Excellent Excellent Epic report Carole!!!!
I'm sorry, but I had to LMAO at the catching the Choppers (Bluefish) on the boat story... and I'm still laughing!!!
It makes me want to hop in the truck and drive the 5 hours down to the coast and get on a boat!!! I love the deep sea fishing, and the smell of deisel exhaust, cut bait, and salt air mix is like the sweetest perfume to me... but has sent many a landlubber to the railing to "chum"!
Using the thumb of your rod hand to lay the line on your conventional reel is a trick only experience will give you.
The surf fishing report was awesome as well, man I was hoping y'all would land that fish!!!
Fishing the surf just before and right after a hurricane is always the best with some huge fish and fish you wouldn't normally catch at any other time.
Thank you very much for those 2 reports!!!
... now if you'll excuse me... I have to go fondle my saltwater tackle...