Nsp 12/21

[thundergills]

Hello all,

Saw many grouper come over the rail. With in 15 seconds of the first cast I had a helluva fight, shredded the line and it was over. And other than bait, that was my only hook up

The grouper quest continues

Out between 1pm and 6 pm

Best of luck to you all
Thundergills

[SkyJay]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDU_JQeknQ



gotta go heavy tackle bro
seen it a million times
you'll get a unicorn keeper up
on 40 lb test every now and then
but usually the fish will win.
100-120 gets it done

[SkyJay]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=vTIEGBFT6zg


Stay mobile
leave the gear in the truck
use x large frisky live pinfish
100-130 lb test mainline braid/ floro or mono leader 8-10 ft minimumn
8-10 extra strong extra sharp hooks
loop knot
8 ft heavy duty conventional rod
high speed strong conventional reel w/ drag locked down
stick and move

[parkpass]

I haven't seen Mike out there lately

[SkyJay]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=T1O-ZXCE6fY

[thundergills]

80 pound braid, 80 pound fluorocarbon leader

Why not use a metal leader? The fish see that I am guessing

[SkyJay]

thats the theory
but ive caught smaller gags out there
freelining threadfins for kings on wire
so who knows...
just sharing what i know works for getting
the keepers on the deck and save someone
else from having to learn the hard way like I did.

[SkyJay]

more Gag how to...
by Huy the Master


m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad-kIjAiPLE

[thundergills]

I greatly appreciate the advice and help from you. I am soaking it up and putting it to use. I used to bring 7 poles and have stuff everywhere, camp out as you say. Now I bring a bait pole, freeline grouper pole and yesterday another one rigged with a 1oz jig in case the wind was to much and the bait would not stay down on the bottom.

One thing I don't understand is when they do the skyway shuffle there looks like a lot of yanking and then I see slack in that line. I know it looks good for video, but they lose fish that way too

[parkpass]

The best part of that is when someone hooks a gag and immediately starts backing up then backs into the curb and falls flat on his back out in the road....makes my day....hahahaha

[SkyJay]

i stand and crank
sometimes run side to side to
change angles or fool the dolphin.
good high speed reel like a torium 30
or a daiwa hsd 50 sealine and all ya gotta
do is crank crank crank.
ive done the skyway two step and bamm
too many times. that shizits for the youngsters.
but ya gotta give Huy his credits.
Young man puts fish on the deck.
check out his videos and subscribe!

RUN FOREST RUN ! !

👀
👅

[tears143]

Dec 22, 2019 12:28:31 GMT -5 thundergills said:

I greatly appreciate the advice and help from you. I am soaking it up and putting it to use. I used to bring 7 poles and have stuff everywhere, camp out as you say. Now I bring a bait pole, freeline grouper pole and yesterday another one rigged with a 1oz jig in case the wind was to much and the bait would not stay down on the bottom.

One thing I don't understand is when they do the skyway shuffle there looks like a lot of yanking and then I see slack in that line. I know it looks good for video, but they lose fish that way too

The yanking is just to get them off the rock intially, pull the head toward you. After that you can just reel reel reel.. but I find out that by doing so, it doesn't put any pressure on the fish and they just swim toward you and down. Sometime it's a good thing as when they get in the rock they would come out right away but if you yank and reel.. slack and once they are in the rock it's hard for them to come out.

pick your poison. Find the way that it works for you.

[phishead]

Dec 22, 2019 14:10:12 GMT -5 SkyJay said:

i stand and crank
sometimes run side to side to
change angles or fool the dolphin.
good high speed reel like a torium 30
or a daiwa hsd 50 sealine and all ya gotta
do is crank crank crank.
ive done the skyway two step and bamm
too many times. that shizits for the youngsters.
but ya gotta give Huy his credits.
Young man puts fish on the deck.
check out his videos and subscribe!

RUN FOREST RUN ! !

👀
👅

All I own are spinning reels. Thinking about getting a conventional. Which torium 30 model is better suited for skyway grouper and offshore bottom fishing. Offshore we only go to around the 40’ depth. 30HGA has the longer retrieve length while PGA has the higher drag.  

[SkyJay]

[SkyJay]

Wow I typed you a big long reply that somehow
vanished👀

anyway, go with the older metal body torium
get a used 30 or 50 replace the guts
if need be and fish on!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDU_JQeknQ

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