The fish were further south yesterday. We ran from SP until we found any bait at all and then finally put out the spread. Within minutes, had a 43" to the boat and it stayed pretty hot all day
. We ended up with 20 to the boat, 2 good knockdowns and one lost. (Really, not an April 1 report). The hot bait of the day was a Warren's daisy chain in white. Most of the others came on white chutes fished high up off the boards. 1 on a chrome 19 tony way back.
The lesson that I have been learning over the last couple of seasons is that I don't put the spread out until I find decent marks. It took us close to 2 hours of big S turns to find anything worthwhile--but once we started fishing, it was totally worth it. We ended the day with some great gannet actions and a late flurry of fish and then a 25 mile run back to SP. Ran into B-faithful and crew there--nice to see you guys!
Hans