The reason why so many people enjoy fishing is the unknown factor. Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates is the perfect analogy when it comes to picking trips and this trip was the perfect example of the unexpected. Not to say that catching cows this time of year is uncommon, but we didn't exactly leave the dock knowing that the only outfit we would be using is the big gear. This reminds us of when we used to fish the islands down below.

The last thing one would want to hear when leaving the dock was that fishing was wide open, and the best report you could hear would be of scratch fishing. The reason for that would be that there would be a pretty good chance that in the three and a half day travel down, fishing would change. We guess that the moral of the story is that it is impossible to predict how fishing is going to be and one just has to join the adventure with a good attitude and understand that this is fishing. Charter master Extraordinaire, Mike Farnsworth, and his group of guys were the perfect example. When we told them leaving the dock about the previous weeks tough fishing and conditions most everyone did not even flinch - the overall consensus was that everyone would be ready to enjoy their vacation and make the best of it.

As for today's report, we woke up in the morning after a very windy night ready for our last fishing day. Right away we had a small spot of fish that really wanted to bite. We had 40-80lb fish going through the corner, biting good, and we had 10 to 15 fish hooked up at a time for about 45 minutes. After the commotion was over, we had put aboard well over thirty fish with several fish weighing over 100lbs. What was laying on deck after an hour, we would be proud to have caught in an entire day at the "Lupe" or the "Stones".

The rest of the day was spent looking for cows and we found a couple of stops where we had our shots - we ended up the day with seven fish from 160-238lbs.

Today's pictures are the Seattle boys and Derek Davis with his 236lb fish. Our second picture is Pete Jones and the guys with the trip's last fish put aboard that weighed in at 238lbs. We feel extremely fortunate with our lucky timing on the grounds. We truly appreciate the one fish over three (there were 5 caught in the fleet during this time frame), the thirteen over two and the numerous other quality fish that we caught.