6-27 Pine key island.. Tampa bay

[eaglesfanguy]

Took the boat out me and the mrs.
Cruised down the hillsbourough river.. enjoying the rain, and garbage flowing at 4 mph..
Hardly had to put the boat in gear , only to miss the bridges.

Got out the the bay, a lil choppy... get out into the bay .. real choppy 2-3 with 5ft rollers and 20 kt winds..
Put put our way to the island.. get around the backside downwind, theres 25 boats anchored and lots of folks playin in the water..
Get anchored about 300 yds from shore.. go for a dip.. do some fishin.. the old lady starts gettin pinners.. so hell , ima put one out for shiz an giggles
5 mins later, the abu goes screamin... let it come tight.. cutest lil blacktip ever.. all of maybe 12 inches..
send out another , few mins pass.. and a 4ft sharpnose... nice!
then nothing as the tide swings..
soak half a pigfish.. and wizzzzzzzzz
4ft blacktip.... catchin air and all... nice fun..

all this time im using my arco dehooker.. 29.99
Aint worth a phuck! takes 10 tries to get a circle hook out...
Get back to work.. huge kitty cat... all of 6lbs.. use the dehooker again.. and the friggin handle snaps off.. 29.99 piece of stainless garbage.. someone needs to go back to welding school.

well fishing dies off.. i put out 2 more live pinners.. and eventually.. the little pole goes screaming..... got the attention of all persons around..
15 mins later and almost spooled i get about an 80lb southernstingray.. 2 cool.. use the needle nose pliers... quick work of the dehooking.. fudge them "Manditory" dehookers..

Had a great time lots of wind nice temps.. clouds here and there..
much fun, finally got some slime on the boat!

[montylfl]

good way to spend the day.

[goindeep]

:jealous:

Nice report man. Sounds like youre livin the life with the new water wheels.

[BigDawg71]

nice day..I agree the bay was choppy. We were trying to cross the channel over by gandy and our flats boat was getting tossed around. what a wild ride!

[havetofish]

I am pretty sure they ARC will replace the Dehooker. At least you had some fun.

[inshorebasher]

sweet man! nothing like testing your tackle than getting a 4ft black tip. how was the lowrance by the way?

[eaglesfanguy]

Jun 29, 2009 13:13:04 GMT -5 inshorebasher said:

sweet man! nothing like testing your tackle than getting a 4ft black tip. how was the lowrance by the way?

So far its pretty damn sweet. Tracks speed at .5 mph on up.. If i sit at idle and turn around the icon turns also... And the bottom detail is SICK! i can damn near see the pinfish nibbling on the bait..