not kick in like they should have. We stopped outside the Inlet to check the engine room and found it full of smoke. We immediately shut down the starboard engine, turned on the blowers, and waited for the smoke to clear. There was no immediate danger of fire, so we put out a bait in hopes of catching a spanish mackerel. The owner was busy making calls to his mechanic so we could determine what the problem might be and decide what we were going to do. Meanwhile, it didn't take long for the pilchard to be eaten and we put a nice mackerel in the fishbox. Everything was under control in the engine room. Since the seas were 1-2 foot, we decided to work our way slowly offshore while slow trolling several live pilchards. We went as deep as 400' and then worked our way back in. All our action came in two distinct areas. In the 18 - 60 foot range, we caught 2 mackerel, 2 kingfish, and 1 sailfish. In the 275 - 300 foot range, we caught 1 shark and 1 sailfish. Everyone on board was very pleased with the action we had despite the handicap of only 1 engine. It just goes to show, that even with a handicap, you can still have a good days fishing.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Captain Dave Kostyo[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Knot Nancy Fishing Charters[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]305 620-5896 Charter[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]305 732-2628 Beeper[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][#800080][size 2][url "http://www.knotnancy.com"]www.knotnancy.com[/url][/size][/#800080][/font] [font "Arial"][#0000ff][size 2][url "mailto:nkostyo@bellsouth.net"]nkostyo@bellsouth.net[/url][/size][/#0000ff][/font]
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[davetclown]

thanks for your report and... [center][/center]
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