"We had a fun day of running and gunning on bird schools in the buffer Zone," reported Red Rooster III skipper Andy Cates October 27, "school-sized fish from 60 to 140 pounds. We fished until sundown and headed east to stay out in front of the Hurricane. Looks like nice weather inside tomorrow."

The next day he wrote, "We are still fishing at the Clarion Island Buffer Zone, therefore the connection to the wi-fi is none too good. But we have beautiful gorgeous weather! Less than 5-knot winds! So far we have a 210-pound yellowfin caught by Bob Michener and another one at 150 pounds. We are coming up on some nice-sized tuna, so fingers crossed that we can catch a few more cows! We are keeping an eye on the storm and moving northeast if we have to. We"ll report again soon."