Drifted all night for swords and think we had at least 2 sword runs but they came unbuttoned.  Had several runs of big blue sharks during the night but had no interest in those.  Had bluefish shred our baits during the night so had nothing to show for all night fishing.  Winds were nice and calm but picked up a bit after midnight but still manageable. 

At sunrise after our coffee, we dropped on the Osterfriesland but only managed bluefish and hideous conger eels.  Well OK, lets go try something very different and deep.  Find a nice spot in 850 feet of water and start bailing Black Bellied Rose Fish.  These little fish are very tasty, better than BSB (my opinion) but have to work a heck of a lot harder for them.  So we work this area and catch a whole bunch of these Rose fish.  Here is a typical stringer (got to use a bunch of hooks to make it worth the drop).

Then in the same area, we start picking up the best eating deep drop fish, Golden Tiles.  They have the taste and texture of lobster meat, no kidding.  Lupe gets a 14 lb Golden Tile.

Mike K get a very nice, very fat, 30 lb Golden Tile.  (it had a belly full of baby crabs)

I get a 14 lb Golden Tile.  These fish are so beautiful.

Had so many different fish come up today, I'm not sure I remember them all but caught bluefish, blue sharks, hake, conger eel, blue line tiles, golden tiles, BSB, black bellied rose fish, and even what I think was a Red Vermillion Snapper.  Beautiful weather and even made it home before the winds kicked up too bad. 

Until next time.