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Now that the offshore fishing season is in full swing in my area some friends and I decided to head offshore for some fishing. Pulled out of the driveway with Outrage in tow at 1am headed for Wachapreague VA. The plan was to head out to an area that we've fished before then continue out to the Norfolk Canyon. The area I fished last week, "3 buoys" on a friends boat where we caught a Mako, Tiger shark and 7 large Mahi 20lb class...After picking up the crew which consisted of Bryan, Billy and Brady (Brady also is a member here and has a 25 Outrage WD).

We had the boat in the water by 5am and the conditions were near perfect. Once we arrived approx 40 miles offshore we began trolling and picked up a nice Mahi and Blue Runner. We continue trolling the area with no luck so we decided to head further offshore in search of more fish. On the way, look who shows up.
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These Dolphin rode our bow wake for 15 minutes and were very vocal. They were just an arms length away. A very up close experince to say the least.
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We continued to troll around the area seeing many Mola-Mola, aka: Ocean sunfish, numerous sea turtles, and flying fish. We had several more strikes but none produced any fish very frustrating. Lost a nice Mahi when the hook pulled. The weather improved even more and the water temp reached 77 degrees. We also heard the Coast Guard firing there weapons, and saw what appeared to be Navy or Airforce jets practicing "dog fight manuvers"

We went back to the area we started, "3 buoys" and saw a small Mahi chasing our teaser jumping out of the water right behind the boat as if to give us an arial show. A short time later a big strike, fish on. Brady is on the fish.
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A short time later and the fish is in the boat.
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A great time on the water, home by 11pm a long trip but worth it. I'm looking forward to getting back out there hopefully we'll find the Tuna.