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Bill Dance went offshore! (Pictured above in the blue)

citations:

(2)WHITE MARLIN: caught and released by Timothy T. Brown of Newport News, VA

WHITE MARLIN: caught and released by Paul A. Rice of Williamsburg, VA on the Backlash

WHITE MARLIN: caught and released by Todd V. Duncan of Carrollton, VA on the Gannet

WHITE MARLIN: caught and released by Jerry Finnegan of Greer, SC on the Gannet

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The offshore boats did AWESOME today!!  We have not had many boats go out lately because of the weather.  After the nor'easter and all the windy days last week the seas have not been too friendly for our boats and anglers to get out there to go fishing.  However, today was a great day out on the water.

We have evidence that Tuna are showing up again! Because it was so crazy with all the boats showing up at once, it was hard to get pictures of all the catches. However, we were able to glance out the window every few minutes and see the fish being carted to the fish cleaning stand. Yellowfin Tuna and Dolphin graced our docks after a long lull of Tuna being scarce. The captains said there were as many Dolphin out there as you wanted, but most of the charters wanted the big action of Billfishing. At least they got what they came for!

The Billfish have certainly made a big showing.  Almost every boat has come back with between one and six flags.  For those of you that don't know the flags are representation of the Billfish that were caught.  If the flags are right side up, then the fish are being brought back to the dock, but if the flags are upside down that means that the fish were released. (Sometimes the charter forgets and shows the flags right side up on accident in the pictures. So if you see the flag is right side up in the picture, but you don't see the billfish itself, it may have been an honest mistake (: ) Most of the time Billfish are released.  However, if for some reason the fish dies or it is a Swordfish, they will bring the fish back to the docks.  Another fun fact about Billfish flags is that the boats are only allowed to keep the flags displayed on the boats until noon the next day.  If the flags are left up after noon the following day, then it is considered false advertising.  It makes it look like the flags were caught that day.  Because of this, the captains and the mates have a rule that if you leave you flag up past noon, that they are allowed to climb on your boat, take your flag down, and nail it to the dock.  Most of our guys will let it slide, but every now and then the captains will come back to a flag nailed to the dock behind their boat.

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