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A Great Day on the Atlantic


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Update 141020

The air was absolutely still as we puttered out of Quinby Harbor, Virginia, US, this morning. The Sun had just peeked above the SE horizon and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The inlet was almost totally without a wave and there wasn’t a ripple on the sea surface. 

The SeaWyf cruised at 27 knots to the first piece of bottom to be tried. We sighted a number of dolphins, gannets, terns, gulls and pelicans along the way. Instead of anchoring immediately, we drifted over the debris to see if there was any life. As soon as our rigs hit the bottom, a gentle breeze began. Within 10 minutes it was blowing around 10 knots out of the SSW. There were many small picks and a few undersized sea bass were brought up. Not enough to keep us there.

A half hour later the wind increased to about 15 and a good chop had begun. We were drifting over the second wreck of the day. Same thing, lots of small hits. A decision had to be made: Either stick it out here and anchor up or head to another wreck which was about 10 miles S. Due to the deteriorating conditions, the former option was taken.

Anchoring over the piece was relatively easy because of the stiff breeze. As soon as Ruta’s line hit the bottom, a strong fish was on it: Our first triggerfish of the day.

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The action was almost nonstop for a couple of hours. Small sea bass, a lot of triggers, toadfish, flounder and a cunner made up the catch. However, the best fish of the day award went to Ruta for a beautiful 7 pound three ounce sheepshead.

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Astonishingly, there were no keeper sea bass.

The conditions kept getting worse so we pulled anchor a few hours earlier than expected and made the 45 minute run back to Quinby Inlet. Nice that we had a following sea. Would have been tough heading into those waves.

Of course, we got to the inlet at dead low tide. It’s always harrowing running that stretch of water at the bottom of the tide. But we carefully picked our way through the breakers without incident.

Another great day on our Atlantic wilderness.

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