well with the forecast for 1-3 foot with a light to moderate chop we stayed home this morning and are going to try some speck fishing this afternoon
we fished all public numbers yesterday out to 22 miles = lots of other boats - we did not anchor but instead drifted across the structure using reverse butterflied 8" white trout - which seemed to work really well
my dad brought me over a 100 3-4 ounce jigs he had made and he used them and managed to catch this barely legal amberjack after a struggle he ain't seen in a while - he was using a new setup he bought on the way down at bass por - a Penn 950 and a Tialus freestyle jigging rod - the rod looks like a pencil but is rated 5-100# and never flinched at all with the amberjack which was only 28" - it was red and white - looked really good in the water
heres a few pics of the other fish as he caught them - will get a shot of the grouperand whole take home this am before i clean them
here is the 18" gag grouper we released
seas
another snapper
24" Gag Grouper action
also chased around a school of spanish but could find any takers - plenty of bait pods out there as well
total keepers and dads grouper from yesterday
bill
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2004 Seahunt Triton 172cc w/Johnson 90HP ELP
Favorite Saying "I live in fear every day but sometimes she lets me go fishing."
1st Commandment of Fishing "Thou shalt not bear false witness against the one that got away."
