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Post by sigeptrooper02 on Nov 10, 2019 19:55:09 GMT -5
  i can’t make this s*** up! Was on Hubbard’s 10 hr again today. There was a nice couple I was talking to. At one point in the trip the guy drops his rod and reel overboard, and of course he was real mad about it. Maybe 30-40 minutes goes by and the guy next to him thinks he has a fish and reels the guys rod and reel back up! But, wait it gets better..... the guy then starts reeling his line up and realized there was a fish on. He reeled up a legal Hogfish! Crazy right?!? really rough out there today and a lot of people sick in the cabin all day. Fishing was slow as always following a cold front, but I still managed a nice stringer! 18 inch mangrove, a beauty and also a 12.5 mangrove, three Porgies and one was over 15 inches. Two Lanes, a grunt, a squirrelfish, and my very first Strawberry Grouper! |
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Post by shadowxmas on Nov 11, 2019 1:06:18 GMT -5
Wow, Sigetrooper02 what a crazy story. Glad the guy got his rod and reel back and he still had a keeper fish on. I am sure the Customer,Captain Dylan Hubbard, the crew @ the Marina and the passengers on that trip will be talking about that trip for a long time.
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Post by tristan on Nov 11, 2019 15:41:56 GMT -5
I hope the guy is knowledgeable enough to get a full service on the reel!
Very cool story
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Post by carlf on Nov 11, 2019 15:53:19 GMT -5
Cool story.
Actually happened to me too, on my own boat years back!!
Yep, submerged reels needs a complete breakdown and cleaning after going down to the bottom in 90’!!
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Post by seabird on Nov 12, 2019 11:13:29 GMT -5
sigetrooper, great story. Sometimes unusual things happen on fishing trips. That's part of the appeal of getting out. Even bad fishing days can be good in other ways. Fish on.
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Post by bostonchuck on Nov 14, 2019 19:51:46 GMT -5
That's happened to me twice. One time I was on a deep sea trip and sorta drank way to much and dropped my rod overboard. I went in and got one of the boat's rods. First drop, I caught my rig. Brought back the boat's rod. Second time I cast out my rod, put it down and turned to get another rod out of my car. I turned back just in time to see my first rod being pulled into the water. I fished that spot for about 3 hours. When I reeled in my rod for the last time before I left, I caught the rod that had been pulled in.
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