Memorial Day Deep Drop

[Stan]

Jae and four others chartered Blind Date for another deep drop trip in Norfolk Canyon. We had a beautiful ride out and very pleasant weather until the last part of the ride home. First fish was caught within minutes of dropping, and we were rewarded with a 54 lb Golden Tilefish. Fishing was a little slow most of the day, but we ended up with two goldens, twenty nice blueline tilefish, several black bellied rosefish, and a few hake. All in all, a great day of fishing. Didn't see any other boats in the canyon, except for one commercial longliner.

[theswimmer]

Thanks for the report. Thats a lot of food.
How deep did you fish?

[conchydong]

That is a pig for sure Stan. I saw it on the other site yesterday. Way to go.

[Stan]

Got that one in about 100 fathoms.  We generally fish 50 fathoms for the bluelines, and between 75 and 150 fathoms for the goldens.  Couldn't find any barrelfish, wreckfish or grouper.

[SacFly]

That's a heck of a nice tilefish.  They are so tasty.

[Steve-O]

Nice report, thanks for sharing. Superb Golden Tilefish! my one and only ever caught was a tasty 10 pounder off the NC coast.

[coastal_dan]

Very nice Golden!  Sounds like a nice day of fishing with plenty to eat.  Can't wait to fish with you in July.

[newport]

Nice fish. How long are these trips usually?

[Alto Mare]

Very nice!

[Dominick]

Keep those fishing reports coming.  Good job.  Dominick