Post by jmfishin on Aug 31, 2009 17:05:59 GMT -5
after having no luck the last ten trips a few miles out , i decide to go stealth mode in the little boat. baitshop had a nice selection of TINY shrimp only. got a couple of them and 1/2 doz pins. why? , i dont know. never caught a fish on a live pin before.
get in the boat and scoot over 200 yards to some nice mangroves.had incoming tide till 1030.
cast a big pin under the trees and soon hook up to a fish. i cant beleave this crap. i actualy got something.get em close and dad nets a 22" redfish. now im gettin happy and cast out another. bam, fish on. peelin drag just like the last one but turns out to be a 18" grouper. then the bite slowed.we bagged a few pins to cut upand made a short move to a point. only a few small hits on the topwater. soon we were surounded by mullet, stingrays and plent of huge redz. missed a few but no hookups. and after a little while we move another 75' toss some chum out and i cast a pinfish head . soon hook up with a monster. but after a good fight he cuts me off.
now i gotta get dad on some fish. take his puney shrimp off and give him a lucky pinfishhead. soon his reels screamin and he lands a hefty 26"er. mission accomplished.
by now were bakin and about ready to go until dad hooks up again with another head. but this fish is even bigger, and much stronger.we only had 15pp/20 leader. and dad cant gain any line whatsoever. pull up anchor and the chase is on.after runnin em down she real got tired and i got her in da boat. we didnt want to take the time to measure, but gotta be atleast 30''
took a pic and then helped her out til she was ready.
a man in a kayack moved in, we gave him the rest of our bait, told him were to fish and then took off home.
all fish were set free.
i got some nice pics but my comp. is all screwed up and cant post them.
i got them on my phone and can send them to an email if someone wants to put them up.
tune in tomorrow for a second try
get in the boat and scoot over 200 yards to some nice mangroves.had incoming tide till 1030.
cast a big pin under the trees and soon hook up to a fish. i cant beleave this crap. i actualy got something.get em close and dad nets a 22" redfish. now im gettin happy and cast out another. bam, fish on. peelin drag just like the last one but turns out to be a 18" grouper. then the bite slowed.we bagged a few pins to cut upand made a short move to a point. only a few small hits on the topwater. soon we were surounded by mullet, stingrays and plent of huge redz. missed a few but no hookups. and after a little while we move another 75' toss some chum out and i cast a pinfish head . soon hook up with a monster. but after a good fight he cuts me off.
now i gotta get dad on some fish. take his puney shrimp off and give him a lucky pinfishhead. soon his reels screamin and he lands a hefty 26"er. mission accomplished.
by now were bakin and about ready to go until dad hooks up again with another head. but this fish is even bigger, and much stronger.we only had 15pp/20 leader. and dad cant gain any line whatsoever. pull up anchor and the chase is on.after runnin em down she real got tired and i got her in da boat. we didnt want to take the time to measure, but gotta be atleast 30''
took a pic and then helped her out til she was ready.
a man in a kayack moved in, we gave him the rest of our bait, told him were to fish and then took off home.
all fish were set free.
i got some nice pics but my comp. is all screwed up and cant post them.
i got them on my phone and can send them to an email if someone wants to put them up.
tune in tomorrow for a second try
