CR offshore Gags 11/16

luieg

Figured my luck was still running I shot out of CR early Sunday morning with a good friend to troll up some more gags. It was cool in the early am and still had some wind coming through which made the ride a little bumpy but as the day progressed the seas flattened. I hit one of my spots in 25' and deployed the xrap and it took a few figure eight through it to produce a 34 in gag. Loaded him in the boat and tossed the plug back out and tried it again. I made numerous without anything and just as I pulled out a drink from the cooler the rod went off and I tossed the drink. My buddy aboard grabbed the rod but the TLD 25 was more advanced then he was used to so it made this fight just that much more interesting for me. We landed a 31 incher this time. I decided not to pressure this spot and move to another since the seas laid down. We go out to 38' of water with good live bottom and deployed the plug again, with in minutes we hooked up on a 26 incher. Tossed it out and ten minutes of trolling the area we lock on a decent gag, well it felt like it but the fish and my expensive plug bought bottom side real estate. After a few choice words I tied another xrap on and trolled around again and that produced our limit. little smaller but happy to have aboard at 24 inches. The water temp again like last weekend stayed in the mid 60's with a few cool spots at 61, I marked that for reconnaissance.:blowkiss

To add to the excitement I was circled a few times by a number robber. This big *** boat came out of nowhere as soon as I was hooked up. At those depts with good electronics and a plug trolling behind you can find fish or lose a few plugs by you will find fish. Got to love it. I earned my numbers by burning lots of fuel and a few cases of beer.

Redbonz

Very nice...

Jim311

Awesome, those plugs are doing the job.

big bait

sick fish..

capt louie

Nice box of fillets !

Snook Spanker

Demz da real deal there!!! Some real fatties for da freeza!! Great job just hope that number stealer didn't get any!!!

Slacker

Great day, smart move when you don't overwork a number.

C F Mike

Nice limit and good size.
Seas were flat by the Afternoon.
We got 3 on the bottom in 30'
Looks like we better try some trolling.

luieg

Jim311 wrote: »

Awesome, those plugs are doing the job.

Plugs have been key for me, anchoring up has not produced. Great ending of tthere he season. Lots of little guys out there smashing the plugs also.

luieg

Slacker wrote: »

Great day, smart move when you don't overwork a number.

Its been good to me, always produces large gags. No need to kill it.

luieg

Thanks guys, freezer is full and a few family members a are loaded also. None goes to waste. Glad to be bending rods again. The old boat prior I owned served me well but I did not want to push it. Now I am more comfortable going out with the new one. I am a merc certified marine mechanic at a local Ocala mercury dealer and still was nervous with the old Mako.

Riptide31

He mighta been a number stealer, but more likely that you guys have the same numbers. Happens to me all the time. I get out of the channel and hit my autopilot for the spot I'm going to fish. Half the time someone is already on it, and I'll go to another spot. I usually get pretty close though to make sure they are over my numbers, b/c if not, I'll fish it as planned, as long as I'm not crowding them. If someone wants to steal your numbers, they can do so and you'll never know..........my radar will mark you from several miles away
Nice gags. It's been a great Oct/Nov for the 30 plus inchers.