5/23 Wrightsville Beach King Mackeral and AJS

Monday, May 24, 2010

Today was a fun fishing day with my brother, Danielle, Kate, and Alexa.  With no luck finding any pogeys the call was to just troll dead bait.  The ocean was slick calm and after we made a few passes with tre trolling gear out we decided to bring it in and break out the poppers.  First cast the fish missed.  Second cast, she wasn’t so lucky.  With a sloid hookup i handed kate the rod and she fought her first amberjack like a champ.  Landing a decent sized amberjack around heavy structure is not an easy feat but she did an awesome job.  Unfortunately Zack dropped the fish overboard before the picture so she had to catch another.  Cast the popper and it was on again almost immediately.  Once again, Kate was on the rod and she whooped that fish to the surface in no time.  The next hookup was Alexa and she did a great job fighting the fish.  After the amberjack bonanza, we went back to trolling and managed a few kings before it was time to come in.