Mahi at 18-mile - on a grunt! (vid)

dontezuma

Took my buddy and my daughter out on May 1 for grouper season.  My daughter and I dive, so I wanted to do a mixed bag of fishing and spearing, drop on some spots and see if there were any grouper around.  

Between our first quickly aborted dive at Anna's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j33LEgA94LU) and our second stop, Moody Culverts, we were treated to a mahi crushing a flatlined grunt.  I was holding the rod, feeding out line when it took off, and when it came tight, she came rocketing out of the water a few times, confirming the good news.  

I don't have any video of the jumps and the grab, but you can see her - 47" TL, nice fish.  

I did see some gags on the bottom at a ledge near Moody's and the culverts, but failed to convert.  We loaded up on small-end pogies on one cast early on, so that was nice.  Really need to get these livewells fixed, though.  

cftsmoke

Thanks for the info.  Getting out is the important part.

Sea-Squatch

That was a good video. All those sharks...holy crap!

carolinablue2

That’s a great video, thanks for sharing. Beautiful day on the ocean.  Too many sharks for me!!!😃

osprey11

Yeah screw that on the Anna.   Great vis!   Try not to approach a gag at its level.   Go high and try to drop straight down on it.

Redaction

Freaking sharks were nuts! Nice video. I see you were in a spring suit, what was the water temp?

Tony Roma

Them sharks don’t seem bashful either. Your daughter is 10 times braver than I. Nice report. 

BottomBumpin

yea few too many party poopers at the first stop for me too...  cool vid and nice work on the mahi!  thanks for sharing!

plumber1969

That was an awesome encounter with those sharks. 

C2 H5 OH man

You’re in the water, .... sharks in the water... farewell and adieu ... lol

dontezuma

Water temp was around 73.  I have some natural insulation, so a 3mil shorty was fine.  Once it hits 78, I'm pretty much no wetsuit.  My wife, though? 78 degrees requires a 5mil, so everyone has their comfort zone.

Good tip on the gag drop.  I'll try that next time.