With the recent winds, we wanted to wait a few days until the water cleared up. My cousin Tan wanted to show some east coast friends what it was like to fish on our side of the state. We loaded up with lots of live shrimp, white bait, and frozen sardines. Great day to be out on the water...overcast clouds, slight breeze, small chop. Mystery sighting of the day: As we were going out, Tan spotted a sailfish...he said it popped its bill and sail out of the water while chasing bait. That would have been a cool sight, considering we were only in about 50-60' and 20 mi out. We got to our first spot in 65'. Gene was the first to drop down a shrimp and gets railed on his light tackle setup. The fish kept digging and running all over the boat. After a tough fight, we netted a nice 35" cobia. I had to rerig so many types as I was getting torn apart from some toothy critters. Eventually, we were able to start landing them...nice sized Spanish macks (our underwater footage showed a huge school below us). Tan got hammered...and his rod/reel were put through the test with a 25-30# smoker king. It ran him ragged and he needed a beer after it beat him up a bit. haha
Rich and I started to fill the fish bag with delicious mangoes and mackerals. Once the current shifted, we decided to hit another spot that normally had hogs. No luck this time...but we did manage some nice African Pompanos and my 2nd ever flag yellowtail. Rich and Gene were really impressed with all the types of fish we caught. Thank goodness! haha
body bag count: 20 mango snappers, 15 spanish macks, 1 king, 1 cobia, 1 yellowtail, 1 bar jack...released tons of grouper (gag, red, scamp), triggers, african pomps
Equipment:
Reels: 4000 - 5000 spinning reels
Rod: 7' Med Light - Med - Heavy
Line: 20# braid line, 14-20# leader
Bait: live shrimp, white bait, frozen sardines
Location: 20-25 west of PAG
Bottom: rock piles
Weather:
Seas: 1-2'
Wind: 7-10 kt West
Air Temp: 74
Water Temp: 70
Clarity: 20'
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