Captain’s Log, Mid-July 1983: Weather clear, wind forecast 10 to 15 knots from the southwest, switching at night to south, 3 to 6, then southeast 12 to 18 the next two days. Seas: 2 to 4, 1 to 2, 3 to 5, then 6 to 8 — not a bad forecast.Matter of fact, it was flat-ass calm when we left for our trip to an area near the 100-fathom line called the Dip. I met captains Mike Forman and Jamie Hummel at Indian Cove Marina that morning where my Makaira was berthed. Mike and Jamie had fueled the boat already, and stocked it with 1,800 pounds of ice, day baits and swordfish rigs, along with our normal food — three gallons of milk, Twinkies, three pounds of baloney, three pounds of ham, three pounds of turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, mayo, Nestlé Quik, four-dozen eggs, two pounds of cheese, 16 hard rolls and, on standby, a case of Spam. Unfortunately, ...![Sport Fishing Mag]()
