Did it again, i love this boat!

[eaglesfanguy]

Well i did it again....... Headed to tarpon springs for once again. one of the best fishing trips of my life! 10 hrs of weight lifting. Those damn tarpon springs fish are mean!
We headed out of the nastalgic waters of the sponge docks. Bit chilly and choppy. But man the day was beautifull!
Capt. Jessy jr. our confident and accomplished captain headed us west.... lil over 2 hrs later we were dropping anchor..... Excitement was abound... from my lil buddy Thomas, to my older buddy Dean.. we were ready. I was armed with frozen bonita, ladyfish, whole squid, and a single 9 inch moray eel. Hope it was legal for bait.............
Once i find out it was Aok. I will plug my favorite bait shop!.
We get on site and boom i am bit.... horse grunt.. on a huge chunk of bonita.. Love it.. Musta been a 2lb grunt.
Drop down another slab of Bonita.. ... Ohh yes... there he is.. im doubled over.. head shakes and rod pumping.. i gets me a pretty 8 lb gag... Well my money is well spent.... I got my first gag "IN SEASON"! WOOOT>

Keep at it.. and thump i am hung up with something that is not at all happy with his new lip jewelery...... got the first 10 ft...... And were at a stalemate... he shaking madboy... then POP! Stupid leader......
Tie up again.. drop another chunk of bloody bonita down.. Boom.. another big boy... Still again got 10 ft.. stalemate.. everyone watching.. ohh this a biggun.. Pop.

Now i am getting the double you tee eff.........

"Sound it out. Were not allowed to actually post the acronym"
I will never ever buy Berkely vanish flourocarbon leader again. I was using 40lb mamoi mono. 50 and 60lb berkely vanish flouro leader.. it just kept breaking . Once at the knot, once and the hook knot, twice tying the improved clinch knot. I even went as far as to tie 2 leaders for one hook. Still got popped. one about 10 inches from the other. All clean breaks. Man was that frusterating.

Anyway.. Jessy Jr. put me on the fish.. I just had inferior tackle.. Now as for how the boat did.... OMG.. theres a few grouper left in the gulf..... Heres a few pics.

















And our pool fish winner was a nice young man by the name of Thomas. He fishes every chance he gets. Even dreams about fishing. Well , lil man got his pay day.


Congratulations Thomas. hope to see you out on the Twogeorgesfishingfleet soon.
I'm telling you guys, you have to try em.
Fast, friendly, full of knowledge. Screw those ignorant grunt wagon tourist boats. Give em a try.. Pictures don't lie!

www.twogeorgesdeepseafishing.com

[blacktip]

nice fish

[boanro]

Was on this same trip and had a great time as usual. Always a good hard working crew. Eaglesfanguy, hope you won't mind me jumping in and adding my story of the day.
Wife and I went out on the 2 Georges on Sunday for a 10 hour trip. Now this was my 4th trip out looking for grouper. Day one of season, I went out on an 8 hour charter, nothing. Next day, 10 hours with 2 Georges, nothing. Next week 12 hours with Gulfstar, nothing. Plenty of fish caught, just none in the legal range. So this was my final shot for the season. First stop, within 10 minutes, I finally got the nod from the grouper gods and had a keeper gag in the box. Yeah! Now I was hoping my wife would get one on her first trip out. About half way through the day, wife has something pullin her to the rail. She's fighting to turn it and then bam! the drag on my Penn 4.0 gives out and the reel becomes a birds nest. So no longer even thinking about the fish, she takes the time to unravel and get the reel working again. Tighten down the drag and she tries reeling up. Well, fish is still on! And she tries it again and the drag busts out again. Mate comes over this time and is fixing the mess on the reel. Gets it going and as he is trying to reel up, another mate on the opposite of the boat says to stop reeling as it is now caught up with someone else's line over there. Well as they are getting the line's up, I here the mate call for a gaff, and amazingly he gaffs the gag from her line on the other side of the boat! Never seen that before. A little later on, I put another Gag into the box. Total for the boat was about 50 gags. a few reds and a few hogfish. I would guess there was about 40 people on board as there were several open spots.

[eaglesfanguy]

GET the F out!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHA I was just to the left of you Boanro! Yor wife was to my right all day.... I attempted to help her then Chris came to the rescue........ Nice to Kinda meet you.. that was awsome watching her get slammed I told em she had a big fish on.. and it was amazing it stayed stupid and didnt rock up.. only to be caught on the other side of the boat.
Like i said. Dont matter which side ya fish on... They come up on either side.. .. Its easier when someone else does the work LMFAO......

[boanro]

Yeah, cool, thought this might have been you. Nice to kinda meet you too. 2 Georges is usually my choice of party boat to go out on. I do the skyway occassionally but just because its so damn conveinent to just drive right up and fish. Do you get grouper on the skyway? Seen em caught but never actually tried for them myself. Mostly I sabiki for macks and drop shrimp near the pilings to see whats around.

[BigDawg71]

nice haul!

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And the wildlife comission says there is a shortage of GROUPER!!!!

HA...I say "I think not"

[eaglesfanguy]

Yes,boanro there are grouper at the skyway.
i have caught a few myself. But i don't fish those piers anymore. I strictly fish the two georges.
used to be a queenfleet hound, and fished Hubbards a few times. But for the experience and pure enjoyment.. Its the two georges.

[riverviewsteve]

I got to agree.Two Georges and Captain Jesse & crew make
a great trip. Can't wait to go again.

[eaglesfanguy]

hey Steve, let me know when your gonna go again... I am becoming a regular on that boat.. I would love to join ya. Jessy Sr. and Jr. damn sure know what they are doing.. Even Momma Mary gets her grunt on.. lol.. Fished with the whole family sunday...

[gerard1031]

ealgesfanguy! Is that you with the beard? What a crazy coincidence. I was in Tarpon Springs showing out of town guests the sponge docks when I saw all the commotion of people carrying fish!

We went over and watched the unloading, you came through the crowd with that monstah groupah and I took a pic of you!

Needless to say we are definitely going to give the two georges a try!

[bostonchuck]

Wife and I were on that trip too. Good to meet you eaglesfanguy. We ended up with a cooler full of big grunts and a good size gag. I use 60lb main line and 80lb flouro leader. I sometimes wish it would break when I'm hung up. This was our first time on the Georges, won't be our last. We want to get out again before they close the season on those rare and elusive gag grouper. I hear they asked that disruptive customer to not come back. That'll make it all the better. See Ya.

[eaglesfanguy]

No Gerard, that is not me. I find it difficult to take pictures of myself. I am usually the one snapping pics for others. And blowing up the internet for things i enjoy. like fishing with the two georges.
Boston chuck, it was nice meeting you, and your wife. Glad you got a nice gag.There were some quality fish caught, i also heard another boat did well out of clearwater. The feesh were biting good. Love this time of year.
I am trying to talk the wife into fishing this weekend...But she says i can't fish till i get a new job.
Anybody hiring?. lol. i couldn't take my boss's bullcrap anymore, so i got myself fired today..... Ohh well.. I been wanting to quit for a year. Now i can atleast claim unemployment for a bit. Never done it my life.. but heck i have been paying for 25 years.. Guess i can claim some.

[jmfishin]

sweet. looks like a fun trip. im gonna try it in feb. for my birthday. but i have a question, why dont the pary boats ever get cobia, kings, macs , aj, or anything like that?just currious.
and you should have known that young man was a winner, just look at hi shirt :}
nice flounder there also.

[eaglesfanguy]

Some boats do get alot of Kings. Cobia i think i saw one caught once. Some boats go slow enough so you can troll. Some go to fast to troll.
the queenfleet got 12 aj's last sunday.

[jimbojr]

Try the Yo-Zuri HD pink fluorocarbon leader. Really great stuff all the way around.