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Post by saltydawg44 on Feb 16, 2024 21:14:52 GMT -5
Finally got some glassy flat seas between fronts, so I headed out early on a solo "fun fishing" trip. All catch and release on artificial lures. I trolled a pair of large deep diver plugs in 35 feet of water with a lot of scattered rocks and released 3 Gag Grouper. Then I ran out to 50 feet and did some bottom jigging with light tackle and jig heads with "juiced" artificial shrimp and crawfish tails. Probably released 50 fish. A mix of Red Grouper, Grunts, big "knot head" Black Sea Bass, and others. The water was flat calm all day and 62 degrees. Those jigs that sit on the bottom with the hook facing upwards got solid hookups. The drift was slow and all I had to do was occasionally raise the rod tip 6" and bounce the jig on the bottom.
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Post by plastered on Feb 17, 2024 5:26:06 GMT -5
Nice catch.
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Post by Mango Man on Feb 17, 2024 9:26:04 GMT -5
Well done Capt!! Those Sea Bass are damn fine eating. You ever need company, I'm your Huckleberry.
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Post by quad32x on Feb 17, 2024 10:50:34 GMT -5
Oh man that does sound like a fun trip !
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Post by Ruff One on Feb 18, 2024 13:02:06 GMT -5
Nice fishing day. Love the variety
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Post by saltydawg44 on Feb 18, 2024 14:25:17 GMT -5
Nice fishing day. Love the variety Tom - I had a good mix and constant action. I'm almost forced into bottom fishing for awhile. Everything that I normally troll for here is either gone for the winter, or out of season. You could have made it out that far in your Pathfinder. It was flat and glassy all day. I'll be doing a lot of fishing trips planned for elsewhere this year. Probably can't do it for too many years longer. I'll turn 80 this summer.
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