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| Bait showings |
On Saturday 30 March, Oom George,
Hannah, Rorke, Jan and I launched “Cyclone” off St Lucia. The youngsters had
come to St Lucia to pick up a few tips for the upcoming Gamefish Nationals. Our
first stop was on the bait shoals just past the backline. There were huge bait
shoals everywhere and it didn’t take long to fill the live well.
We headed out to the northern
ledges, but the water conditions were terrible… off green, reverse current, cold
and full of slime. Things did not look good. We trolled lures around for quite
some time and eventually found a current line where the warm water came in. I was
over pulling lures around so suggested we rig up a few livies and see if we
could tempt a fish. The current line was beautiful… tons of bait, foam, upwells,
you name it. The baits had been in the water a short while when the close surface
one went away. Hanna was on the rod and soon had a really nice dorado in the boat.
Not a bad start. I continued working the line while George assisted on the
deck. After about an hour, the close livie went away, followed in short
succession by the next surface bait and the medium line. With 3 dorado in the
air, it was fun and games and unfortunately two of the lines burnt off and the
last one pulled hooks! We thought it was all over when the rod in the T-top
went away with a 4
I made a few turns in the area but
didn’t get another pull so I moved on along the line. George took over skipper
duty while I helped check the baits and reset the lines. We had just settled
when I saw a splash out the back. There had to be a fish there but nothing…
moments later, the rod in the T-top went away again and Jan managed his second
fish for the day.
Unfortunately, despite trying a
few more things, we didn’t get another pull and at about 2pm we headed home.
