Islamorada 9/20-9/21
ReelHookd
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This weekend had the pleasure of taking out some clients to do some mahi fishing and some deep dropping and some bottom fishing out of islamorada.On saturday the plan was to run out for dolphin and once we caught some do some bottom fishing but everything changed once we got out there and couldnt find any mahi, we ran out to about 1200 ft and nothing, then ran to the humps and it looked like a city out there and nothing was going on there. So i decided to hit one of my shoal spots for deep dropping at about 380ft, got everything set up and let the weight go, once it hit the bottom the rod tip went NUTS! hit the switch on the krystal and boom fish on, well brought it up and come to see it was some nice red porgys, did a couple more drifts and caught 7 of them,. After that we decided to head in and catch some yellowtail for the rest of the afternoon, caught about 15 of them and called it a day.
On sunday we decided to try out the same plan as on saturday ran out for dolphin and the conditions couldnt be better, flat seas found a huge weedline at about 900ft that had a ton of life on it and worked that weed line for a while with no luck decided to head in to catch some tile fish. Once we made it to the first spot at about 600ft dropped the weight down and not 5 secs went by and boom something smacks the rod, hit the switch and it looked like we were stuck on the bottom and after a few secs the line starts coming in and after a couple mins we see color and to our surprise it was a nice tile and snowy together .
Did a couple more drifts on that spot to see if we can put some more fish in cooler and the fishing gods were on our side. we hooked up a couple more nice tiles.
For those of you that are going to talk smack no the snowy grouper were not kept the were properly vented and released back.
Till next time
Capt. Manny V.
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On sunday we decided to try out the same plan as on saturday ran out for dolphin and the conditions couldnt be better, flat seas found a huge weedline at about 900ft that had a ton of life on it and worked that weed line for a while with no luck decided to head in to catch some tile fish. Once we made it to the first spot at about 600ft dropped the weight down and not 5 secs went by and boom something smacks the rod, hit the switch and it looked like we were stuck on the bottom and after a few secs the line starts coming in and after a couple mins we see color and to our surprise it was a nice tile and snowy together .
Did a couple more drifts on that spot to see if we can put some more fish in cooler and the fishing gods were on our side. we hooked up a couple more nice tiles.
For those of you that are going to talk smack no the snowy grouper were not kept the were properly vented and released back.
Till next time
Capt. Manny V.
Reel Hook'd Charters
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good for you, I can't imagine it any other way.
I'm sure they were fine.
We want to target deep Snowy too. But we don't. Because they are out of season in federal water.
Smarten up, Captain.
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LMAO..... sure
So you kept hauling em up and watched them float away one after another? Great work
Wasn't targeting Snowys I was going after tiles but they got Hooked up once snapped some pics cause clients had never seen them they were released y'all believe what you want but I follow rules and regulations out there
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Unfortunately, the OP's own words dictated he targeted the snowys. He just should'nt have posted the pics, nor reported catching them.
You don't need the world's applause to know how good eating they were...
I don't think he was looking for applause. He was just excited to share a great day of fishing. Nothing wrong with that. We have all done that and more people should.
But when you specifically post that you are deep dropping for a closed species and posting it on what is supposed to be a "sportsman" forum.....
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
Maybe he vented their eyes too?
You are absolutely right it was my mistake for typing it that way it was after a long day of fishing and didn't catch what I typed was wrong I did not go after Snowys I was targeting tile but as I just learned from my first post on this forum you must be perfect to post here. Thanks to those who understand and sorry to those who don't
2nd post, just sayin.
I accept your apology.
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