I have been fishing with Andy Greenfield, on the L&H for a long time! Andy always takes a full day, but this time, the day Andy wanted to go, only the morning was available. I knew we would have to fish fast with the time we had. I stopped on the way home, the day before, to catch bait and it would prove to help out a lot. Andy was at the boat with his guests bright and early so off we went. A quick stop at the marker to net some pilchards and we headed out! The kites were up only minutes after sun rise and we started getting some nice sized kingfish immediately! Then from the tower I saw a big spray of flying fish and did my best to get lined up with whatever was chasing them! "Be Ready" I yelled down to the cockpit, as I knew that any second, whatever was chasing those flying fish would be on us. Then it happened, mahi mahi started eating everyhting we had out. Everyone worked great together and our team soon had a dozen nice mahi's in our icy hold. The kingfish continued to bite and soon we had six nice sized ones in the fishbox with the mahi's. One of the guys had a big shark on the deep line for a while but it was jsut too big and eventually broke off. The youngest angler of the group had his heart set on a sailfish, so I moved out a little deeper for the rest of the trip. Just before it was time to head back in, the sail we were after came to the left long kite bait. The young boy was now hooked to his first sailfish and it was jumping all over the place. He battled the sailfish like a pro and had the fish at boatside in short order. We took a few photos and set the tired sail free. We headed for the dock, where we cut filets for the hungry fishermen! It was a great trip for Andy and everyone else on the L&H that day!!!!
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