Pompano Beach - 18 July 2018

John McKroid

Launched before sunrise to make bait then headed out to 150ft to put out a couple of live ones.  By 8am I had my limit of nicer sized King Mackerel



After that, I headed out even deeper to try to find some Blackfin.  I had many meter marks but few biters -- to my surprise the thick Little Tunny that had plagued me on a previous trip were not biting today.  I did not find the jumbo Blackfin I was looking for but caught two footballs that I released to grow bigger.  

I did think I had a Jumbo at one point, only to find a nice Almaco instead which I released.


At 12:30 the fish finder decided to stop working, so I called it a day.  On the way in I trolled a live goggle eye which caught another nice king mackerel that I released. 


Nice to see a little larger kings out there instead of the usual rats that we typically catch in July.

jcanracer

Wish I could get out there too, looks like its mighty fishy recently.

John McKroid

jcanracer said:

Wish I could get out there too, looks like its mighty fishy recently.

It has been, many kayak limits of better quality kings are being taken.  

jcanracer

It's still a month away, but I feel like Summer Slam 2 will be a good tournament this year.

John McKroid

jcanracer said:

It's still a month away, but I feel like Summer Slam 2 will be a good tournament this year.

Much can change in a month, but if it's like it is right now, they are going to be busy weighing many fish.

andrewthe1

wow nice work bet those kings put up quite a ruckus on a kayak!

John McKroid

andrewthe1 said:

wow nice work bet those kings put up quite a ruckus on a kayak!

Thanks, Yes, have to be careful how I land the kings....one of them frayed the line on my stowed vertical jigging rod, so I had to replace the leader.