No barn burner out of the gates on our annual Pacific Edge five day but we covered plenty of ground in search of more productive zones offshore and scratched up a fair score of nice grade yellowtail in the process.

With the local offshore grounds taking what I suspect will be a short turn for the worse; it was time for us to go looking while setting ourselves up for the next move to one or more of the outside islands. By day's end we accomplished this goal and honestly discovered the water conditions we were hoping to find with only about one hour of daylight remaining in our long day of searching. This zone did produce a few fish but more importantly located us for our inevitable return to the outside as well as lined up our colleagues on the way down tomorrow. We will see.

In the meantime we have our work cut out for us as we are a little behind the ball in the production department. With any luck the change in scenery tomorrow will also include some fine results in the ready and waiting RSW tank. Good weather presently graces the effort so it is now up to our savvy and the fish gods to provide the opportunity our anglers are well prepared for.