pipeline - 100ft - 10-20-18
trs912
Posts: 156 Deckhand
Went out with Captain Bly and a friend that lives right above where I keep my boat.
The day started out a little tough. There was bait at the skyway, but it was all down. No chance of netting it. Hit the ft. desoto bay pier. Nothing. Last chance at the ft. desoto gulf pier. Ugh. Nothing. Paul brought some frozen sardines but there wasn't enough to get through the day. We cruised by the channel markers on the way out. Nothing. Saw some birds working and there was a buttload of fry but nothing big enough. Finally found some on whistler. Lots of cigar minnows and sardines. We sabikied enough to hopefully get us through the day and we headed out.
Seas weren't bad. A little bumpy but much better than the last few times we went out.
We ended up hitting 4 or 5 spots in the area. The last one we just stumbled on. There were fish on all of them. We ended up on a new spot we marked while cruising slow.
The freeline was busy all day. We lost more than we boated for sure. Something pretty big hit it once. Stripped off a lot of line, then gone.
We ended up catching a big variety of fish, some I've never caught before. Here's the list: red grouper, gag grouper, black grouper, strawberry grouper, scamp grouper, red snapper (lots of these), lane snapper, mango, yellowtail, vermillion, grunt, triggerfish, kingfish, spanish mackerel, almaco, nurse shark, bonita, porgy.
The highlights were a really big mango that paul caught, nice king and a nurse shark.
I came back the way I normally do, which recently has been through lots of red tide. We saw no evidence of any the entire day. No dead fish, no dirty water. Nothing.
All in all, a fantastic day.
The day started out a little tough. There was bait at the skyway, but it was all down. No chance of netting it. Hit the ft. desoto bay pier. Nothing. Last chance at the ft. desoto gulf pier. Ugh. Nothing. Paul brought some frozen sardines but there wasn't enough to get through the day. We cruised by the channel markers on the way out. Nothing. Saw some birds working and there was a buttload of fry but nothing big enough. Finally found some on whistler. Lots of cigar minnows and sardines. We sabikied enough to hopefully get us through the day and we headed out.
Seas weren't bad. A little bumpy but much better than the last few times we went out.
We ended up hitting 4 or 5 spots in the area. The last one we just stumbled on. There were fish on all of them. We ended up on a new spot we marked while cruising slow.
The freeline was busy all day. We lost more than we boated for sure. Something pretty big hit it once. Stripped off a lot of line, then gone.
We ended up catching a big variety of fish, some I've never caught before. Here's the list: red grouper, gag grouper, black grouper, strawberry grouper, scamp grouper, red snapper (lots of these), lane snapper, mango, yellowtail, vermillion, grunt, triggerfish, kingfish, spanish mackerel, almaco, nurse shark, bonita, porgy.
The highlights were a really big mango that paul caught, nice king and a nurse shark.
I came back the way I normally do, which recently has been through lots of red tide. We saw no evidence of any the entire day. No dead fish, no dirty water. Nothing.
All in all, a fantastic day.
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Tight lines..