Post by tylerdurden on May 5, 2010 11:31:34 GMT -5
woke up at 6:30 today for some reason so farted around till bout 7 or so and went out fishing, stopped and got some frozen sardine just a pound. And got out to my spot at around 8
Nothing doing on the dines so caught a few pinners which were really hard to get this morning, had some hard hits on them but for some reason couldnt set the hook on those so I switched back to the dines
This is where it gets interesting, grouper were all over those all small tho but got progressively bigger to about 19 in.
But alas the trigger fish moved into my spot and couldnt keep the sardines on the hook. Dang it
So I get my cast net maybe I can net some pinners but instead I see a school of mullet about 8 in long. Got about 2 dozen of those but like an idiot only kept 5. Tried a live one but didnt get anything so I switched back to dines with again having the bait get stolen
Eventually I cut one up and put it on, BAM fat barely 22 incher. Sweet!!! First keeper of the new year. Next I put the head on, and get a 20 incher. Then a damn heron grabs half of one of my mullet while I am taking the small one off. Put on the head and wait, nothing really going on for bout 10 minutes so light me up a cigarette
BAM, this one fought like a garbage truck, man it is awesome to bend your stiff rods into a U on a big fish. Up comes a FAT nearly 24 incher
Caught my limit today before 10:30. Was able to keep the same steel leader all day, tried some new 80 lb mono but it just breaks at the swivel. Heres a pic of the last fish
Get your fishing in boys the grouper are here, also heard they are catching them on the reefs off the gulf pier at fort d along with trout. Might be last chance before that oil screws up everything
Nothing doing on the dines so caught a few pinners which were really hard to get this morning, had some hard hits on them but for some reason couldnt set the hook on those so I switched back to the dines
This is where it gets interesting, grouper were all over those all small tho but got progressively bigger to about 19 in.
But alas the trigger fish moved into my spot and couldnt keep the sardines on the hook. Dang it
So I get my cast net maybe I can net some pinners but instead I see a school of mullet about 8 in long. Got about 2 dozen of those but like an idiot only kept 5. Tried a live one but didnt get anything so I switched back to dines with again having the bait get stolen
Eventually I cut one up and put it on, BAM fat barely 22 incher. Sweet!!! First keeper of the new year. Next I put the head on, and get a 20 incher. Then a damn heron grabs half of one of my mullet while I am taking the small one off. Put on the head and wait, nothing really going on for bout 10 minutes so light me up a cigarette
BAM, this one fought like a garbage truck, man it is awesome to bend your stiff rods into a U on a big fish. Up comes a FAT nearly 24 incher
Caught my limit today before 10:30. Was able to keep the same steel leader all day, tried some new 80 lb mono but it just breaks at the swivel. Heres a pic of the last fish
Get your fishing in boys the grouper are here, also heard they are catching them on the reefs off the gulf pier at fort d along with trout. Might be last chance before that oil screws up everything
