No big bluefin bonus for the offshore effort but we were long in good fortune witnessing one of the ocean's great phenomena's while prospecting for the wary beasts. Beginning our day in fifteen knots of breeze with a substantial mixed swell, conditions appeared ominous to some with dark clouds and misty skies casting a strange feel to the morning. Typical of conditions following a tropical low pressure system the signs changed rapidly as the wind shifted directions dropped in velocity and ultimately abated to nothing as the afternoon progressed into evening. What an incredible day to work offshore as the evening glass off, crisp atmosphere, and razor sharp images combined in a collage of breathtaking beauty. I hesitate to get too flowery but it really was a spectacular image. As far as the fishing was concerned things were looking rather grim at first with a long morning that produced virtually nothing leading into a long afternoon that was beginning to appear just as bleak. Low and behold however just when one thinks it is over something seems to pop up and it did this time in the form of a beautiful kelp holding a voracious school of good sized dorado. Overall it was just what we needed as we have had our fill of tuna and other than trophy class fish we were hoping for alternative species. It was short but sweet and when it was over we had a nice shot of 12 - 25# class dorado for the effort. A fine note to end the trip on and we did just that preparing to head out again tomorrow on our annual Mike Ross "Sternhog" adventure. Grease calm weather is in the forecast so let's hope we can put it good use doing some finding and catching.