The Fishing Fools Thread.... [Archive] - GatorCountry.com Swamp Gas Forums

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-10-2008, 08:50 PM

I know there are many Gators who love to fish as much as I do! Let's have a thread where we can share fishing stories, pictures, and helpful hints to all good Gators and friends!

We all love good "fishing tales," pun intended!

Where do you fish? What do you catch? Baits? Boats? Tricks? :) Maybe you could even "hook up" some friends to fish together!

Let's go fishing! http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/image002MA20778305-0011-1.gif
(Thanks Hoops, Rella, Skie, Bari and of course vanders and others! You guys are great! Go Gators! I love ya!)

BariTubaBone

12-10-2008, 10:57 PM

Great to see you back!

akaGatorhoops

12-10-2008, 11:32 PM

Allright... its back!!!

Well, here is my report from last saturday....

Went out with two buddies hoping to find some kings for the smoker. The kings did not cooperate, so we hit a few deep wrecks. We ended the day with a snowy grouper, a bonito, short snapper... and some dolphin that saved the trip.
We kept a flat line out while bottom-fishing and it got hit. About an 8lb phin came to the boat and brought his buddies with him. Most were 12-15lbs. We hooked the biggest of the bunch... likely pushing 20lbs, but my buddy lost him. We still landed 3 nice ones... and had some dolphin dinner for the SEC Chmapionship game.

Crummy sea condition for the next few days... so I am stuck on land. But here are a couple pics from Saturday:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/phin2.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/phin1-1.jpg

beachpiratefla

12-11-2008, 12:24 AM

It has been real cold here lately...but the trout bite is hot and offshore when you can get out...they say everything is there....

GatoRella

12-11-2008, 10:17 AM

I guess I have to go fishing this Saturday now:joecool:

Thanks PMC for remaking the best thread on GC!

Man has the weather sucked lately in north central florida, every weekend it is like small craft advisory. I am really chomping at the bit to catch up on some red fishing.

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-11-2008, 01:31 PM

Thanks Hoops and Rella! :) Thanks for the welcome back Bari! :)

Hoops, I bet that really was some great tasting fish!

Husband has been out, but hasn't caught much. He might try to go fishing this weekend. If he can't get out in the boat, then he might go wading to catch some reds and trout.

I have some Christmas shopping to do. Bass Pro might be a good place to start. :)

G8rChuck85

12-11-2008, 01:35 PM

I have some Christmas shopping to do. Bass Pro might be a good place to start. :)

Yep, always a good place to shop for us guys.

Glad to see you back in the pub Pam! Hope you had a great time in Atlanta.

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-11-2008, 02:05 PM

Hi Chuck! I did have an amazing time in Atlanta! My seat was so high, the players looked about an inch high! :) The Gator win definitely made the trip even more exciting!

My husband and son fished in a father/son tourney on Sat, but finished in time to make it home to watch the game. The weather and the tide (not much water during the morning hours) so they didn't take the boat out. They put on their waders and caught a few trout.

They didn't stay for the end of the tourney. They wanted to make it home for the game and they are really glad they did! :)

GatorLane77

12-11-2008, 02:31 PM

What's the over/under on how long this thread takes to get back to 1,000?

Unfortunately, I haven't made it out since moving to Texas. Hopefully I can get out soon and have something to show for it.

Hoops - There are very few people that I'm jealous of. You, my friend, are one of them. I wish I could catch a tenth of the stuff that you reel in.

Tight Lines to all!

akaGatorhoops

12-11-2008, 04:37 PM

AUalumna05

12-11-2008, 05:36 PM

G8rChuck85

12-11-2008, 06:11 PM

So while it's fun for me, not really anything y'all would be interested in seeing. :)

Sure we would AU. If you catch em post em!

akaGatorhoops

12-11-2008, 06:43 PM

Wow .... can honestly say I've never seen anything like what Hoops reeled in. Seeing those pictures makes me want to get out on an ocean and try fishing there. lol

I've only ever fished in lakes, ponds, etc. And I generally fish for bass, bluegill, crappie and sometimes catfish. So while it's fun for me, not really anything y'all would be interested in seeing. :)

thanks!

And please post your pics!

More than anything, I love bass and freshwater fishing. Peacock bass are among my favorite fish of any I have ever caught... fresh or saltwater.

And finesse fishing for bass, crappie etc often takes more skill than a lot of big saltwater species. The dolphin in the above pic, for example, swim in schools and are voracious. When you hook one, they tend to follow/stay with the hooked fish. So from there, it is just a matter of pitching baits and reeling them in. They are tremendously strong and acrobatic, but no too smart or shy!

I am a freshwater angler first... always will be. So I would love to see some of those reports.

bakaduin

12-11-2008, 07:41 PM

God I love this thread! MORE PICS!

AUalumna05

12-11-2008, 08:35 PM

Awww, thanks Chuck and Hoops!! Y'all make me feel better about my lil' ole' fishing. lol
I spent Thanksgiving Day out on a public lake, mostly just to relax as it wasn't a good day for fishing, but still caught two big bluegill. Haven't been fishing again since then, though. Need to get back out there soon. :) Meanwhile, here are a few pics from two of my fishing trips...

This is the smallest bass I have ever caught -- and yes, it was caught on a hook. lol

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/cjennings3/l_f0b22910208eba85c08e621bf3b348a9.jpg

And this is the second smallest bass I caught -- both the same day:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/cjennings3/l_76ab88abbc7fe25f7e2a1af76395e1ba.jpg

Finally, a large mouth bass I caught in early September -- my biggest catch to date, I believe:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/cjennings3/l_51d7e50600f65ea00d520a8e15867087.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/cjennings3/l_54bf17ac3602e2ddf8e25670bd905bff.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/cjennings3/l_34bb074edbfc94d5a8b87fd74778fec1.jpg

That one I caught off the bank (I've never fished from a boat.) in a large lake using a black salty for bait on my South Bend Black Beauty 2 rod and reel.

akaGatorhoops

12-11-2008, 09:09 PM

Wow!!! That is a nice largemouth!!!! Really nice coloration on it... looks very healthy!

akaGatorhoops

12-11-2008, 09:15 PM

I took my mom fishing recently... not a big fish, but cool colors and good for dinner!!!

My friend did some sort of border effect on the pic... kinda neat.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/mom11.jpg

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-11-2008, 09:34 PM

Beautiful bass AU! Wow! And that's a good one caught by Hoops' mom!

I love the pics everyone! :-)

Here are some pics from our other Fishing Fools thread. I put these together when it went into the Hall of Fame.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/ipprints-464134192_page0.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/ipprints-464134192_page1.jpg

akaGatorhoops

12-11-2008, 09:35 PM

Nice Job!!! All is not lost!!

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-11-2008, 09:37 PM

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/ipprints-464134192_page2.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/ipprints-464134192_page3.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/ipprints-464134192_page4.jpg

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-11-2008, 09:39 PM

Oops.....almost posted the same set of pics.

akaGatorhoops

12-11-2008, 09:41 PM

Thats Awesome, PMC!

This was the thread that brought me to The Pub... and has kept me coming back.

I love hearing fishing reports and seeing the pics.

LOL! I just noticed that I had posted the pic of me holding the bonito as little kid and my siblings pinching their noses! That is a family classic in our house! I made my poor mom drive home with that thing in the trunk so I could get a picture of it. I was so proud.

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-11-2008, 09:44 PM

I love all your reports and pics Hoops! I really do enjoy seeing and reading about all the fishing adventures posted in this thread! :)

radg8tr

12-12-2008, 07:38 AM

Great!!...glad to see it back. Thanks.

deebo65

12-12-2008, 09:43 AM

Great pics PMC. Those are the ones you posted to push the Fools thread to the HOF right? I am glad this thread got so much traffic, but I am even happier that it was moved back to ye olde pub. Now the Fool's push on even after the Pub's , uh incident. By far my favorite thread of all time! Thanks PMC and all those who post pics and stats.

Pantanoso

12-12-2008, 01:32 PM

WOW! PMC rox!

G8rChuck85

12-12-2008, 02:07 PM

Great job PMC! One of my favorite thread's ever!

tbatten

12-12-2008, 05:10 PM

Thanks for resurrecting this thread, for purely selfish reasons...

I was headed over to the pub the other day in search of this thread and saw that it had been pruned along with everything else. After expressing extreme disappointment, I decided to keep an eye out in case it was recreated. Much to my enjoyment I now see that it lives again. So without further ado:

I'm here to mine a little information from the obviously very knowledgeable posters frequenting this thread. First a little background information. I grew up from ages 4 - 18 on a lake in northern Minnesota and spent my summers fishing for Walleye to eat. Caught lots of Northern Pike and some Muskie (catch and release type stuff) and some occasional pan fish. Mostly we were trolling with artificial lures. Sometimes using bobbers or cast fishing, but those were exceptions. And yes, sometimes sitting over a hole in the ice watching a bobber. After leaving home I fished intermittently at various locations, but never to the extent while growing up and never in the South.

Well, fast forward many years and that brings us to today. I've been living in Gainesville for the past 13 years and have never even attempted to put a line into the water. Just recently my neighbor expressed some interest in doing some fishing. He has 0 experience, so that makes me the resident "expert". Problem is, I know next to nothing about fish in this area.

I do have great interest in saltwater fishing (we had a huge Sailfish over the mantel growing up from my fathers earlier fishing days before we moved to MN) but to start with I'm interested in exclusively freshwater opportunities.

Does anyone have any tips for fishing around Gainesville. We will be relegated to shore fishing or small boat (kayak, canoe w/ maybe electric motor, etc. to start). I'll take any tips that anyone wants to offer up. I'd prefer to fish locations where the catch would be safe for consumption.

Thanks in advance. I look forward to getting back into realm of fishing.

GatorBASS

12-12-2008, 05:28 PM

Tbatten,

I just recently moved back to Gville and have access to two boats and grew up and lived here for 26 years, mainly freshwater fishing.

Send me a PM if you want to know more about freshwater fishing in the area.

Thanks for putting up some old pics PMC, great job!!

GatorBASS

akaGatorhoops

12-13-2008, 12:09 PM

tbatten,

Most of the lakes in and around Gainesville will hold largemouth. This time of year they get lethargic as the temp. drops.
Wherever you fish, make your presentation s-l-o-w. I use soft plastics.... stick worms and trick worms are both great when fished slowly.

I especially like the trick (whacky) worms... as they are fished without weight and slowly drift down. Then just the slightest twitch of the rod, reel a slight bit and repeat.

tbatten

12-13-2008, 03:13 PM

Any lakes I should avoid? either because of overfishing, overcrowding or general pollution?

I appreciate the advice so far, would they go deep to get more temperate water or still be along shore structures or foliage?

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-14-2008, 08:38 PM

tbatten, have fun going fishing and I know others will continue to give you good advice! Hoops and Bass are experts for sure!

Thanks for the nice comments ya'll! I appreciate it very much and I'm so glad that ya'll like this thread! :nervous smile:

gatorcowboy

12-16-2008, 02:00 PM

shameless bump back to top

GatoRella

12-16-2008, 02:57 PM

tbatten,

The best place to catch a bass in Gainesville is Lake Alice by a mile. I went there and
caught an 11lb bass, it was awesome! That lake is just full of bass and gators.

But unfortunately, it is also trespassing so I almost got arrested :), fortunately the cop was a fisherman, and after I told him I caught that lunker and threw it back he let us off the hook.

Lake Alice is pretty high stakes, for safer less stressful fishing I would drive down to Rodmans Damn and you can go down the Ocklawaha which might be the most scenic river in FL.

akaGatorhoops

12-16-2008, 07:46 PM

Rella.... I thought I was the only one who did that!! :)
My cousin actually has a picture of my scrambling to unhook a Lake Alice bass as a Gator approaches in the background!

Anyway.. I got out fishing today. We hit our new top secret wreck! :)
It was loaded with fish. We caught tons of big AJs, Almacos and Bonito. We had a sailfish turn on a bait, but then cruise away. We had few toothy critters break us off... a couple big ones we had hooked for a short while (we suspect a wahoo) and a big grouper straighten the hook on us.

We did not take many pics... but this almaco had some nice colors, so we snapped one.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/almaco-1.jpg

Jupgator

12-16-2008, 08:38 PM

Cool thread. My favorite area is Everglades National Park. Flamingo and Chokoloskee is like a magnet, been fishing there for more than 30 years and just can't stay away for very long. I do get withdrawal during football season though as we did 9 Gator games this year. Anyway, like to chase snook and reds. Check out this snook caught deep in the Flamingo backcountry.
http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/picture.php?albumid=56&pictureid=555

akaGatorhoops

12-16-2008, 09:43 PM

Nice Jup!!!!!!

The guy I fished with today is a big Flamingo fisherman. I have never been out there, but hoping to try it sometime soon!!!

GatorLane77

12-17-2008, 10:45 AM

Man, I need to get out on the water.

Speedofsand

12-18-2008, 07:56 AM

dayum, somebody caught a 13ft, 663 lb. hammerhead off Daytona Beach.

http://www.wesh.com/2008/1218/18306198_640X480.jpg

http://www.wesh.com/green-pages/18306127/detail.html#

Jupgator

12-18-2008, 07:21 PM

AKA - Flamingo is flat out a great place to both see and fish, especially in the right conditions. Get your friend to take you and you will love it.

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-18-2008, 09:55 PM

Hoops, that fish really does have some pretty colors and Jup...wow! Beautiful snook!

Speed, I can't believe that shark! :shiver: After the movie, "Jaws", I didn't swim in the waters off Daytona Beach for awhile. I got over that, and I've had fun in the water over the last few years. Uh, I don't think I'll be doing any body surfing in the near future!

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/shark.gif

vertigo0923

12-22-2008, 02:06 PM

we used to do a lot of canal fishing behind my dad's canal home. i miss that. i'm not good at this 'freshwater fishing' stuff, not having had much experience with lures, or worms or what not.
i long for the day i can once again use live shrimp and pull in a few spotted seatrout.

akaGatorhoops

12-26-2008, 06:50 PM

We need to get this thread bttt!

Anyone fishing?? Too windy down here. :(

g8rnbft

12-27-2008, 05:22 PM

No fish pictures until I see what can be retrieved from the crashed harddrive - but here is an example of the shrimp we catch up here from Sept. to December.http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/g8rnbft/027.jpg

g8rnbft

12-28-2008, 09:48 PM

My neighbor's son and I caught 18 Black drum today. Eight released to remain legal - six dispatched along with cole slaw and hushpuppies.http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/g8rnbft/Blackdrum001.jpg

GatorLane77

12-28-2008, 09:52 PM

I bet that fish gets all the ladies!

GatoRella

12-29-2008, 10:17 AM

I had a great day offshore this last Friday, it was probably the best weather day in the month of December EVER! It was variable winds and in the mid 70's and just a perfect day weather wise. We went off about 30 miles to our favorite grouper spot, threw out the buoy on a good looking rock, then dropped the anchor. Then we had one of the most ferocious groper bites I can remember, it was like they hadn't eaten in weeks. We caught 18 keepers in 2 hours and made it back to the dock at 1pm. I really think we could have reeled in 40 if we stayed around, but 18 is an insane amount of grouper fillets. We have been handing them out to all of our friends for Christmas presents :) Just an outstanding day on the water. I will get pics posted when I get them.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/December26Grouper.jpg

akaGatorhoops

12-29-2008, 07:31 PM

Nice day Rella!!

I took my brother-in-law out fishing today. Beautifil day on the water, but fishing was so-so. Our first drop produced a triple header of AJs (15-20lbs). After that, the bite slowed and we moved to the inside reef. We caught 8 or so short grouper and a Cuda, before deciding to move out deep again.

We were about to call it quits when the deep rod doubles over. We fought it for 15 minutes or so, thinking it was nice BIG grouper.
Nope.
It was a shark. I have caught contless sharks, but this was the first TIger Shark caught on my boat. So, I would have preferred a grouper... but it was pretty cool to see.

It was probably somewhere between 80-100lbs.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/tigershark-1.jpg

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-29-2008, 11:57 PM

Husband, son and his wife went fishing in the flats in the Gulf several times last week. One day was very foggy and they caught a few trout. Last outing produced no fish, but it was "a beautiful boat ride." My husband says that sarcastically when there are no fish caught. I had fun babysitting my 7 1/2 month old grandson. :-)

Hoops, that shark is beautiful AND scary! Wow!

gtrnbft, what the heck is coming out of that fish? Is that for real? LOL...!

rella....I'm glad you had a great day and I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2009 will bring you many great days of fishing!
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/smiliefish.gif

sneakygator

12-30-2008, 07:27 PM

Been gone for a while but good to see this thread is back and as good as ever.

Went out last weekend and found a few reds to play with. Fishing has been pretty slow but the trout have been pretty thick here.

Great pics as usual by everyone.

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-30-2008, 08:00 PM

Glad to see you back Sneaky!

g8rnbft, those shrimp are huge! Where do you catch them? Where is "up here?" :)

No fish pictures until I see what can be retrieved from the crashed harddrive - but here is an example of the shrimp we catch up here from Sept. to December.http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/g8rnbft/027.jpg

g8rnbft

12-30-2008, 10:38 PM

PMC - for some reason black drum , when you touch them, expel a portion of their lower digestive tract - if you get my drift. Put them in the icechest and look in 2 minutes - its no longer expelled.

Up here is Beaufort S.C. - about half way between Charleston and Savannah. We have a 60 day "shrimp baiting" season in the fall where we are allowed a 48 quart ice chest of shrimp per day. They are caught by cast net - mostly at night - in shallow (2-6 ft ) water. Lots of fun and a good excuse to be on the water at night and drink beer and tell stories.

I usually put 150 - 200 quarts in the freezer every year - use them for Xmas/birthday gifts for the kids and friends - plus we eat them about twice a week

PMCGoldenEraG8R

12-31-2008, 10:24 AM

Wow nbft! I didn't know that about the black drums! Amazing!

I lived in Spartanburg, SC for a year many years ago. A wonderful place to live with super nice people! We loved our year there.

I have a birthday in the summer. Can I have some shrimp too? :) I love shrimp cooked every way possible! Sounds like a great time with a generous outcome of shrimp! Lucky you and your family benefits from it also! Wonderful! :)

g8rnbft

12-31-2008, 12:33 PM

My favorite shrimp dish - outside of fried - is Fra Diavolo.

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 (16 ounce) package linguini pasta
1 pound cooked and peeled shrimp
8 cloves crushed garlic
2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes with garlic
2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
2 fluid ounces red wine (optional)
Add to Recipe Box
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DIRECTIONS
Peel and cook shrimp if necessary, and place in a bowl of cold water.
Place tomatoes, crushed garlic, red pepper flakes, and wine in a 3 quart sauce pan. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
While sauce is simmering, cook linguini according to package directions. When pasta is almost done, drain shrimp and place in the bottom of a large colander. Drain the pasta over the shrimp. Transfer pasta with shrimp to a large serving bowl, and toss together with some sauce. Serve remaining sauce on the side.

Who is the "Red" in your signature - looks familiar.

AUalumna05

12-31-2008, 03:05 PM

Finally ventured back over for a bit.... lol

Thanks for the kind words on my pics, Hoops and PMC!! Much appreciated. :) Seeing this thread, reading the stories and seeing all the new pics is making me want to get back out on the water again soon! lol I haven't been lately, but the past couple of trips weren't very successful -- more of just a day to relax by the water than anything. :)

My primary fishing buddy is now down in Gulf Shores with his son for the week and has been fishing some. Unfortunately, when he called yesterday he said they're still "fishless." lol Hopefully they'll have a successful trip soon, but he said he thinks it's because he doesn't have his good luck charm (me) down there. He always outfishes me when we go together, so as far as he's concerned, I'm a good luck charm. lol

Maybe I can get back to the lake sometime soon and try again. :) I just love getting out there, even when I don't catch anything.

nbft -- Great pics!! Those shrimp look very nice. It must be great living in an area where you can catch so many and have such fun with it. :) Good to see a pic of a black drum, too! One of my fishing buddies has mentioned catching them in the past, but that's the first time I've seen one.

GatoRella

01-05-2009, 09:51 AM

I went fishing out of Waccassaa this last wednesday and had a great day. We were polling around on our favorite spot and there were just redfish everywhere! It is great when you can look out and see like 6 different reds tailing and just feeding like crazy, it makes the fishing just so exciting. We caught 10 legal sized reds kept three and released the rest including two monster twin 34'' reds which crashed our Excaliburs right after sunrise (pics below).

We also had something interesting happen. While I was in the back of the boat polling a tail popped up about ten feet away from me and since my two buddies were in the front of the boat locked in on a couple reds, I decided to go ahead and catch it. It was a nice 23.5 '' red, which filled out our limit of 3 reds. AT LEAST 30 minuets later my buddy reeled in a beautiful 26 3/4'' red. Torn because we had filled our limit 30 minutes earlier we were just about to release this beautiful red when we hear a fish flipping in cooler. So I open the cooler and decide it is at least worth a shot at reviving him, although we realized it was a long shot at best. And much to our surprise after I worked on him for about 45 seconds he swam off! We couldn't freaking believe it. So we got to keep the big one, and that my friends is the tale of the luckiest redfish in the history of redfishing. The sucker was on ice for at least 30 min probably more and lived, AMAZING.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/243109941509_0_1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/243074000645_0_1.jpg

akaGatorhoops

01-05-2009, 12:10 PM

Nice catch....

Great story about that Red. Lucky fish, but he may be a bit brain damaged! :)

AUalumna05

01-05-2009, 10:55 PM

Awesome story, Rella. :) Congrats on your catches, as well as your friends'. Great pictures, too! They look beautiful.

I had some whiting for supper tonight, courtesy of a previous vacation's catch made by my primary fishing buddy. Delicious. :)

GatoRella

01-07-2009, 08:51 AM

Has anyone used a lure called a Bite Light? Apparently it is a lure with a red light that flashes only when it is in the water, and the fish think it is a wounded bait and eat it. Cool idea for a fishing lure, maybe a little gimmicky for my taste as I usually stay away from the "as seen on tv" products especially with fishing. But the lure was at least affective enough to be banned in Wyoming, and I just wanted to see if any of you have used it. Here is a link to the article I read about it.

Bite Light (http://www.ngcsports.com/moreinfo/new_bite_light/newbitelightinfo.cfm)

akaGatorhoops

01-07-2009, 11:36 AM

Went fishing yesterday... kinda frustrating day. I took a friend out who is down for the game. First drop hooked into something HUGE. Battled for a few minutes then cut off clean. I suspected a big Wahoo, but not sure. Next drop, another hook-up. Bring the fish to the boat expecting AJ or Bonito... instead, WAHOO!! By the time I reached for the gaff, it gave a boatside headshake and threw the hook.... UGH!!! I will not make that mistake again.
After that we got a yellowtail snapper. The wind picked up and pushed the seas to 4+ ft. My buddy started turning green, so we went in.

bencp

01-07-2009, 02:31 PM

I was gonna fish Apalachicola river today but this damn 25mph wind is a little too discouraging. With hunting season in I havent had a chance to go in about 2 months.

sneakygator

01-10-2009, 03:33 PM

Nice reds Rella!! I am a little embarassed to post mine from today. I have not heard of that lure but if you try it out let us know how it goes.

Hoops your "bad days" on the water are better than most people's good days!!

Here are a couple of 26+ inchers from today. Went out just to do some quick fishing and hit one spot. Caught 9 in a hour and a half, all 23+. Fun, quick day.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/sneakyflatsman/redfish02.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/sneakyflatsman/redfish01.jpg

akaGatorhoops

01-10-2009, 08:30 PM

Awesome, sneaky.

I gotta catch a few of those some day. I ran into GatorBass at the NC State hoops game. He has high praise for you as a chrter capt!! :)

I will be fishing 2morrow morning. Will report back...

akaGatorhoops

01-11-2009, 08:10 PM

Got out today with my cousin and a fishing buddy. We had a pretty fun trip. Our first drift produced a couple big AJ's and an almaco jack. After that, the wreck bite became quiet so we moved to a different spot. On the way we spotted hundreds of flying fish getting pushed around by big (10-12lb) bonitos. Several boats were chasing them and pitching baits to no avail, so we tried something different. We threw back 2 real small lipped rapalas (size i would use bass fishing) and trolled them on very light tackle. Sure enough, it worked. They are not edible, but we had a blast catching them on the small spinning rods. We caught 11 and cut up 3 for bait. We also landed a nice ranbow runner which will be dinner tomorrow.
After that we hit the reef and caught a keeper snapper, short grouper, a couple squirrel fish and a moray eel. UGH!
Between the AJs and bonito, plenty of bent rods.
It was fun....

Here are a few pics. There must have been water on the lens.. as these are very blurry.

An AJ

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/amber.jpg

A few of the bonito:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/bonito-2.jpg

Rainbow runner and almaco:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/rainbow-almaco.jpg

The moray:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/eel.jpg

GatoRella

01-12-2009, 11:10 AM

You would have to put a gun to my head to get me to touch a Moray Eel! No way in hell.

Thanks for the report Hoops.

akaGatorhoops

01-12-2009, 11:20 AM

You would have to put a gun to my head to get me to touch a Moray Eel! No way in hell.

Thanks for the report Hoops.

lol!

none of us wanted to unhook it. i've caught one once before. the problem is that even if you pin them behind the head, they wrap the rest of their body around your hand, the line and the hook.

they are a real pain in the azz.

this one swam away with a circle hook in the corner of its mouth.

WARECOGATOR

01-12-2009, 12:30 PM

I went last Saturday around Cumberland Island. We had 22 keeper trout and one keeper red, about 18". We had to throw back about 12 illegal reds, all too big. I caught one 30". All on jigs. That was the most fun I have had in a while.

sneakygator

01-12-2009, 12:47 PM

Nice AJ Hoops!!!
I would have had nothing to do with the eel either.

Sounds like a real nice day wareco. 12 oversized reds had to be a blast.

GatorBASS

01-15-2009, 03:04 AM

Great reports everyone!!!

Sorry for the lack of reports or posts, but I have been busy growing and improving an Independent Insurance Agency, as I just recently became a partner.

I hope to catch the Trout and Reds while they are still in the creeks of the Suwannee, now that I am back in Gville. I guess once an ACR, always an ACR. Good to be around family and close friends again though.

To anyone that goes out this weekend, I wish you tight lines and full coolers.

GatorBASS.

GatoRella

01-15-2009, 08:20 AM

I am hoping to get out this weekend. Hopefully we can go both Sunday and Monday if the weather permits and it is above 29 degrees :). If the weather is horrible then we will go duck hunting, they seem to like the crummy weather.

Saturday I am going to the UF vs. Arky BBall game with my pops for his birthday, you know you are jealous Hoops :D

Got it all planned out should be a great weekend.

philobeddoe

01-15-2009, 09:57 AM

On Friday and Saturday after New Year, we were surpised to boat/release approx 70 specks in the 12-14" range on the north end of the North Key flats. We threw white jigs and fished live shrimp. Using a white loves lure, one nephew landed 6 trout on three consecutive casts.

Just north of the "k" on "South Bank"

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11408.shtml

Given this weather, I suspect everything has moved back inside for a while.

akaGatorhoops

01-15-2009, 12:43 PM

GatoRella

01-16-2009, 01:40 PM

Well I just picked up my new favorite fishing hat :joecool:

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/HarveyGatorHat.jpg

deebo65

01-16-2009, 04:24 PM

Sweet Rella!

GatoRella

01-16-2009, 05:02 PM

How sweet would it be if is said "Go Harvin" that would be awesome!

Also got a coulple of the GH National Championship shirts.

akaGatorhoops

01-18-2009, 07:48 PM

Just got in from a crummy afternoon trip....

2 mutton snapper, 1 bonito, 1 blue runner, 1 remora, 1 octupus, 1 seagull

Yup... we caught an octopus and a bird. It was one of those days. Ugh.
Mercifully, it ended early as the seas picked up a bit. We only fished a couple hours.

GatoRella

01-20-2009, 09:26 AM

Octopus are really cool to catch, they crawl all over the boat, really neat but you gotta watch out for that beak if you like having all of your digits though. I always want to make sushi out of them when we catch them, but my pops wont let me.

Seagulls on the other hand are a major pain in the @ss, and pelicans are even worse, but at least they put up a better fight :joecool:

Hey hoops at least you got to go fishing, there were 20-25 mph winds up here this weekend, maybe this weekend will be better.

deebo65

01-20-2009, 04:25 PM

If you want to see something really funny toss a pellican a frozen bait fish. We were going through the locks in pt canaveral on our way out to go fishin when I was maybe 13. There was no live bait to be bought and we were late and had no time to catch live so dad just grabbed some frozen. Were were letting it sit out to thaw and dad tossed one to the pellican. To watch him flop it around his mouth before he spit it out. I was in tears laughin so hard

akaGatorhoops

01-20-2009, 06:56 PM

Tried going fishing today... someone filmed this video from the shore! J/k... but it probably look pretty similar!!

This is unreal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDhwlomKUyM

sneakygator

01-20-2009, 07:28 PM

That is crazy!!!! But looks kind of fun as well.:ninja:

FLIPCUP

01-20-2009, 09:09 PM

You are all having way too much fun. Great posts.

scubadude007

01-20-2009, 09:19 PM

Flip you just make sure you keep fishing your people out of the jungle!! :joecool::ninja:

deebo65

01-20-2009, 09:55 PM

That is crazy!!!! But looks kind of fun as well.

I dunno that the guy on the bow holding on for dear life would agree with you

GatoRella

01-23-2009, 02:41 PM

Finally getting to go fishing tomorrow! So stoked man it feels like it has been months.

Weather is looking great, tides are right, hope we can wear them out.

akaGatorhoops

01-23-2009, 05:15 PM

^^ Good luck!! I think I may get out 2morrow morning also!!!

GatorSkie

01-24-2009, 07:23 AM

naw, that dude on the bow was not having any fun!

akaGatorhoops

01-25-2009, 12:23 PM

Got out yesterday. . . and had decent action, if not a good day.

We did whiff on a few BIG fish.

We caught several speicies of throwback fish: squirrel fish, grunts, sand tile, short mutton snapper, short porgies, blue runners

Our dinner catches were a decent king for the smoker and a skipjack tuna that will be seared tonite.

Our big misses were likely large grouper, as we dropped down 7" grunts for bait. Whatever inhaled them, broked us off twice.

Our BIG fish of the day went to my buddy, who has really been wanting to hook and beastly Amberjack. Be careful what you wish for!! :)
We hit a few of my favorite wrecks. He missed a couple, but finally got a good hookset on one a bit away from the structure. We moved the boat off the wreck... and the fight was on. After 15 minutes or so, and a lot of painful wincing from the angler... a 40+lb AJ came to the boat. My buddy collapsed to the deck holding his back, and his hand locked in the "fighting grip". But he was smiling!

I will post a couple pics on Monday...

Anyone else get out there?

g8rnbft

01-25-2009, 01:13 PM

Left the rods at home yesterday - picked up 3 bushels of select single oysters. Cool and damp up here - drizzle on and off all day.

GatoRella

01-26-2009, 12:34 PM

Went out on Saturday and had a good day. It was 35 degrees in the morning with very dense fog, about 20-30 feet of visibility. Once the fog lifted and it warmed up it was a beautiful day. The fish were very lethargic and were not feeding like they usually do. But despite that we managed to catch 7 slot sized reds. The two we kept were 25 inches, and will be blackened along with a couple of steaks tomorrow, yum.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/Jan24red4.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/Jan24red3.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/Jan24red2.jpg

akaGatorhoops

01-27-2009, 06:19 PM

A couple pictures from Saturday... and my buddy who conquered a big AJ. Tragically, seconds after these pictures were taken.... the fish turned and ate my little friend. :)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/rizzo1-1-1.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/rizzo3-1.jpg

FLIPCUP

01-27-2009, 08:22 PM

rep to all you fishermen

GatoRella

01-28-2009, 09:16 AM

After you catch an AJ like that you have to sit down for a second and think about who won the fight. Those things are real bruisers.

akaGatorhoops

01-28-2009, 10:47 AM

After you catch an AJ like that you have to sit down for a second and think about who won the fight. Those things are real bruisers.

LOL! Funny you mention that... after landing it, my buddy collapsed to the deck holding his back and complaining about his wrist.

He caught it on a rather light rod that we use for deep jigging, and pulled the fish away from a wreck. For whatever reason, those wreck fish seem even stronger!

GatoRella

01-30-2009, 01:22 PM

Anyone going out this weekend?

I am going to try to put my dad on a redfish on Sunday if the weather holds up.

akaGatorhoops

01-31-2009, 03:22 PM

no fishin for me this weekend... too windy.

and this damn cold weather is killing off some of the peacock bass. i found two dead ones this morning. ugh... i hate that.

akaGatorhoops

02-02-2009, 11:04 AM

anyone fish??

radg8tr

02-03-2009, 07:39 AM

Rained all day yesterday...went out for a while...got a wet butt, a few trout, some small mutton snapper, and a couple of pompano. Just wanted to wet a line before the next cold front.

GatoRella

02-03-2009, 08:46 AM

I went out on Sunday after some redfish, really hoping to put my dad on a good one. It was cold, windy and the tides were bad for what we wanted to do, but we made the best of it. We still did alright, caught our three fish limit of reds including this one below which was 26 inches.

The best part of bringing my dad is that the man can't do anything without cooking (fine by me) so he brought a little weber grill with us on the boat. So at lunch time when the tide was dead low and fishing wasn't ideal we stopped on a little bar and made some lunch. We filleted one of the redfish we caught and had redfish sandwiches, grilled shrimp we brought from home and some fresh oysters I picked out of the water. Needless to say it was the best meal I have ever had while fishing (I am not counting Cabbage Key bc it’s a restaurant). All in all it was a good day.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/RedsFeb1.jpg

PMCGoldenEraG8R

02-03-2009, 02:04 PM

I love the fishing stories here! Beautiful fish rella and Hoops! And rella, that meal does sound good!

We haven't been fishing in weeks and weeks. Weather and illness have kept us off the water. It is going to be such a cold week here in Central FL, but warm back up to the 70's this weekend. I'm hoping we can try to get some reds and trout this weekend.

Rella, I am amazed at all the reds that you catch! Wow.... :-)

GatoRella

02-04-2009, 08:31 AM

PMC, I was beginning to worry about you!

Glad you and yours are feeling better and welcome back!

GatoRella

02-08-2009, 12:15 PM

Anyone know anything about fishing in the Clearwater area?

I am heading down there this weekend and would like to do some wade fishing, problem is I don't know the area whatsoever.

We went out yesterday and had a world-class day. We caught 6 redfish that were 30 inches and up, including the biggest redfish I have ever see. I cant wait to post pics of this monstrosity of a red, he was HUGE!

vanders

02-08-2009, 02:07 PM

PM Sneakygator
he loves a fishing fool
and he lives just a little north of there

GatoRella

02-09-2009, 10:28 AM

Here are the pics from Saturday. We were sight casting to big reds all day long, it was pretty much awesome, an epic day. We caught six which were over slot, and 3 in the slot. The big one my buddy caught was 41 inches, and between 25-30 pounds, he was the fattest red I have ever seen, he must have been slap full of roe. The fish took the bait about 10 feet away from the boat in about a foot of water, and as you can imagine we were kinda excited when he sucked the bait in. I polled after him to catch up, at that time we didn't know how big he was. When he got a little closer to the boat and went broadside we saw how big the sucker was, very exciting stuff.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/MonsterRed8.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/MonsterRed1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/MonsteRed5.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/MonsterRed10.jpg

This is a little baby 30 incher one I caught.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/Feb65.jpg

akaGatorhoops

02-09-2009, 11:59 AM

WOWZA!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is awesome. I have redfish near the top of a list of speices that I have not, but want to catch.

Great job!!!

BottledwaterGator

02-10-2009, 10:05 AM

Gatorella,

Is that Mosquito Lagoon? I've never seen bigger redfish anywhere else. I used to wade fish with the gators there. Talk about an adrenaline rush!

GatoRella

02-10-2009, 10:30 AM

We were fishing between the Waccasassa River and Cedar Key (due west of Gainesville). I have fished a bit in the Mosquito Lagoon & Banana River area, and they do catch them that big down there. But in my area they don't seem to get much above 15 lbs or so for whatever reason. I do a ton of red fishing after hunting season and before the pelagic species get to our area (May), and we have for years now. But We have never seen a red of this size, not even within 15 lbs of this one. Crazy.

radg8tr

02-12-2009, 07:55 AM

Nice Red GatoRella!

LittleBlueLW

02-12-2009, 09:17 AM

Rella-
Tampa Bay area is so big its hard to point you right without knowing wheterh you are bringing a boat or whatever. Heres what I know. In Clearwater proper, your best bet may be the deep residential canals if the water temp stays cold like it has been. Lots of folks catch good trout and reds warming along the seawalls. Gulp baits worked SLOW!

On the south side of the Skyway, Bishop's Harbor is a good bet as well but if you dont know the area proceed with caution (you prob do anyway fishing Cedar Key area).

Just across the Gandy bridge is Weedon Island. Great place to get out and wade or canoe - near the island is no motor. On the south side of the island there are some cuts and drop offs that usually hold trout and reds.

Good luck. I'm going to Isla Mujeres with the wife and sons (10 and 5) for 4 days of sailfishing. Captian had 35 bites one day last week before the full moon! I am stoked.

GatoRella

02-12-2009, 10:26 AM

Thanks for the advice LittleBlue. I think we are going to go to Honeymoon Island. I can go fish and the GF can lay out on the beach so it is win win. I am planing on renting a kayak and give it a try. I might also slip over to Weedon Island, you are the second person to tell me to go there.

Good luck with Sails.

akaGatorhoops

02-13-2009, 07:21 PM

Went fishing this morning and had a pretty good trip. . . we caught 7 good sized amberjacks before getting too tired and moving to the reef. There we got a couple snapper and a few short grouper. We got a few big triggers, which we kept and ate for the first time. I just finished grilling and eating it.... surprisingly very good!!! But those things are a pain in the azz to fillet!
We also got a few bonito and some almaco jacks.
We lost a few big fish on the wrecks. . . probably bruiser AJs.
Here are a couple pictures of what it looks like to get your butt kicked by an AJ!
I am not sure if I landed this one, or if my buddy captured the moments before my demise.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/jigging2-1.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/jigging3-1.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/jigging4-1.jpg

I did land this one!! Most were about this size, but the few we lost were much larger, ripping drag that was LOCKED down and either burying into the wreck or breaking thur 50# leaders.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/jigging1-1.jpg

akaGatorhoops

02-15-2009, 12:34 PM

fishin again today!!! twice in 3 days . . . after not going out in a few weeks! :)

anyone else fishin?

HugeMatzoBallz

02-16-2009, 10:16 AM

fishin again today!!! twice in 3 days . . . after not going out in a few weeks! :)

anyone else fishin?

Thanks for the invite...

gatorskid

02-16-2009, 11:25 AM

I caught a 88 pound black drum..trying to find that pic

Funny thing about it was that a friend wanted to leave the fish on the bank of a small lake near home and watch the people look at it.

Would have had hundreds of people fishing the lake.. at least those that don't know

GatoRella

02-19-2009, 01:56 PM

88 lb black drum? My god that is huge! I would love to see a pic of that joker.

I just ordered a new push pole this morning, and I can't wait to get my hands on that puppy. There is assembly required so we wont be able to try it out until next weekend, but I have the feeling it will be worth the wait, it is a major upgrade for us.

LittleBlueLW

02-20-2009, 07:07 AM

Just got back last evening from Isla Mujeres, Mexico. AWESOME sailfishing. My wife, 10 year old and 5 year old all caught their firsts. On my last day (they took a breather) we caught 17 of 25 sails. Also caught 2 wahoo in the 40-50 lb range.

Now I am back to this cold weather - wow. I would highly recommend Isla for couple or family travel. Locals are great. Easy to get to and inexpensive. Air on Jet Blue from Tampa was under $200 rt, a decent room (we werent in it much) was $150 nt. Taxi from Cancun to Puerto Juarez ferry was $50 and ferry across to Isla was about $3 pp. The boat and mate will run you about $2K per day.

Food is cheap and very good, as are the cervezas.

Best part is most of the boats were from Texas, Carolinas and Georgia. They loved all our gator gear!

GatoRella

02-20-2009, 08:35 AM

LittleBlueLW

02-20-2009, 01:32 PM

Catching 17 in a day was pretty good but the crew I fish with are tournament winners so that number to them wasnt a big deal!. On Monday, seas were nearly flat and we saw over a hundred balling bait on top but couldnt get but a few bites. Insane fishing for sure. I'll try to post some pics later. Being back at work is no fun at all, should have extended the trip into the weekend and started back Monday.

akaGatorhoops

02-20-2009, 02:11 PM

You guys caught 17 sailfish in one day? Holy cannoli!

I can think of one gator basketball fan/fishing addict that will be pretty jealous of you. How big were they?

That sounds like an absolute blast, great idea for a vacation. I want to see a picture of your five year old with his first sail, that is one to remember.

I can think of one too!!! :)

That is an awesome day!!! Were you trolling? Fishing kites? I'd imagine you had some multiple hook-ups. We have done that a few times on my boat. . . have had numerous doubles, and a triple once. It was a wild scene!! You must have had several of those!!!

What a blast!!! And 17 of 25 is a pretty damn good ratio!!! Good fishin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the wahoo . . .wow! What a great trip!

Just out of curiosity. . . have they gone to circle hooks down there?

Congrats... look forward to some pics!

LittleBlueLW

02-20-2009, 03:18 PM

akaGatorhoops

02-20-2009, 04:21 PM

All dead bait trolling with circle hook balyhoo. These guys use dredges that are sick. Up to 40 mullet and/or balyhoo on each side along with squid chains. Most of the fish came up on the chains and we were able to drop back to them and watch them eat.

No live baiting in Isla. Our capt. never live baits anyway and prefers to dredge and troll even when fishing east coast Fl. tournaments.

I'll be going back for sure.

838

very neat!!!!

The tourney guys here who put up big numbers dont do as much of that... mostly kites with numerous baits out. Im guessing it may be b/c those tourney are so packed . . . that trolling in and around hundreds of boats with kites... would not make you too popular. :)
Also, the stream runs so close here that the fish can be more concentrated... so maybe no need to burn feul to find them??

I have caught sails trolling illander/bally combos while dolphin fishing, but very few that way. Conversly... I have caught a lot of sails while live baiting for tuna and such.

I am not sure why it is so much more of a live bait game over here???

I have rarely gotten to see a sail chase down a trolled bait. It would be cool to fish the way you described!! Thanks for the report!

I'm guessing you did not get the hoo's on a circle hook/bally, right?

LittleBlueLW

02-20-2009, 05:56 PM

GatoRella

02-20-2009, 06:10 PM

Man you guys are so lucky to live in areas where you can target so many awesome species year round. Up here in the big bend all we have right now is red fish. Meanwhile in south florida you guys are wide open.

But if you get one big enough you can make the fishing report :nervous smile:

I guess you have to play the hand you are dealt.

While gulf anglers wait for trout and grouper seasons to reopen, and for sheepshead to gather in earnest on their Big Bend spawning spots, local lakes continue to produce the best North Florida fishing action.

Even so, diehard inshore fans like Alex Rella, Zak Seymour and Bryce Poe have managed to keep frequent tight lines. The three Gainesville anglers have fished often enough to keep track of winter redfish in the chilly Waccasassa Bay shallows. Their trip to the bay last Saturday was the best of the season.

When they arrived, the water was calm and the tide was low, perfect for sight fishing. The reds were present and willing, and when the three fishermen headed for the boat ramp a bit after noon, 10 fish had taken the Gulp! Jerk Shads they cast with medium spinning tackle — four in the legal 18-to-27-inch slot and six well over 27-inches long.

The largest of these was Zak’s red-of-a-lifetime that measured 40 inches in length and had a 27-inch girth. He summed up the stellar catch up with a simple, “What a fish.”

Local Anglers have a Saturday to Remember (http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090219/COLUMNISTS/902200996/1079/SPORTS?Title=Locals-have-Saturday-to-remember)

akaGatorhoops

02-20-2009, 07:12 PM

Caught the hoos the same way. Of course they have to short strike and hope not to catch any leader. Luck basically cause we were cut off numerous times. The larger hoo caught by my 10 year old probably would have broken off had there been an adult angler on the rod putting more pressure on. Leader had maybe 10 lbs strength left when the fish was gaffed.

Had a friend win a tourn. in Jupiter a few weeks back trolling dead baits. this tourn. was awarding double points for fish on dead baits. Caught the winning fish while rigger to rigger with the leader at the time.

I've heard all sides to the dead bait/live bait thing but havent done the live baiting thing personally. Seems like Stuart and south is live bait fishing and to the north is trolling?

The coolest part was seeing 5-10 fish at a time corralling and cutting through bait schools.

I think you are correct on the Stuart south thing. I used to troll often... primarily for phins, but gas $$ changed tactics. But to the north, i know trolling is preferred method for sails, while here it is the live-bait/kites.

I actually love live baiting, b/c i can fish multiple rods at all different depths. I usually fish 6 rods . . .and at any time i can hook into anything from a sail, to a tuna, to a snapper.

But catching 17 sails and 40lb wahoo would have me trolling in no time!!! :)

That is awesome on the 'hoos. Must be some unreal fishing for a 40lb 'hoo to take a slow trolled or drop back dead ballyhoo!!!

akaGatorhoops

02-20-2009, 07:18 PM

Man you guys are so lucky to live in areas where you can target so many awesome species year round. Up here in the big bend all we have right now is red fish. Meanwhile in south florida you guys are wide open.

But if you get one big enough you can make the fishing report :nervous smile:

I guess you have to play the hand you are dealt.

Local Anglers have a Saturday to Remember (http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090219/COLUMNISTS/902200996/1079/SPORTS?Title=Locals-have-Saturday-to-remember)

The grass is always greener. . . I have been wanting to catch a red for years! I even took a private charter in Biloxi... thinking for sure i would get one. Nope!

In truth . . .we have seasonal fishing here to. Some species are year round, but different times definitely favor different fish. I am getting hammered by AJs for the next few months as the gather to spwan. The kings are scattered and the sailfishing is slowing down. April/May brings the start of our best dolphin run, and my favorite time for blackfins.

But no redfish! :(

I'll trade you a trip one of these days!!

Congrats on the article.... that is great! What a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GatoRella

02-20-2009, 09:19 PM

Hoops I hear you but let me tell you the species we have to do without in my area.

Dolphin
Tuna
Sailfish/Marlin
Snapper (inshore at least)
Snook
Permit
Tarpon (for the most part)
Bonefish

That is all I can think of off the top of my head, but you get my point. Just consider yourself lucky. But to make up for our shortcomings we have one of the best fisheries in the state for Grouper, Tipple Tail (no one seems to know about this), Trout (so I am told) and Redfish. So I mean we have species to target, but down in south fl it is so much better. Snook is my favorite fish to catch and I am about 100 miles too far north to fish them, but maybe that will change one day. I mean I am happy just to be able to have the means to fish, but you are in the SPORT FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. You are right though the grass is always greener...... :grin:

Let me know if you ever want to catch a redfish. ;)

akaGatorhoops

02-20-2009, 09:54 PM

PMCGoldenEraG8R

02-20-2009, 11:00 PM

PMC, I was beginning to worry about you!

Glad you and yours are feeling better and welcome back!

Thanks Rella! We have not been fishing in so long. I hope I can remember how to bait a hook! Hubby is at the Bonita Club tonight. Do you know where that is? Yankeetown.
He won't take the boat out tomorrow....too cold, etc. I think he and some buddies might do some wading to try to get some reds.

I can't believe those reds! I've never seen any in our area that big also. I'd have a heart attack if I landed one of those! Congrats!!!

Hoops...and others....great pictures and stories here! Just awesome to read this thread!

PMCGoldenEraG8R

02-20-2009, 11:08 PM

Rella....that story in the news paper....great! :-)

Okay...I think Hoops should come up here and catch some redfish. Rella, can I join ya'll and will you provide guide service? I'll provide some food and beverages! Drpmc would love to join us! We will have to get BASS to join us also, now that he is in this area. I think this would be so much fun! :-)

PMCGoldenEraG8R

02-21-2009, 01:10 PM

I need some help. Someone needs to come over here and help me scrape my husband up off the floor. He just saw Rella's pics of those enormous redfish, and he passed out.

:-0

akaGatorhoops

02-23-2009, 07:22 PM

Went fishin Sunday with some buddies, including HugeMatzo. Not a very good day. Fishing has been sloooow down here for several weeks. Sunday we had blue water, decent current . . .but cold water temps.
In addition, no live bait around so we settled for some less than quality dead baits.
We struggled, but managed a few fish. Our final talley:

3 short mutton snapper
1 legal vermillion snapper
3 squirrel fish (1 of which spiked the hell out of me!)
1 king lost at the boat
1 porgy
1 blue runner
4 short grouper

We lost what was likely a HUGE Goliath Grouper. We put down a 3lb runner on a deep wreck. Within minutes it was eaten. The last time we did this we pulled up a straightened hook. This time the x-strength hook held and so did the #7 wire. But the fish was too strong . . .and pulled us into the wreck.

Other than that short battle, most of the morning was unexciting. I am looking forward to some warm weather, southeast winds and the arrival of dolphin and tuna!!

Go Gators!

LittleBlueLW

02-23-2009, 10:25 PM

Thats better than no fish for sure. Warm weather has got to be right around the corner. Cant believe I come back from flops and shorts in Mexico and have been freezing at nights again.

You guys ever run to the other side of the stream during spring and chase the yellowfins? I've done that the last couple years and talk about fun! Usually run over early one day, chase the birds for yellowfins, then either anchor on the far north tip of the Mantanilla shoal and bottom fish at night or run south and drift back north for swordies.

Man I cant wait.

sneakygator

02-24-2009, 10:41 PM

Sorry it's been so long gang but... HOLY COW!!! those are some redfish Rella!!!
I dream of getting into some reds like that one day. Awesome fish bro!!! Great pics.

Here are the pics from Saturday. We were sight casting to big reds all day long, it was pretty much awesome, an epic day. We caught six which were over slot, and 3 in the slot. The big one my buddy caught was 41 inches, and between 25-30 pounds, he was the fattest red I have ever seen, he must have been slap full of roe. The fish took the bait about 10 feet away from the boat in about a foot of water, and as you can imagine we were kinda excited when he sucked the bait in. I polled after him to catch up, at that time we didn't know how big he was. When he got a little closer to the boat and went broadside we saw how big the sucker was, very exciting stuff.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/MonsterRed8.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/MonsterRed1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/MonsteRed5.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/MonsterRed10.jpg

This is a little baby 30 incher one I caught.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/Feb65.jpg

g8tr96

02-25-2009, 08:18 PM

akaGatorhoops

02-25-2009, 10:03 PM

wow . . . that is a strange looking fish!

deebo65

03-05-2009, 12:44 PM

akaGatorhoops

03-05-2009, 07:02 PM

Its March 5th. Have none of you true fisherman been out. I mean seriously Whiskey Tango Foxtrot have you all been doing, working or something? C'mon I need get my fishing fix vicariously through you guys... help a brotha out.

i have been out a couple times... with nothing exciting to report. last sat we got several porgies and a keeper mutton. otherwise we caught an assortment of trash fish... short grouper, blue runners, squirrel fish.
it has been bad down here for a few weeks. cold water temps.
bring on the springtime!!

tzgator

03-06-2009, 10:17 AM

Hey Guys, capt. tony zara here with a deal for gators only. Each year i take my boat to the bahamas for two month, april and may. I have had several cancellations mostly in may and a few in april. So, if you want to come over and fish for 5nites/4 days fishing aboard the Reel Gator, My cost is your cost, $1,650 /person all included, room, food,drink and of couse fishing and all related gear. It's a blast and offer is only for gators. If interested give me a call (407)247-6100 or shoot me an email. See pictures of last year's Bahamas Bash '08 at www.gulfxstreamcharters.com. sea ya in the Bahamas and GO GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

akaGatorhoops

03-11-2009, 04:26 PM

Have an out-of-town friend visting... so i had the excuse I needed to fish. We had a pretty good day. It was just the 2 of us... and at one point had a quadruple hook-up. We landed 3 of 4 fish.
Good action for most of the morning... slowed down toward the end.
Our talley:
3 kings (8lb, 15lb, 25lb)
2 AJs (10lb, 30lb)
1 skipjack tuna (3lbs)
1 bonito
2 remora
1 blue runner
1 trigger fish

and several kingfish cutoffs.

Go Gators!

GatorBASS

03-14-2009, 02:31 AM

Nice haul Hoops!!

LittleBlueLW

03-14-2009, 07:57 AM

Hey guys and gals. My cuz left yesterday for Isla Mujeras Mexico for a few days on the Floridian targeting more sails. Ill give an update when they get back next week. They are bringing the boat back to Ft. Pierce after that and we'll be doing some trips to the 'other side' of the Gulf Stream and getting the boat ready for the BBCs.

Man I love springtime in Florida. I'm watching schoolie bass crush minnows on the lake now but have to be at the ball field all day.

Yall catch em up today.

vanders

03-22-2009, 08:09 PM

where are our fishermen? out fishing?

GatorSkie

03-22-2009, 08:38 PM

they'll be back V, fishing, life, and other things ya' know.

akaGatorhoops

03-24-2009, 12:04 PM

too windy here.... i have not been on the ocean in a couple weeks.

I did freshwater fish on Saturday and had a great peacock bass day. My cousin and I must have caught over 20 in two hours. And a few were pushing 5 lbs.

Those fish are a blast . . . VERY strong!

LittleBlueLW

03-24-2009, 12:20 PM

Update from isla mujeres. Cousin rode back from Mexico with the Floridian and man did they wax the sails. They got to free dive while the sails were cutting bait schools and watch them hunt. I am very envious and apparently they have some good video I'll try to post somewhere.

One day they released 36 sails. Other days they stopped and did some bottom fishing and caught monster muttons and big blacks.

check out the pics on floridiansportfishing.net Not all are in the 'Gallery' but visit the other pages to see the newer photos.

boat needs some routine maint. and repairs but then its off to the other side for tunas when the winds lay a bit.

akaGatorhoops

03-28-2009, 07:48 PM

We have not had pics in a little while. . . so here is one from my trip a couple weeks ago. I took a visiting friend out for a morning trip. We caught a few of these, some kings and an assortment of other fish.
This was not an eating fish... but certainly won the prize for "best fight". My buddy had a see-saw battle for a good 20 minutes.

I hope to go fishing tuesday. . . finally!!!

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/hutch.jpg

deebo65

03-30-2009, 04:14 PM

baygator1

03-30-2009, 11:13 PM

Although it was a better day for flying kites, my brother and I caught 12 reds and 1 magnum trout yesterday afternoon. The water here is really stained in spots from all the rain and there's still a lot of water running off into the bays. I think that's what had the fish jacked up - lots of bait flowing out of those little creeks and the marsh.

I picked up some new Costa's a few days ago - 580 lens. Even though it was windy yesterday, I could still see fish from my poling platform and the bow ... incredible. I swore I would nevery buy another pair of expensive sunglasses, but I'm very glad I did.

Did I mention that I'm really tired of 15-20 knot winds every day when I'm off work? :grin:

GatoRella

03-31-2009, 12:27 PM

Man the weather has been HORRIBLE! I haven't been able to get out in a month, very sad state of affairs. Fortunately I will be going for the weekend, rain or shine. So I am hoping the weather is fair, and we can get 3 trips in.

On a more disturbing note, a friend of mine showed me this horrible video (linked below). I wish I knew who the people in this video are bc I would like to remove their testicles so they can not reproduce. Anyway, I am not a PETA type person, but as a cat owner and a HUMAN I can not figure out for the life of me how someone could use a little kitten for bait. Just horrible, and they give us a bad name.

http://www.saveourcatsfromfishermen.com/

akaGatorhoops

03-31-2009, 12:30 PM

Hoops I have never caught big Aj's like that (or small ones really) but as my dad and you and others say they are great fighting and not so much on the eating. Do you guys just toss em back or cut for bait or what?

deebo....

I toss them back. They are one of the most fun fish to catch . . . but not great eating. A lot of people do eat them, and say they are great. In fact, most of the smoked fish dip you will eat in restraunts is from AJs. There is a huge commercial fishery for them.
But I filleted one and found a bunch of worms. . . and that was it for me. The worms are supposedly harmless and can be cut out, but I'd rather not! :sick:
I do sometimes keep almacos.
In fact... I caught and kept a couple last nite. They occassionaly have worms... but only near the tail. I stop the fillet before i get there.

deebo65

03-31-2009, 12:35 PM

that's freakin horrible. I am by no means a cat person at all, but that is just wrong on every level. I mean seriously... I don't care what country or what ethnicity does that it is just wrong. Period. What would psses someone to even think about that? I mean wtf would have to be wrong with you to even come up with that idea

akaGatorhoops

03-31-2009, 12:36 PM

Went fishing yesterday afternoon. We caught over 2 dozen big baits (pilchards). I thought for sure we would be catching tons of dolphin.
For 3+ hours we had a five-line spread . . . with baits at every depth. And hardly any got touched. I did hook one dolphin that spit the hook at the boat, and we lost a big fish that hit the deep rod.
Surprisingly - - we caught 6 fish, all on deeps jigs. Fish were eating metal and leaving live bait to swim freely?!?!?
Total count...

2 small blackfin... perfect sushi -size!
2 alamco jacks
1 bonito
1 blue runner

Considering the bait we had... not a good day.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/lilb-fin.jpg

g8rnbft

04-01-2009, 08:26 AM

Had a good day til the barometer started falling. Limits of redfish and a few trout and flounder for good measure.http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/g8rnbft/AprilFoolsRedfish.jpg

deathroll

04-04-2009, 10:33 PM

deathroll

04-04-2009, 10:37 PM

By the way, 2,933 views later and I finally had some little something worth posting.

akaGatorhoops

04-05-2009, 12:23 AM

akaGatorhoops

04-12-2009, 03:37 PM

Sat. was a bit choppy and a couple of my fishing buddies opted out. So, I decided to go solo for a quick trip. I hit a couple wrecks and trolled for a bit... fished a total of two hours.
I got one AJ around 20lbs and two small blackfin that came home for dinner.
I fought and lost what I suspect was a big wahoo.
A couple pictures...

Acting like a fool
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/sushi-1.jpg

Dinner
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/fillet.jpg

akaGatorhoops

04-16-2009, 11:23 PM

Got out fishing today and had a pretty good day.

We caught countless bonito up to 12-15lbs, 2 AJs up to 40lbs, 3 rainbow runners up to 6lbs and several "football" balckfin tuna.

At the end of the day, we were arm weary and had dinner to breing home. That is always good.

Sharing a hug w/ one of the AJs
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/aj-hug.jpg

Second AJ
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/aj-hug2.jpg

My buddy with one of countless bonito we caught.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/april-ray-bonito.jpg

The blackfin and rainbows that came home for dinner.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/april-tuna.jpg

limbwalkers

04-17-2009, 05:20 AM

I'm going tomorrow. Yahoo ...

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd198/SANANTOJCSR/fishing-4.jpg

deebo65

04-27-2009, 04:27 PM

GatoRella

04-27-2009, 04:49 PM

That is a sweet rod hoops!

Who made it for you?

akaGatorhoops

04-28-2009, 10:54 PM

Hoops it looks like you use fairly light tackle and I didn't see a liter on your pole. Do you like the skill necessary in boating a bigger fish on light tackle or do you have some terminal rigs at the ready but just not in picture? I just can't believe you pulled up AJ's that big on such light tackle.

Nah. . . we did not get the AJs on the light spinning tackle. But we did try... as 50+lber followed a hooked bonito to the boat. WE pitched a 12# spinning outfit to it and the fight was on. But it was over a wreck in 180 feet... and this thing smoked that reel so fast it was ridiculous! It got down 180ft and into the wreck... and game over.

Here is a video clip of an AJ from that day. I was vertical jigging, which requires a light rod to get the proper jigging action.
I use 60# braid with a floro leader of similar strength. The issue is that the rod/reel combo is pretty light, so you can get pulled into the wreck pretty quick if you don't turn the fish.

The other fish (tuna, bonito, runners) we caught on light tackle, as the fish were boiling on the surface but dove deep whenever we approached. So we needed to go light so we could sling a lure into the frenzy. They were not big fish, so it just made it a bit sportier. Plus, they dont try to get you down into structure. They fight out and away.. so all you need is line capacity.

I do love fishing light tackle. . . but it drives some of my fishing partners crazy. I have lost a lot of big fish b/c of it. But I also landed very near line class world records for blackfin tuna and kingfish.

Anyway... here is the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNQg7Qq2d0o

akaGatorhoops

05-01-2009, 10:51 PM

had an exciting, if not productive afternoon.

we started out poorly... losing a 20+lb dolphin 5 minutes into the fight and then losing a smaller one shortly after.

we did hook and fight a nice sail (80-90lbs) before he got his bill on the mainline and broke it.

after that we finally began landing some fish... starting with a bonito, then a blue runner, then 2 nice sized mutton snapper and finally a 15-20lb dolphin.

I caught the dolphin on very light tackle, so it was quite a battle.

I will post some pics soon....

good luck to anyone fishing this weekend! Post your reports!

PMCGoldenEraG8R

05-03-2009, 09:56 AM

I haven't had time to look back at previous posts, but I hope to do that soon. I hope all of the CG fishermen and women are doing very well and experiencing great catches!

I have been fishing some lately. The trout fishing has been great for us in the flats....Gulf....near Yankeetown. Here are a few pictures.

Hubby....Drpmc...caught our limit of trout that day. Good eating for sure!
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0092.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0091.jpg

Fat ol' me with a fat, long trout...
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/4ba9f460.jpg

And yesterday...finally...a nice 32" redfish. Rella...I bet you've been tearing up the reds!
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0136.jpg

akaGatorhoops

05-03-2009, 12:38 PM

wow!! very nice!

akaGatorhoops

05-03-2009, 04:50 PM

Fridays fish that came home for dinner...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/dolphin09.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/dolphinsnapper09.jpg

MGGator

05-03-2009, 06:07 PM

Went stripper fishing yesterday with my son on the Hudson River and caught 1 good sized stripper.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mggator/BillSFish?feat=directlink
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PMCGoldenEraG8R

05-03-2009, 07:06 PM

Yummy Hoops! I'm sure you have fabulous fish dinners all the time! :-)

LittleBlueLW

05-03-2009, 07:10 PM

akaGatorhoops

05-04-2009, 08:44 PM

my buddy has really been enjoying the video feature on his new camera. I think he feels like a fishing-show host!!!

Heree is a two-parter... as we turned off the first part when we thought the fish had a buddy with him.

We only landed the one... which is part 2.

Both a pretty boring, quite honestly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au5Ge3vdveg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1UHmjVdeSo&feature=channel

HugeMatzoBallz

05-06-2009, 11:35 AM

Thats a pretty tall, good looking, colorful fish!

akaGatorhoops

05-12-2009, 11:28 AM

what happened to all of the fishermen???????????????

GatoRella

05-12-2009, 12:18 PM

I keep forgetting my damn camera!

We have been doing well with the redfish, but I am flat tired of catching those friggin things.

Good news is that Tripple Tail and Cobes are filtering in my area. Bad news is that my sister is getting married in three weeks and she needs my help doing stuff on the weekends. She might be on her own!

deebo65

05-12-2009, 12:22 PM

She IS getting married right. I would assume that she now has manly help at the ready now but she is still hitting you up for it... What gives?

LittleBlueLW

05-12-2009, 07:57 PM

what happened to all of the fishermen???????????????

Been fishin of course. Dolphin are everywhere out of Ft. Pierce. Went last Friday AM to the other side of the Stream and had to run away from nice gaffers to find some tunas. Finally did but they were mostly small and sharks were nearby as we had several bit off. Saturday we didnt go that far but caught plenty of dolphin and 3 sails. my nephew won the jr. angler award in the local tournament going on over there.

Headed to Eleuthera to fish the BBC tournament next week. Should have some cool pics and report after we return from there.

limbwalkers

05-13-2009, 05:00 AM

Going this morning to the Chassahowitzka River. Magrove Snapper is the target fish. will post results later ...

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/markingersoll/Fishing/2008/Nov7/100_2003sm.jpg

GatoRella

05-13-2009, 09:43 AM

She IS getting married right. I would assume that she now has manly help at the ready now but she is still hitting you up for it... What gives?

Well her soon to be husband is a professor at UF and he is definatly the "academic type" balding head and all. They are having the ceremony at my parents house because it is actually a pretty good venue for it and they will save some money (money which they are using to go around Europe for the next month those SOB's)

But there is some yard work/manual labor stuff that needs to get done, believe me I aint happy about it!

GatoRella

05-13-2009, 09:46 AM

I haven't had time to look back at previous posts, but I hope to do that soon. I hope all of the CG fishermen and women are doing very well and experiencing great catches!

I have been fishing some lately. The trout fishing has been great for us in the flats....Gulf....near Yankeetown. Here are a few pictures.

And yesterday...finally...a nice 32" redfish. Rella...I bet you've been tearing up the reds!
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0136.jpg

Is your Hubby stealing my spots! :grin:

Good stuff, glad to see you guys are getting out there.

My fishing buddies and I have been talking a lot lately about heading down to Yankeetown, problem is we dont know where to go. So I made a chart and marked different spots that look good to me. Hopefully we can get out there to do some scouting soon.

radg8tr

05-19-2009, 03:13 PM

Been getting out...when the wind isn't too bad. Starting to get some nice Snook, Trout, and Reds. Looks like some bad weather for the next few days. Got some trips Thursday and Friday if the weather improves. Getting to the good time of the year on the east coast flats!

deathroll

05-19-2009, 05:34 PM

Been fishing from a two person kayak for 3 years and finally caught my (our) 1st keepers tonight. Nothing special but for us (no talent, know nothings) it was just great. My buddy caught an 18 1/2" spotted sea trout and as he was pulling it into the boat he exclaimed, "biggest one I've ever seen". I hooked up at that moment and dragged a 19 1/4" trout onto the boat (and laid it in his lap) before he could get his off the hook.

He put one under his left leg and one under his right. We ran out of shrimp 5 minutes later. Fished in Tampa Bay, on an incoming tide, at about 6 this evening.

OK, another wimpy yet post worthy fishing story. We went out this past Saturday morning and the wife caught 7 different species in a row (A WORLD RECORD, I maintain). Not easy to do. Try and catch 7 different kinds of fish without catching 2 of the same kind at some point. 1. Blue runner 2. Silver trout 3. Ladyfish 4. Lizard fish 5. Catfish 6. Pinfish 7. Jack

I caught a pinfish and a 3' bonnet head shark (that thankfully he cut the line - no leader).

Speedofsand

05-23-2009, 11:46 AM

Lots of boating going on this weekend. Be careful :grin:

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LittleBlueLW

05-24-2009, 08:55 AM

Just got back from the Cape Eleuthera BBC tournament. We were strong the first 2 days but pulled off a couple blues on the last day that would have put us in the money.

This was a billfish tourn. but dolphin were EVERYWHERE so much so as to be a nuisance.

I've got some killer video of a white and blue marlin we released that I'll try to get posted.

Speedofsand

05-24-2009, 12:19 PM

Fishstock in New Smyrna/Ponce Inlet was this weekend. The Striker was cancelled due to rough seas. They started a Redfish/Trout challenge a couple years ago and it has quickly become popular. Flip Pallot was there giving flyfishing casting tips.

http://www.fishstock.com/

akaGatorhoops

05-26-2009, 09:04 PM

OK, another wimpy yet post worthy fishing story. We went out this past Saturday morning and the wife caught 7 different species in a row (A WORLD RECORD, I maintain). Not easy to do. Try and catch 7 different kinds of fish without catching 2 of the same kind at some point. 1. Blue runner 2. Silver trout 3. Ladyfish 4. Lizard fish 5. Catfish 6. Pinfish 7. Jack

I caught a pinfish and a 3' bonnet head shark (that thankfully he cut the line - no leader).

7 different in a row. . . that is quite a feat.

I dont think I have ever done that, nor ever will!

GatoRella

05-27-2009, 08:28 AM

I agree odds of catching 7 different species in a row has to be like winning the lotto.
We tried to catch some gourpers with no luck. Our impatience got the best of us, and we decide to switch gears and try to target some Cobia. We fished for an half an hour with no luck. So my buddy asked us if we thought cutting the sleeves off his shirt it might change our luck, we look at each other and all decide that we could use some good juju and if my buddy was willing to sacrifice his shirt then so be it (we are not superstitious or anything) :roll:. We fish for another ten minuets or so and then bam fish on! We got him in the boat and he measured 35’’ to the fork and in the icebox he went. Even though it was not a big one it was our first Cobe of year, and my buddies first ever so we were very happy we made the trip to YT.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/SergiosFirstCobeage-1.jpg

We kept fishing and caught 32'' Cobia tagged and released him after a little battle. A few minuets latter we were cruising along and I saw something on the surface, and we eased up and noticed that it was a little juvenile Cobia and why not…. So I threw a free lined live blue crab on him and as soon as it hit the water he made a bee line to it, but after sizing it up I guess he realized it was a little too big . Then my buddy grabs his red/trout rod that is hooked up with a topwater lure and gives it a toss. As soon as it hit the water he was all over it, but at first I think he was more curious than anything, just nudging it and he followed it to about ten feet away from the boat. We though he would see the boat and spook but when my buddy sped up the retrieve at the boat, the little guy decided he had seen enough and just slammed it. The fish ended up being 27’’ and we tagged and released him, what an awesome thing to see :joecool:.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/TopwaterCobe5-25-09-1.jpg

We decided to head in and on the way I caught this little Tripp to end the day:

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z197/gatorella420/FirstTToftheyear5-25-09.jpg

Next week I am heading to Marco Island for a week of fishing! If there are any Marco Gators on here I would love some pointers :angel:

akaGatorhoops

05-31-2009, 12:14 AM

Nice, Rella!!!

I am fishing tommorrow!

Have fun in Marco. I wwent to Sanibel last week. The snook there are unreal.

LittleBlueLW

05-31-2009, 10:18 AM

Went out of Ft. Pierce Friday. Caught 2 nice groupers (20 pounds or so), 1 red snapper (10 pounds), several big trigger fish, a nice cobia, several sharks and 5 nice kingfish! The water was as calm as a lake.

akaGatorhoops

05-31-2009, 02:38 PM

Went out of boca..... TONS of bonito. We could not get away.
We also got several kings, AJs, runnersm triggers.
The prize catch was a 10lb mutton.

deathroll

06-01-2009, 10:25 AM

Just an observation: was on vacation in Bar Harbor, Maine this week and saw NO fish. Water everywhere but when looking into the water or the tidepools, there are no fish, not even minnows or even a minnow, nothing! Nothing on the surface and nothing down on the rocks, nothing. So, so different than our Florida waters. Never seen anything like it. Also, no fishing boats or fishing charters or fishing guide trips advertised anywhere.

LittleBlueLW

06-01-2009, 03:23 PM

Was the water clear or was it poluted looking? I've never made it that far to the NE US but I would have figured that area to be teeming with life.

deathroll

06-01-2009, 07:13 PM

Was the water clear or was it poluted looking? I've never made it that far to the NE US but I would have figured that area to be teeming with life.

Very, very clear. Don't know if water temperatures might be the reason; pretty cold (~ 50). I was shocked; I've never been anywhere where there were absolutely no fish/minnows in the water.

PMCGoldenEraG8R

06-08-2009, 10:08 PM

Fishing a little bit lately, and will probably go this Friday. So many great fishermen here! I love the videos and pictures! Great catches everyone!

Here is a nice red I caught with a topwater plug weeks ago. I love it when the reds will hit topwater!
(I hate pictures of myself and I wish I could post this smaller, but I wanted to show off this pretty fish!)
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0060-1.jpg

PMCGoldenEraG8R

06-08-2009, 10:23 PM

Rella.....those cobia and triple tail!! Ahhhh!! Great fun catching those! And you got those out of Yankeetown? Oh.....where oh where! I'd love to put my hubby on some of those for Father's Day. Could you PM me some hints? I'll be your Bff and promise to keep your secrets and not go there very much!!!

For a Gator friend??? Please! Please! :-)

akaGatorhoops

06-09-2009, 03:02 PM

PMCGoldenEraG8R

06-10-2009, 10:41 AM

Hoops, you have so many excellent photo worthy catches!! We could make a book with your great pictures!

Who is going fishing this weekend? I think the weather is going to be good for fishing in the North Central Fl Gulf area. I'm not sure about the tides, but might have little rain. I think we are going on Fri. Who else?

LittleBlueLW

06-10-2009, 01:13 PM

Maybe this Friday too out of Ft. Pierce. Heres a pic of one of the blue marlin we released in the Eleuthera BBC.

942

GatoRella

06-10-2009, 01:14 PM

WoW PMC that is a monster red! That had to be a blast on a topwater plug for sure, it is a shame you have to throw back a fish like that, but I guess it is a necessary evil.

I will be going out at least one day this weekend, probably Sunday and yes the weather is fantastic! We will be going out of Cedar Key this trip, but it sure is tempting to go to Yanketown again I just love that area, but there is a certain fish we are looking to catch a little further north with three fins and tasty fillets :plain:

PMC I am going to send you a PM about the Cobia thing.

PMCGoldenEraG8R

06-11-2009, 10:51 AM

Yes Rella! Thanks so much for the PM! I've responded...

Such a blast to catch a red like that, and when he hit that top water lure....bam! What a rush! I love it!

Yummm...I hope you catch many of those tasty fish and post some pictures again. I am always amazed at your tt catches!

Heading to St. Marks...Shell Island... to fish for the weekend with some best friends of ours. Heading out early in the morn and I can't wait!

I hope all of you have great fishing trips this weekend and always!

akaGatorhoops

06-12-2009, 03:49 PM

Yesterday, I took a friend fishing who had never really fished before.
He picked a tough fish to 'cut his teeth' on....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhLz56-744U&feature=channel_page

g8rnbft

06-15-2009, 01:31 PM

A friend (jighead) and I went to a nearshore wreck yesterday for some "bream on steroid action" - they were thick to say the least, we could have caught 50 had we wanted.
These fish are 8-12 lbs and will wear you out.

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/g8rnbft/spades6-14.jpg

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/g8rnbft/petes_fish_001.jpg

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/g8rnbft/petes_fish_003.jpg

PMCGoldenEraG8R

06-16-2009, 11:05 PM

Wow! I know that was fun! ^^^

Hoops...I like your latest video! A great first catch for your friend!

Had a good time fishing off of St. Mark's this weekend. Caught a few trout and hubby and I had a double hookup of redfish....25" keepers....twins... Yummm.....great for dinner! Our friend caught 2 cobia and we saw some big ones that didn't take the bait.
Almost keepers, but just a little short.

Water was clear...nice spotty bottom. Beautiful weather, except for one storm that brought us in for the day.

Anyone else have good luck lately?

gator0316

06-16-2009, 11:24 PM

i live in jax and have 2 boats like to fish fresh water always looking for fishing partners if interested contact on this message board

rburnett

06-17-2009, 09:40 AM

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/g8rnbft/petes_fish_003.jpg

How is that fish on the right levitating.. amazing

akaGatorhoops

06-17-2009, 09:36 PM

Went 1 for 2 on Sailfish this afternoon.

wjd

06-20-2009, 01:57 PM

Fishing is good in the Keys!958

akaGatorhoops

06-20-2009, 08:42 PM

caught a ton of bonito today and managed to bring home a pretty good mixed bag for dinner:

1 dolphin
1 king
1 blackfin tuna
2 rainbow runners

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/good-haul.jpg

GatorBASS

06-21-2009, 01:51 AM

Wow, great haul - g8brnbft, wjd, Hoops x 2

Glad y'all were able to get your line wet.

If any of y'all are Father's, Happy Father's Day!!!

GatorBass

Pantanoso

06-24-2009, 02:06 PM

I have been coming up to Vancouver Island for 8 years and finally decided to fish. I fought it as long as I could. I started fishing Last Thursday.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d805b3127ccec725d22290fd00000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

Pantanoso

06-24-2009, 02:07 PM

I'm fishing here:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d805b3127ccec7253a3311a800000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

Pantanoso

06-24-2009, 02:08 PM

In this:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d805b3127ccec7248bdcf0fb00000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

Pantanoso

06-24-2009, 02:09 PM

Here's my catch, not big but delicious:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d805b3127ccec724998df0a300000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d805b3127ccec724fb2cf03300000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d805b3127ccec725b62290cf00000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

Pantanoso

06-24-2009, 02:13 PM

Oops, I forgot 1:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d805b3127ccec7244043b09900000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

Pantanoso

06-24-2009, 02:16 PM

Everyone here says I'm crazy for fishing light tackle, 10 and 12 lb test, but I can't stand horsing 5-7 lb fish with 30+ lb tackle. I will move up when I start losing fish.

akaGatorhoops

06-24-2009, 04:06 PM

Everyone here says I'm crazy for fishing light tackle, 10 and 12 lb test, but I can't stand horsing 5-7 lb fish with 30+ lb tackle. I will move up when I start losing fish.

Awesome pics!!!!!!!

I am the same way. My fishing buddies have threatened to throw me and my gear overboard b/c I have lost many fish to light tackle.
But the ones I land make it worth it...
Last Thursday I landed a 60-70lb sail on 12# test.

But my best feats to date...

A 60+lb King on 12lb test/no wire

A 40lb blackfin on 12lb test.

So I giveyou kudos for the light tackle. We will have to fish together sometime!!!

LittleBlueLW

06-24-2009, 04:11 PM

Other then tournament fishing, light tackle is the way to go. Separates the men from the boys for sure. Tight work.

I've not been in a few weeks but am gearing up for a couple of weeks in the Keys during July. I am already there mentally.

Pantanoso

06-25-2009, 10:59 AM

Very cool guys. I went again yesterday and caught these 2 (that's the limit). The big one (7-8 lb) I caught on 10 pound test took me 10 minutes to net. I caught the smaller (4-5 lb) on 12 lb test.

I thought I'd lost the big one twice when he ran at the boat. These Coho jump, spin, run, run at you, go under the boat and always save some fight for the end.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d804b3127ccec7277ab3492400000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

gator7_5

06-25-2009, 11:38 AM

Awesome pics!!!!!!!

I am the same way. My fishing buddies have threatened to throw me and my gear overboard b/c I have lost many fish to light tackle.
But the ones I land make it worth it...
Last Thursday I landed a 60-70lb sail on 12# test.

But my best feats to date...

A 65+lb King on 12lb test/no wire

A 40lb blackfin on 12lb test (I was later told this was a line class world record.)

So I giveyou kudos for the light tackle. We will have to fish together sometime!!!

475 lb blue on 30#!

:devil: Sorry, had to brag, pretty proud of that feat!

akaGatorhoops

06-25-2009, 04:56 PM

475 lb blue on 30#!

:devil: Sorry, had to brag, pretty proud of that feat!

wow!!!!!

as you should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pantanoso

06-25-2009, 06:32 PM

Wow is right. Pics?

gator7_5

06-26-2009, 09:07 AM

none. Got bad video of it. Almost 3 hours.

There is a beautiful replica on my wall, though. Measured her at 110" short length.

Caught it right before Ivan took my boat in '04. I never personally caught many fish on my boat. Not much of a fan of the actual reeling in. Just captained, and pretty much fish blue water for the hunt. But that day said the next blue was mine! Thankfully.

akaGatorhoops

06-27-2009, 07:48 PM

kind of a frustrating morning....

trolled a five line spread along a good rip about 6 miles out. had something big hit the outrigger..... screaming drag and then suddenly gone. We bring the line in to see that our snap swivel failed... completely rippe apart.
After that we lost a nice dolphin at the boat... I tried to gaff it without taking the cover off the point of the gaff. Ugh.
We then landed a smaller dolphin and a big cuda.
Finshed trolling and began to live bait. We got a bunch of big bonito. The fish of the day was a smallish, but VERY acrobatic sailfish. He was caught on a 15# spinning outfit and put on a helluva show.
We ended in typical frustrating fashion... with me hooking into a big fish and fighting it for 15 minutes only to bring in a completely straightened hook.

Only picture worthy fish . . .
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/j-sail.jpg

Though we did take a pic of the damn Cuda...
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/gatorhoops/cuda-2.jpg

akaGatorhoops

06-29-2009, 11:40 AM

no one else fished this weekend??

Pantanoso

06-29-2009, 06:19 PM

Nothing like you. I'm still catching salmon. Today I am installing a hand crank downrigger. I will fish this afternoon and go deep for a bigger fish (I hope).

akaGatorhoops

06-29-2009, 08:55 PM

Nothing like you. I'm still catching salmon. Today I am installing a hand crank downrigger. I will fish this afternoon and go deep for a bigger fish (I hope).

i'd love to be catching salmon.... esp. with the scenery you are enjoying.

let us know how the downrigger works!

good luck!!

GatoRella

06-30-2009, 11:09 AM

I went last Friday. We caught 5 nice keeper Gags and a little kingfish, not a bad day but nothing to really right home about.

It has been a strange summer so far in the big bend for us. The place we usually fish has coffee colored tanic water right now because of the swanee river/okefenokee swamp flooding a couple of months ago. I think it really affecting the fishing in our area for certain species. Then you add in the fact that it has been unseasonably windy this year.

I love those videos Hoops that is sweet.

Pantanoso

06-30-2009, 12:57 PM

OK. The downrigger worked well. It made it difficult to drink beer. ;)

I caught my usual 2 fish limit of Coho. I came back to the dock in front of the store (remember, you can only get to the west side by boat) and some of the gang was hanging out drinking beer. In this photo, the lady with her arms wide just came flying back into the inlet with her boyfriend. He's a coastie (coastguardsman). They got an emergency call and his beeper went off. In the background you can see them going out in the big Zodiac. Behind the lady on the left you can see the multi-million dollar "self righting" rescue boat.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d811b3127ccec7281ac6daf100000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

Pantanoso

06-30-2009, 01:01 PM

So, the downrigger worked well. I got home and looked at my fish. It turns out that the fish in this photo is NOT a Coho it's a Chinook or Spring. It has spots and black gums. The Coho has no spots and white gums. I could have kept fishing!!!! Now I know. The downrigger was what got the Chinook. They're down deep.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d811b3127ccec728dcf7daa300000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

Pantanoso

06-30-2009, 01:06 PM

Here's a better view of the Cape Mackay.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2211113.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2211113.jpg

Pantanoso

06-30-2009, 01:12 PM

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/2523/cam1-2_resize.jpg

gator7_5

06-30-2009, 03:58 PM

no one else fished this weekend??

nope.. but I dug up a few recents since I haven't posted in the pub in a long while

26" Flounder I gigged in December. Biggest to date. Pics dont do it justice. It was a hog.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/bighoos/flounders.jpg

Dolphin and Hoo we caught first trip offshore in May. Had a nice Blue on for a bit on that trip, but jumped her off.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/bighoos/offshore.jpg

First 8 minutes of Snapper opening day on June 1

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/bighoos/snaps.jpg

Been crushing topwater trout and reds lately. But go by myself. No pics!

Pantanoso

07-01-2009, 02:30 AM

I caught an 18 lb Chinook this evening. The downrigger is paying off.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d811b3127ccec7281bde9a7100000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d811b3127ccec729e4d7fad300000040O08QZNGrFmzaA9 vPgA/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

akaGatorhoops

07-03-2009, 10:12 PM

taking the family out on the 4th for a morning trip.... mom, dad, brother, sisters and brother-in-law.

this will be an adventure. . . .

akaGatorhoops

07-03-2009, 10:42 PM

75 ... those are some nice hauls.

Pantanoso... awesome!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LittleBlueLW

07-05-2009, 12:44 PM

I love spur of the moment trips. Buddy of mine yesterday told me to get my gear ready for a quick trip to his Dad's in Marathon. Heading down this afternoon for a couple days. Inshore AM, snapper fishing PM. Hope to give yall some good reports and pics later in the week. Best part is the wife is cool with it!!!!!!

PMCGoldenEraG8R

07-06-2009, 12:39 PM

Oh my gosh! What a fun thread to read!

EVERYONE, I love reading about your catches and seeing the videos and pictures! Ya'll are all amazing! :-O

Hoops, so glad you are keeping this thread going with all the super reports of your outings and catches! It's also GREAT to see Pant and 7_5 back!!

Ya'll catch such big fish and the types of fishing is so varied. It's so interesting for me to get to see this. Drpmc and I just go in the Gulf and fish for trout, reds and other kinds of smaller fish. Nothing like the fish I'm seeing here. Wow...... :-)

Rella....good info about the water here. We're doing better catching triple tails. Some days the water is tanic, like you said and other days it is a little more clear.

Here are some of our catches lately... I'm almost embarrassed to show these pictures compared to the ones ya'll post. Oh well.... just want to show that I really do like to go fishing.

22" trout caught Fri July 3
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0367-1.jpg

July 5... 20" triple tail.....ugly, but tasty as Rella knows! :-)
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0379-1.jpg

Out-fished hubby on those days....pure luck, I know. I just have to take it when I can. He always catches bigger and more than I do. :)

PMCGoldenEraG8R

07-06-2009, 12:59 PM

A few more pics of the triple tail. Puny compared to the ones Rella catches. :)

16", 20", 17".....So UGLY but great tasting! A lot of meat even on these small ones.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0368.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/Fishing/IMG_0369.jpg

Pantanoso

07-06-2009, 03:54 PM

PMC! I love Triple Tail. They are so cool. I was throwing those big flat cactus's in the lagoon years ago (they turn to nothing in a day). I was walking by and noticed a little triple tail (8"?) lying there on the surface on it's side perfectly mimic-ing the cacti, just waiting for something to come by.

akaGatorhoops

07-06-2009, 05:02 PM

PMC . . . those are some nice tripletails!! I have only caught small ones. . . not even big enough to keep/eat.
I heard they are very tasty!

PMCGoldenEraG8R

07-06-2009, 08:22 PM

Pant and Hoops, the triple tails really are a delicious fish to eat... very mild flavor...very white meat. I bet Rella can give us some good recipes for cooking them!

Pant, those fish were coming up and floating sideways like you said. They seem to hit the bait so lazily, but once they realize they are hooked, they put up a good fight. Such a fun fish to catch!

I'm looking forward to more good posts from fishin' fools!
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/fishinginboat.gif

Speedofsand

07-06-2009, 09:54 PM

I havent been fishing in awhile, but I am now watching a show on Nat Geo about monster fish of the lower Congo river. Its followed by a show called 'Hooked', where they will get a giant freshwater stingray in Thailand. Amazing stuff.
Tiger Fish
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGC/StaticFiles/Images/Show/38xx/382x/3826_Explorer_Congo_Fish-6_05320299.JPG

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/earth-day/3826/Overview

PMCGoldenEraG8R

07-06-2009, 11:57 PM

^^^^Ouch!

Speed, that Tiger fish......gives me the shivers!!

Speedofsand

07-07-2009, 12:24 AM

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGC/StaticFiles/Images/Show/38xx/382x/3826_Explorer_Congo_Fish-5_04700300.JPG

The species they have in the Congo...hundreds of new fish species were discovered by this expedition group.

PMCGoldenEraG8R

07-07-2009, 09:35 AM

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/shocked032.gif That looks like a tarpon on steriods, or possessed or something. I've seen pictures of this fish in the past.

I can't imagine catching one of those! http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/G8Rpmc/fainting.gif

GatoRella

07-07-2009, 04:52 PM

GatorBASS

07-07-2009, 05:12 PM

Speed, I watched both of those shows last night.

Wow, I can't believe the amount of diversity among the species of fish. I would love the chance to visit the Congo one time, but my a$% is taking a gun....

I can't believe that parts of the Congo are over 700ft deep, along with the rapids it has.

Speedofsand

07-07-2009, 07:32 PM

BASS, I thought the same thing. 700 ft. deep, kayaks spinning in the whirlpool drain, electric catfish, hundreds of new species, not knowing what is poisonous... :no:

Speedofsand

07-07-2009, 07:34 PM

I sure have found something to watch on tv between '24' and Monday nite football.

akaGatorhoops

07-07-2009, 09:07 PM

i gotta see this show... what day/time?

PMCGoldenEraG8R

07-07-2009, 10:33 PM

Wow PMC you guys are doing quite well on those TT's to say the least!

Those puppies are perfect eating size that you guys caught. My favorite way to cook them is pan fired and then I make a picata sauce to go on top. But when they are that size I will fillet them and leave the skin on, then grill them on the half shell with differnt stuff on it (defiantly plenty of butter to finish it off ;)

But I am glad you guys have been getting in to them lately, what a fun fish to catch.

Sand all I have to say about that fish is he better take himself off the damn hook! Because I sure as hell aint touching him :jeez:

Thanks for the cooking tips Rella! Yumm! We fry them or like tonight, we bake them with olive oil, lemon, onions, salt and pepper. Kinda plain tonight, but so tasty!
I'd like to grill some like you do, IF we can catch some more! :) And yes..such a fun fish to catch!

Speedofsand

07-07-2009, 11:56 PM

i gotta see this show... what day/time?

Monday nights on National Geographic channel. The show is "HOOKED". There is another one called "Monster fish"...of different world locations.

Here is a link to Guy Harvey out to tag a black marlin.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/player.html?channel=1797&title=02473_00

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GatorBASS

07-08-2009, 10:33 AM

Hoops, check out this link to Nat Geo:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/tv-schedule

The show is called - Explorer: Monster Fish of the Congo

Here is a clip, showing them catching a Tiger Fish: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/3826/Videos/06320_00

I believe the next show re-airs on Sun, July 12 @ 2 pm - so set your DVR if you have one. It is a great show.

The show "Hooked" is also very good.

Tight lines everyone!!

Bass