Our goal of positioning anglers for an opportunity on wahoo was accomplished, but not quite to the degree we were hoping for. The good news is that the fish we did land were fairly well distributed among anglers, and the size class was what we were aiming for. We did see sign of mixed grade dorado as well as potential for school size yellowfin, but our cap was set, and effort dedicated to targeting wahoo before the forecasted weather change arrived to rain on our parade. Our final trump card we were saving for a strong finish to the day failed us completely and left us holding the bag and hunkering down as we all became acquainted, or reacquainted, with the ultimate law of long range fishing. The law in these precincts dictates that what goes down must come up. As such we settled in for an uphill ride that definitely provided some excitement but was actually more civil than we anticipated at a significantly reduced velocity. The key in such conditions is to take your time, go easy, and recognize that no amount of consternation will change the elements. "It is what it is" is one of those pieces of wisdom we often reference to bolster the grit required to put adverse operating circumstances in their proper place. It works.

So, with our eighteen wahoo and couple of handfuls of miscellaneous gamesters in hand we head north in search of the final, but rapidly becoming critical, missing element of our vision of a highly successful long range voyage. We have the quality, we have the variety, now we need some form of red hot fishing where all anglers are engaged and some real quantity is coming over the rail. Of course this is my standard I am espousing, but no doubt the vast majority of long range anglers are in line with this perspective. Really it only takes one such bite on any length of voyage to launch it into that caliber of fishing unique to long range so we are hard driving with two full days remaining to get it done. Our northerly track, and the beloved forecasters are promising rapidly improving sea conditions ahead. That should help the cause. Regardless we are hard at it with a solid strategy in place for the next couple of days that will likely include one night anchored in a heavenly sheltered zone. You see, there is always a silver lining to be found.

Photos of the day feature anglers Jesse Salomon and Richard Agrusa obviously pleased with these couple of "skinnies" that fell for the marauders on the troll. Enjoy and look for tomorrow's report.

Tim

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