FINALLY - the boys didn't have to run all the way down to the Wilmington two trips in a row now. Capt. Phil's 5/8 on big-eye trip was up the line a little bite from the Wilmington Tuesday (finally got the pictures up here below) and the 48 Viking is coming back right now from the notches slightly closer to home with a mess of longfin and stories of big-eyes loved then lost.
I think they are sitting on an even dozen longfin. While it's nice fuel is much lower than it's been in years - it's just as nice to not have to run 100 miles the last couple trips and still put together a nice catch.