Sucky Mudhole Mahi Fishing

[Gerry Zagorski]

A real nice day but fishing was not so good

Started trolling on the North West side of the Mudhole in dingy water without a touch.. Lots of pots but no life.

Picked up and ran South East a found some cleaner water but I could not believe there wasn't a pot in site on the East ledge where we've seen pots almost every trip out. Had there been I think we would have done OK... We blind trolled the edge and the slope into the deep and nothing.

Picked up the lines and ran back to the west side where we had all the pots and did some pot hopping. We had 3 or 4 rats about the size of cocktails blues that were not even worth keeping.

Saw a lot of turtles this trip and for some reason all their shells were covered with barnacles.

Oh well... nice day to be out on the water... A little bumpy in the AM but flat as glass in the afternoon and for the ride home.