Topsail Angler's Fishing Blog

Gulf Stream March 31st

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Mother nature finally gave us another fine March day to make it out near to the gulf stream.  The seas were under 2’ with very little wind in the morning but the wind picked up for a choppy ride home.  I went with a friend in his 28’ McKee Craft, very nice boat!  The more popular places like Same Ole and the Nipple were loaded with boats, I counted over 20. The water temperature was 70 degrees with a nice break going to 72 very close to the structure we were fishing. While it wasn’t a fierce bite, they were chewing pretty good out there with some steady catching experienced by many of the boats.

Folks that were trolling caught some nice wahoo, mainly on the deep planers (Old Salty #32) with red/black being a favorite color combination for the day.  There were also some very nice catches of Yellow Fin tuna, most were in the 30-50 pound range and we heard of a couple of black fin tunas being caught too but we didn’t see any of those ourselves.  The jiggers were doing well too.  Lots of nice grouper and some pompano, triggers and of course Amber Jacks.  A reliable source told me of two nice AJ’s over 100 pounds each being caught!  I think we’ll see some pictures of those soon  

Overall it was an awesome day with some decent catching going on.  It should just get better and better as the water warms and hopefully the seas will lay out enough for us to go get ‘em!