Time to start hunting for bluefin!

The wind has been relentless, but we always have these windy days in September, it is also hurricane season so all things considered it could be worse! We saw onThursday Capt. Steve and crew on the meat wagon out of Chincoteague caught this 64” Bluefin on a spinning rod and jig! Which is awesome to see, they didn’t say where they caught it, but I’d be willing to bet they weren’t to far offshore, specially with the conditions how they’ve been, and based off where we caught them last fall/winter. Spots out of Chincoteague like “The Hill” (37° 31.300’ 75° 22.010’) or 21 Mile Hill (37° 25.870’ 75° 12.060’) would be my guess as to where they may have caught it. To the north good places to look now would be Masseys Canyon, 19 Fm lump, South Paw, 20 Fm Fingers, in that area, however they will eventually push in even further inshore, like last year by the second week of November they were stacked up at Femwick Shoal and Isle of Wight Shoal and the Bass Grounds. The Wahoo and Billfish should still be around too, there is an eddy just east of the Wilmington that’s looking really good, for anyone looking for billfish or big eyes, I’d say the Wilmington is looking great, and that eddy should continue to push south and possibly even further inshore with this system that’s moving in from the north east. We’ll be keeping an eye on things over the weekend and getting prepared for when this wind does eventually die out! Tight Lines!