Ssp bait run jacks macks n craps
Sept 27, 2023 14:58:41 GMT -5
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Post by stuckintherocks on Sept 27, 2023 14:58:41 GMT -5
Hit ssp early Tuesday around 1am.. fished a couple hours in the shallows catching ladyfish and watching tarpon feed. Napped for a few hours and woke up to a peculiar sight..
Mack’s and Bonita launching out of the water and blowing up in large schools. I had literally just woke up and the school had moved on before I could get a rod out.
But spent the day going up and down pier catching and missing macks jacks lizard fish hound fish ladyfish small trout and a Bonita on an assortment of spoons and jigs. Unfortunately the Bonita broke off when I tried to flip it up. Kept Mack’s for smoker and kept jacks and etc for future cut baits.
The pier was full of life and I saw multiple anglers catching Mack’s jacks and bonita.
As I was leaving I saw a gentleman struggling with a very large fish and making a commotion… as it turns out he has caught an approx 6 foot very large nurse shark and a giant cobia had followed it in and was just staying in the current with the shark ! He held the shark while I threw a pinfish at the cobia and it charged it and inhaled it!! I waited a second and went to set hook and the cobia had spit the pinfish… we proceeded to take turns holding the shark and throwing literally everything in our arsenal at this cobia and it would not eat anything else.. we tried every artificial and every bait that we had… attached are some pictures of the haul and a screenshot from a video I took of the cobia and the shark. I had caught a 48 inch cobia last year and this one was much larger. Probably around 5 foot maybe 40 or 50lbs. Really cool sight and one of the best days at skyway I’ve seen in a long time.
Mack’s and Bonita launching out of the water and blowing up in large schools. I had literally just woke up and the school had moved on before I could get a rod out.
But spent the day going up and down pier catching and missing macks jacks lizard fish hound fish ladyfish small trout and a Bonita on an assortment of spoons and jigs. Unfortunately the Bonita broke off when I tried to flip it up. Kept Mack’s for smoker and kept jacks and etc for future cut baits.
The pier was full of life and I saw multiple anglers catching Mack’s jacks and bonita.
As I was leaving I saw a gentleman struggling with a very large fish and making a commotion… as it turns out he has caught an approx 6 foot very large nurse shark and a giant cobia had followed it in and was just staying in the current with the shark ! He held the shark while I threw a pinfish at the cobia and it charged it and inhaled it!! I waited a second and went to set hook and the cobia had spit the pinfish… we proceeded to take turns holding the shark and throwing literally everything in our arsenal at this cobia and it would not eat anything else.. we tried every artificial and every bait that we had… attached are some pictures of the haul and a screenshot from a video I took of the cobia and the shark. I had caught a 48 inch cobia last year and this one was much larger. Probably around 5 foot maybe 40 or 50lbs. Really cool sight and one of the best days at skyway I’ve seen in a long time.
