We had some great fishing the past 2 days. Yesterday, we went down below Hatteras and found the bluefin tuna. We caught 12 fish from 30 to 50 pounds. Most were released, but we did keep our limit of ONE ( thank you Marine Fisheries). Today, we decided to go bottom fishing, and caught a bunch of bluefish, sea bass, and tiles. On the way home, we looked for stripers, but only found a pair of Humpback whales.
After a full month of work, the Frenzy has left the building! We stripped and fiberglassed the hull, faired her out for a first class paint job, installed a new bait station in the cockpit, installed new bow hatches, and painted the entire boat. Not a bad month’s work. If it wasn’t for all my good help, I never could have got it done. Thanks Dave, Sean, Sam, Aaron, Nick, and Kyle, Daniel, David and Marsial for all the hard work!
On Monday, we hauled the Frenzy to Briglia Boat Works in Wanchese for a some major improvements. After 31 years, the old girl is finally getting some fiberglass on her hull sides. We started with a torch and scraper to get most of the old paint off, and then used 8″ grinders with 36 grit to remove the rest. Fortunately, the wood planks were all in excellent shape, so with just a few minor repairs, we were able to lay the glass on Thursday. Friday morning we came back and ground the glass down so we could begin the finish work. Hopefully we will have some red paint on her right after Thanksgiving. Some great pictures are posted at: http://www.sportfishermen.com/board/f27/glassing-fishing-frenzy-58961.html
If anyone is interested in striper fishing this winter, I will be the mate on the Marauder in Virginia Beach. Captain Troy Crane and I will be at the Virginia Beach Fishing Center from the second week of December untill the end of February. Give me a call or e mail and we’ll set something up.
We caught 4 tuna and a limit of dolphin on the point today. Once again, the marlin fishing was excellent, the top boat had a total of 6 white marlin and 3 sailfish. I’mm going up that way tomorrow, hopefully we’ll find a few.