On Friday we took the first half of the day to relax. Been quite active each day since we arrived, so the group was in need of a break. Plus, Cindy and I had some phone calls to make for job opportunities!
Other friends from Jacksonville arrived around 1pm. They planned on arriving a day early, staying with us for a night then checking into their house on Saturday afternoon. Helped them with dropping their boat in the water and navigating back to our dock. 5 of us then loaded up the new boat and drove a few miles south to the reef for a shot at Yellowtail fishing. Spent a couple hours, but only caught a few undersized fish and some fresh ballyhoo for bait. Back at the house, we consumed some of the best frozen margaritas while relaxing in the pool. Enjoyed a delicious lobster mac and cheese for dinner.
Weather forecast for Saturday was looking optimal for an offshore fishing trip, so the 3 guys agreed on a 545am alarm. Conditions were great on our sunrise excursion on the dual console Key West boat. Arrived at the humps around 8am and began trolling immediately since we were the first boat. Lots of action to start, but only dinky black fin tuna giving us an arm workout. Something huge devoured one of the bite size tuna and almost spooled my reel when it dove deep. About an hour into our laps around and over the hump we had a double header of mahi. Around 1030 we finally had a good strike and pulled in a nice tuna. A second pass over the same area incurred another good strike, but the man in the grey suit (aka Shark) enjoyed a bite of it. Luckily still pulled into the whole mangled fish. Packed up and drove back to the house at mid-day.
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