Post by riverviewsteve on Nov 5, 2010 0:49:22 GMT -5
Arrived at the NSP around 1am and stayed till noon.
I saw a few nice macks none mine, lots of silver
trout. None very large. I did manage to get six
big enough to take home but threw a bunch
back. One shark fell off as I was bringing it
up. Mr. catfish a couple. Plenty of ladyfish again.
Big devils to. My florida fish book says the
average is 1 to 2 pounds but the last three
times I been out I have caught and seen many
that had to be better than three. The greenbacks
were as thick as I've ever seen them out there.
Sometimes the water was just boiling. Looked like
you coulda walked on them. You could drop your
sabiki down and just pull it back up and most of
them were just hooked in the back or tail or eyeball.
Something else. But the thrill of the day. I have seen
pictures of Goliath Groupers but really had no idea
how big they got. The guy next to me caught one
with a very large ladyfish. When he finally got it
to the surface it was a whopper. I'm just estimating
I'm not an expert but I'm going to venture that thing
was at least 200 pounds. Wow! Don't know what kind
of line he had but it musta been heavy. Anyway that's
my report. Oh and yes they let it go.
riverviewsteve USN Retired
Probably be out again around 1am on Tues morning.
At least I hope so.
I saw a few nice macks none mine, lots of silver
trout. None very large. I did manage to get six
big enough to take home but threw a bunch
back. One shark fell off as I was bringing it
up. Mr. catfish a couple. Plenty of ladyfish again.
Big devils to. My florida fish book says the
average is 1 to 2 pounds but the last three
times I been out I have caught and seen many
that had to be better than three. The greenbacks
were as thick as I've ever seen them out there.
Sometimes the water was just boiling. Looked like
you coulda walked on them. You could drop your
sabiki down and just pull it back up and most of
them were just hooked in the back or tail or eyeball.
Something else. But the thrill of the day. I have seen
pictures of Goliath Groupers but really had no idea
how big they got. The guy next to me caught one
with a very large ladyfish. When he finally got it
to the surface it was a whopper. I'm just estimating
I'm not an expert but I'm going to venture that thing
was at least 200 pounds. Wow! Don't know what kind
of line he had but it musta been heavy. Anyway that's
my report. Oh and yes they let it go.
riverviewsteve USN Retired
Probably be out again around 1am on Tues morning.
At least I hope so.
