Lost brand new Billy Bones wahoo lure and lead weight too

johnalki

:rotflmao Left the dock at sandsprit @ 5:45 am and my plan was to get some live bait and try high speed trolling for wahoo.My friend mike and I were ready and hopefull.Bullshark had lots of blue runners and slim pickins for sardines,so we headed to shrimpers and loaded up with small bait and headed offshore.The water is really dirty and we stopped at a weedline in 150 ft but it was mostly sea grass and we couldn't see any bait under it so we headed past pushbutton hill and the water was cleaner, and we set out three lines.Trolling down the line at about 12 kts.While Mike was rigging up for live baiting
I noticed that the long wahoo rig was spooled completely,thinking it was all set and locked in at 300feet back,I didn't set the drag far enough past the strike zone.OH well live and learn. SHort time later we switch out to a 5 line ballyhoo spread and run south and north to no avail.Next up was livebaiting the larger patches of weed with chunked sardines and menhaden oil,dropping livies down deep,we tried everything to no avail. Headed in at 1:30pm
and stopped at evans creary to drop in some bait,on the second drift over mike gets hooked up on a nice jack and releases it at boatside.We were done for the day and even beat most of the school bus traffic.

Fi$h2nguyen

Thanks for the report. Instead of going to shrimpers, we went north to hit those two bait spots to no avail. You'll get them next time.

By the way, I've managed to get spooled by an overhanging tree on the way home. That tld30 2 speed was full of braid too... Know how you feel.

Dream Reality

Yea....at least you were spooled while on the water. I too got spooled a couple weeks ago on the way home...by a tree...300yds of 20 pound braid. :banghead left the rod out too high for the trailer ride home....

Fi$h2nguyen

LMannyR wrote: »

Yea....at least you were spooled while on the water. I too got spooled a couple weeks ago on the way home...by a tree...300yds of 20 pound braid. :banghead left the rod out too high for the trailer ride home....

Those trees must be biting again lol. Sorry to hear. I stopped leaving rods on the ttop. Forgot my antenna up one time and the tip snapped... 0/2 on trees to date..

robalorog

Nice report. Sucks about the spool job. Been there also.

Alwaysforward

Thanks for the report John. Sorry to hear about your spooling event. What depth were those larger weed patches in?