Justin Fleck called in with this report from the Excel. "We left today on the Pelagic 16 day trip. We picked up a nice load of bait and cleared the point by 10:30 or so. We're going down heading for Hurricane Bank we'll we what how everything shapes up down there with the weather. We'll start out on the outside with the ability to work inside if we need to. He hope everybody had a good Holiday & we'll keep you informed."