Carmine's Fishing Trip Report

HK fishermen:

May 9, 2010

Onboard:

Alex Pozza
Gianni Balzano
Raffaele Impagnatiello
Rune Evensen
Carmine Vastola

Departed cwb: 5:15 am

Returned cwb : 4:30 pm

We departed with a forecast of good sea conditions and reports of early morning fog from  the previous day.  After heading for fuel the reality that the visibility was fine sunk in and we were off to the 60 mile rig and tanker…  lines were in by 8:30 with 80f water and some old sea which was flattening out.

We trolled the rig, tanker and nearby mooring drum with some action.  Most of the fish were dorado with a few barracuda boated.  Total 5 dorado to 15lbs and 2 small cudas.  We did not see any tuna or rainbow runner.  Looking back at previous spring fishing this seems old as many tuna and rainbow runner were boated during previous year's spring trips.  After about 4 hours working the area we trolled for home, we found dorado under all significant sized debris , with the first fish of the season  tagged, released.  We did not see many flying fish which again seemed odd as there were many last weekend fishing inshore.

We picked up at about 47 miles for a short flight home!!!!

Looking for good weather and some overnight trips in the coming weeks drop me  a note I  you are interested

p.s. with chef Wong being out of commission for this trip "Gianni" who's restaurant "ONLY BUONASERA"  is located in Tst Center brought along an outstanding lasagna….  Thanks Gianni we will be looking for you on future trips…