I know, it sounds like the opening line from a bad joke, but it’s true.  We spent the morning with Dan Fillenwarth and the boys trolling South and not doing much at all.  We stopped and did some drops with the electric reel and did manage to put a couple of Tile Fish, Rose Fish, and a nice Snowey Grouper (off the bottom in 820 feet of water!) in the box, so dinner was taken care of.  As we started to troll back to the North, the deep troll went off and the reel started screaming my favorite Wahoo tune.  At the same time, the shotgun rod went off and we wound in a World Class Rainbow Runner.  This is a clue!  Rainbow Runners never hang out in 800 feet without something to hang around.  Both Capt. Steve and I said the same thing at the same time, “There’s something floating around here!”

A few wide circles around the general area revealed a huge truck tire floating low in the water surrounded by the most outstanding pile of baitfish, Dorados, and 2 out of 4 Wahoos!

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