It was August 31 and our first fish day in the 31st Annual MRMTC Offshore Open we were the second boat out of the inlet at midnight and on our way to what we hoped was a great day of fishing.
We putted at idle for a few miles through the Irene debris field and then throttled up to lock in a lines in time of 5:30am, well 4 miles out and 14.5 kts later we catch one of these
I was on the wheel and felt the wrap immediately on the port side, went to neutral, threw the underwater lights on and whoa, chocolate milk- nobody was swimming in that crap (literally it was poo water) limped in on one got our fish day cancelled and went for haul out.
Some thought it would make a nice hairpiece but I'm more of a "summer" and prefer natural fibers over poly.
After removal and No damage we ended our tournament fishing Thursday and Saturday.
The most notable part of the story is that on the way in our crippled condition we had 2 of the 4 boats fishing with us offer to turn around and tow us in, one had already rigged a bridal and was turning to get us...... total class acts.
We have a nice little fishing club- thought it would be nice to tell a good news "people" story today.
